Rookie Lifesaving Awards
Bronze
1. Introduction to lifesaving strokes.
2. Introduction to personal survival skills such as treading water, sculling & surface dives.
3. Introduction to rescue teqniques such as shout & signal & throw.
4. Recognition of casualties .
5. Safe water entries & exits.
6. Understand & learn the Water Safety Code.
Silver
1. Develop personal survival skills & rescue techniques to include; shout & signal, reach, throw & wade rescues using a variety of aids.
2. Perform a timed throw rescue in less than 45secs.
3. Learn & perform support position on a casualty in the water.
4. Develop team work & communication skills.
5. Turn & rescue an unconcious casualty performing a contact tow.
6. Swim 200m in clothing in less than 10mins.
7. Scenarios such as working as part of a team or individually using initiative assist a casualty in difficulty.
Gold
1. Swim 400m of lifesaving strokes in clothing in less than 15mins.
2. Perform contact rescues on a concious & unconcious casualty.
3. Learn & perform CPR for adult, child & baby.
4. Learn & perform primary & secondary survey on a casualty.
5. Learn & perform recovery position on a casualty.
6. Demonstarte a variety of contact tows.
7. Perform a resuce of an unconcious casualy & hold in support position in less than 2mins.
8. Demonstrate a reverse & a standoff.
9. Scenarios such as working as part of a team or individually using initiative assist 2 casualties in difficulty 10m away.
