Descriptive Essay About Lifeguards

This level of focus and dedication allowed me to supersede all expectations and excel when emergencies did arise. I was proud at how naturally I reverted to my classroom training and the countless drills we ran during the certification process, so that when the time came I was always ready. This increased level of awareness has also been helpful in my daily life and my studies because I am able to easily identify my priorities and ignore distractions. In this regard, lifeguarding wasn’t just a job but became an opportunity for personal

As a lifeguard, it is my personal responsibility and duty to preserve the peacefulness and protect the lives of every patron that enters the pool. This holds true especially at Baker Park (Edward P. Thomas Jr. Memorial Pool), for the pool often reached maximum capacity within an hour of opening, not including the daily two hundred children we get from day campps, such as Boys and Girls club and YMCA. While I guard the pool and perameter, it is crucial to exhibit all three qualities of Ready, Respectful, and Relentless, for anything can happen instantly which can interfere with the public safety of everyone, including myself.

The world is full of heroes. The brave men and women who serve in the armed forces protect the United States of America. Local police help ensure safety in cities and towns. Firefighters save lives daily. Doctors perform life-saving surgeries. Heroes are found everywhere. Although some people seem to forget, lifeguards are heroes too. I recently sent in an application to be a lifeguard at the pool on campus. I was discussing hours with a classmate who is currently employed, and he told me that the hours were long, but often a shift would pass without a single swimmer entering the water. Another classmate interjected saying “You can do your homework while you work.” Lifeguarding is not the easy task portrayed in movies. Guards do not suntan and talk to girls for the duration of their shift. Rather, a lifeguard’s duty is in the name: guarding the lives of patrons. The work of these heroes is often gone unpraised. The job is disregarded as an easy way for teenagers to make money, instead of the true challenge it offers to the employees. The process of becoming a lifeguard requires more than blowing a whistle. It is a commitment involving intricate knowledge acquired through training and experience. Lifeguarding is a serious commitment.

The primary goal of this group is to prevent, protect and inform other of drownings. The YMCA-YWCA also works towards helping teach others to swim to allow people it safely enjoy the benefits of swimming. In order to reach these goal the guards go through extensive training. There are three main steps to this process. The first is course training; they must participate and complete ten courses. These range from 30 hours all the way to two weeks long. That is where they get the knowledge involved in this lifesaving practice. Secondly they go through simulation and physical standard testing’s. The simulation the YMCA-YWCA workers go through help them practice their skills under the major pressure of time. Physical standards test cardio, lifting capacity, speed and more. If any of these step are failed of missing the person is UN

My heart pounded as my feet gradually left the safety of the grounds and began its ascent on a ladder that rattled on every step. Sweat formed in the palms of my hands while my gaze remained transfixed to the ground. In my mind’s eye, I envisioned myself landing with a splat on the ground. This was my first time at White Water, Six Flags. At first, when my cousins invited me to the trip, I presumed that in the worst case scenario, I would face a roller coaster; I can stomach that as long as there were seat

He is a lifeguard so he can use the pool for practicing laps and diving. He chooses to have no relationship with the children that swim there. “Keeping snot-nosed kids from drowning themselves is the only price I have to pay.” Keeping busy,

One of the many responsibilities a lifeguard at the Freeburg Community Pool will have to take on is cleaning the concession stand. It starts off with restocking all of the foods and drinks; this includes bottles of soda, Gatorade, water, and snacks such as chips, candy, and ice cream. Once the restocking is over, you may move on to refilling the soda machine. In order to do this, you have to refill the ice first. Refilling the ice is a long drawn out procedure that consists of filling a bucket with ice, walking back to the front to put it into the soda machine, walking back, and then repeating about eight to ten times. The next task is to clean, rinse, and sanitize all of the dishes. These dishes include tongs, knives, pizza cutters, pretzel

A major accomplishment in my life was when I became a certified lifeguard. As a child I had always looked up to lifeguards as role models and heroes. I would envision myself as a lifeguard saving people from drowning and from the occasional shark attack, even though that is very uncommon. I knew then that when I was older I would try to become a lifeguard. I did my research and found that I had to be fifteen to become a lifeguard.I took a CPR class that my high school offered because it would prepare me for the CPR test when I take the lifeguard class. The year I turned fifteen I was not the typical kind of person that became a lifeguard, I was a thin and not very strong teenager that was not on the swim team. This presented a problem because

“Listen, Mikey, they’re putting in a whirlpool for sports injury therapy. Looks pretty neat. Why don’t you come to the pool sometime? Would you like that?”

I am a senior/potential first year grad student. I spend a lot of time lifeguarding at the Campus Recreation Center and the YMCA. My hometown is in Sterling, Illinois, where there is a lot of banks, bars, churches and parking lots. Growing up, I lived with my mother, father and older brother that graduated from Western Illinois University. I currently attend The Crossing church in Macomb, Illinois, where I was a village leader for our college ministry. Early mornings are the worst thing in the world in my mind, but I want to change that by starting to exercise before my classes. An interesting fact about me is that I can't run straight on a treadmill. I am unaware of the reason why I can’t do it I just blame the accident I had as young child

No matter the kind of day I'm having the pride that swells in my chest when I walk through the swim hallway never ceases to exist. Whether it's six in the morning or six at night the familiar chatter and 2000’s pop music that drifts from the girls locker room is as encouraging as ever. I stroll up to the large metal door and hit it as hard as I can so I can be heard over the music. A teammate, singing along to the music, opens the door for me. It's always locked

Touching on how the Navy trains seals, the viewers got to see how candidates deal with their fear of drowning. Entering the water with bound hands and feet, the men were seen trying to refrain from panicking while undoing the ropes. This practice exercise didn’t have one candidate respond well as he started to get

A lifeguard is a salvation between patron and water. A lifeguard oversees the safety and rescue of swimmers, surfers, and a variety of water sports. Lifeguards demonstrate of being strong swimmers and must be certified in CPR/AED, first aid, and water rescue skills. The Bureau of Labor Statistics classifies a lifeguard as Recreational Protective Service Workers; which is a sector of the Recreation Worker. Lifeguard, as an occupation, is clumped with Ski Patrol, and other Protective Service Workers. This occupation is part of the service industry and employees about 145,100 people in the U.S. The mean hourly wage is, $10.89 and mean annual wage is $22,640. As a worker in the Protective Service Sector means that my job has no influence on the

The 21-yeard-old took interest in being a lifeguard just last year. She didn’t have much experience in that type pf job besides the fact that she swam in high school her senior year. While training to get her certificate she soon realized that it’s not just a fun job to lounge in a chair all day. She learned skills that will be useful to her during her whole lifetime and learned how to work cohesively

Lifeguard classes were 2 days that consisted of CPR training, swimming laps, and learning rescues. When we first began, there were three of us sitting at a table on the pool deck with an outdated rolling TV. I was handed a 100-page lifeguarding manual my eyes bulged out of my head, the butterflies in my stomach multiplied. Looking through the book, watching rescues and talking through every question I had calmed my nerves. But the statistics of drowning still haunted my mind, 360,000 people died from drowning in 2015 (WHO). All though at the YMCA in Red Oak hasn’t had a drowning,