About this Course

Swimmers in Rookie Patrol develop water proficiency, first aid, and recognition/rescue skills. They’ll develop individual fitness to meet a timed 100 m swim and a 350 m workout. Water proficiency skills include strokes, swimming with clothes, ready position, and feet/head-first surface dives. Demonstrating the ability to conduct a primary assessment on a conscious person, treatment for bleeding, and calling EMS are included as first aid skills. Rangers enhance their capability in the water including perfecting their stride entries and underwater, forward, and backward somersaults. Swimmers learn lifesaving sport skills with a lifesaving sport medley, timed object support, and a non-contact rescue with a buoyant aid. Eggbeater kick and increased fitness development are included. First aid in this level focuses on unconscious victims and obstructed airway procedures. Star Patrol challenges swimmers with a 300 m timed swim, 600 m workout, and a 25 m object recovery. Lifesaving skills include use of rescue aids, defence methods, victim removals, and supporting a victim in shallow water. First aid topics in this level include treatment of bone or joint injuries and respiratory emergencies.