United States Lifesaving Association Manual of Open Water Lifesaving

By: United, States Lifesaving Association

The only comprehensive manual for the training and reference of lifeguards at both surf and inland beaches, this manual is designed to be used in basic training of open water (beach) lifeguards and in... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0835949192
• ISBN13: 9780835949194
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.3" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

One of a kind!!!

The United States Lifesaving Association has done it again. This book is the premier reference on open water lifesaving. Whether, an upstart department or an established older agency, this book provides specific information about lifeguarding methods that every lifeguard must know. If a lifeguard reads this book and practices what is in it, they will be able to provide excellent service to the public. Buy the United States Lifesaving Association, Open Water Lifesaving today. Make sure your next training class uses this Manual.Eric BauerLifeguard Captain, Newport Beach, CA.

The United States Lifesaving Association Manual of Open Wate

The United States Manual of Open Water Lifesaving is a required text for training all of our seasonal ocean lifeguards. As an Operations Lieutenant for the City of Newport Beach the book has been an invaluable reference with general information, concepts and specific procedural techniques. There are photographs that depict various aspects of modern lifesaving and example report forms. A lifeguard agency or public safety agency that engages in open water rescue is remiss in not having this book for their students and as a reference. Renowned lifeguard experts from around the United States contributed to this excellent book. The book could also have significant impact internationally if a beach had to start a lifguard agency where one does not exist today. If one wants to become a lifeguard, this is a must have text. I am glad that this book exists and am hoping for a new edition that will be even better. Buy it today, you can't go wrong.

The manual ocean lIfeguards have been waiting for.

Open Water Lifeguards now have a manual written by veteran lifeguards who have put a lifetime of experience into easily read text. Used in combination with local training plans and protocols the USLA manual provides the supplementary material necessary for the complete training and retraining of open water lifeguards..Chapters on professionalism, the aquatic environment, meteorological considerations, preventative lifeguarding and surveillance, emergency planning and management, lifeguard health and safety and many other related topics provide a depth of training keyed to the open water environment unavailable from any other resource. Appendices providing useful beach management forms, an extensive glossary, surf boat rowing techniques and a thorough index complete usefulness of this valuable reference.Open water lifeguarding in the 21st century requires thorough preparatory training in techniques and procedures as well as mental and physical conditioning. This manual provides an excellent tool for establishing a training plan that will develop competent lifeguards in accordance with contemporary standards of care emergency management guidelines.David M. Shotwell, Sr., Beachfront Supervisor, Ocean Grove NJ

This manual used for all state parks in Maryland

As the waterfront management specialist for the State of Maryland, I highly recommend this book. A lot of thought has gone into the preparation and content. We use this as a guide for our lifeguard services and training in Maryland. I believe that this book has recently become available in spanish also.

Excellent book

This is a must-have book if you are an open-water lifeguard. This book though does not go into various lifesaving techniques; it assumes that the reader is already a lifeguard competent in such techniques. It explains well the oceanic behaviours and the various inherent dangers that a lifeguard need to recognise to be effective. I recommend another good book to complement this book (On the Guard II, The YMCA Lifeguard Manual)