NARS Surf Coach Lifesaver Award
Due to the legal conditions we can only recognise internationally valid certificates that entitle the holder to work as a lifesaver or lifeguard in an ocean environment - courses done in pools, lakes, rivers or the various courses for other water activities with some sort of connection to the topics First Aid and Beach Lifesaving cannot be recognised as this could lead to substantial troubles in case of an emergency.
As we are well aware of the fact that a lot of the certificates that are around these days are not meeting these requirements, we are happy to be able to offer - in cooperation with our partner and waterman Dean Gough - the ISA / ILS Water Safety Course in combination with the Surf Lifesaving Great Britain (SLSGB)Surf Coach Lifesaver Award, and thus the two most renowned lifesaving accreditations worldwide, directly after the Surf Instructor courses.
Aim:
- To establish a standard, which creates a level of competence in life saving enabling back up to qualified lifeguards
Course presenter:
- Dean Gough
Events
Course Overview
* The course will take place in English language only
included Services
- 3 days course, worksheets, beginner boards, examination fees - there are no hidden costs in our courses! The only fee to be paid on the spot is the 0,73 € / day "taxe de séjour", a French tourism tax that is always collected by the accommodation provider and goes straight to the authorities.
- 3 nights in the Atlantic Surf Lodge: Breakfast buffet, beach snack, dinner
- ILS / SLSA membership (1 year)
- Lifesaver Certificates
As we have been receiving quite a few requests lately: Please understand that it is not possible to do the course without food and accommodation for organisational and logistical reasons. We are happy to have an appropriate location for the definitely demanding course, as a result of its infrastructure we can run the course as smooth and time efficient as possible!
To prepare those instructors who want to work in France for the French lifesaving standards we will also show you how to use fins (flippers) - please bring these with you for the course if you are interested in this fin lifesaving training!
Accomodation is in the Atlantic Surf Lodge - check out www.atlantic-surflodge.com. The Atlantic Surf Lodge stands for the highest standard in surf coaching and is therefore the perfect location for our courses.
Contact number: +33 5 58 48 31 37
Getting there
Train (for cheap train fares check your national railroad companies and for early-booking-specials check www.tgv.com or www.voyages-sncf.com) to DAX, car (please use our special Facebook group for car-pooling), Rip Curl Express or plane (to Biarritz, from there by bus to Vieux Boucau: www.chronoplus.fr).
From Dax you take a bus to Soustons: http://www.rdtl.fr and then to Vieux Boucau les Bains: www.mobimax.fr
- Be a minimum of 16 years of age on the date of assessment
- Be able to swim 400 metres in a swimming pool (no time limit)
- Be medically and physically fit
Registration
- Complete the registration form incl. the course date with all required fields.
- Your registration automatically (and FOR FREE) makes you an Austrian Surfing 1 - the 1st Austrian Surfing Club community member, which is a prerequisite for participating in the course and being awarded the accreditation
- Wait for the OK for the date from our office. ATTENTION: THE WEBSITE IS UPDATED BY OUR OFFICE AND CAN WRONGLY SHOW FREE PLACES! EVEN IF THE GREEN OR YELLOW COLORS ARE DISPLAYED, THE COURSE CAN ALREADY BE BOOKED UP. THE OK HAS TO COME FROM OUR OFFICE PER EMAIL!
- Payment of course fee to reserve a place
- You are receiving the invoice, the course manuals, etc. as soon as (and only if!) you have made the payment AND registered; the invoice is also the reservation of your place!
Assessment:
- Complete the syllabus for assessment
- The assessment may be completed in sections providing that ALL sections are completed within three calendar months
- Candidates MUST complete Section 1 (Fitness) before completing Section 2 (Lifeguard Skills, Knowledge & Rescue)
- Should the Assessment be completed over a 3 month period, the 24 month validity will commence from the date on which the first section was completed
- When the award is renewed, the candidate may complete the Assessment one month prior to the expiration date of the old award. In this case the 24 month period will start on the expiration date of the old award
Syllabus
1) Fitness Test & Releases:
- Complete a swim of 200 metres in the sea
2) Lifeguard Skills, Knowledge & Rescue
- Demonstrate two releases selected by the assessor
- In open water, demonstrate effectively the ability to carry out the following:
- A thorough knowledge and understanding of all signals
- Swim 100 metres (fins optional) to an unconscious, nonbreathing patient. Demonstrate deep water EAV during which time the patient shall be deemed to have become conscious. Bring the patient to shore and demonstrate appropriate aftercare. The exercise must be carried out under simulated rescue conditions with an appropriate attempt to perform the rescue ‘as quickly as possible’
- Rescue an unconscious, non-breathing patient 150 metres from the shore using a rescue board
- Demonstrate deep water supported EAV and return with the patient to the shore
- Rescue a conscious patient from the sea (approx. 50m from shore) without equipment demonstrating appropriate patient management and care
- Acting as a Lifeguard, as team leader and as part of a team, initiate the appropriate procedures at an incident and provide aftercare for 1 or 2 patients from a previously unknown simulated emergency situation. At the completion of the test, complete an Incident Report form
- As part of a team, rescue a prone patient with a suspected spinal injury and remove to safety
- Demonstrate appropriate action and aftercare
- Answer 5 questions from the work sheets (Beach Environment section) without referring to any notes. A mark of at least 4 is accepted as the minimum score permitted.
- Answer 10 questions from the work sheets (Lifeguard Techniques section) without referring to any notes.
- A mark of at least 8 is accepted as the minimum score permitted.
- Answer 5 questions from the work sheets (Communication section) without referring to any notes. A mark of at least 4 is accepted as the minimum score permitted.
- Using a live simulated unconscious patient (not a manikin) demonstrate: Scene safety and assessment, Turning a patient from prone to supine, Open the airway & check for signs of life, The action for vomiting and blockages, The recovery position and aftercare.
- Using a suitable adult manikin, demonstrate CPR and the use of supplementary oxygen via an effective method
- Obtain an airway on a suspected spinal injury patient using jaw thrust
- Demonstrate CPR on a Child manikin and Baby manikin
3) First Aid
- Acting individually, initiate the appropriate procedures at an incident and provide the aftercare 1 patient from a previously unknown simulated first aid situation
- Answer 10 questions from the work sheets (First Aid and Resuscitation section) without referring to any notes.
24 months from the date of the assessment. After these 24 months, the lifesaving course has to be completed again.
Please pay the course fees per bank transfer to the following account:
Oesterreichischer Wellenreitverband - Austrian Surfing
UniCredit Bank Austria AG
Rathausplatz 2
3100 St. Poelten
Austria
IBAN: AT141200051467026415
BIC: BKAUATWW
PLEASE NOTE "LIFESAVER" IN THE MONEY TRANSFER!
It is NOT possible to pay in cash on the spot for legal reasons. If the money transfer has not arrived in our account by the start of the course, a 50 € processing fee applies.
The invoice (= reservation of your place) and the course manuals, info sheets etc. will be sent out after the full course fee has arrived on our account.
Cancellation fees:
- Cancellation until 3 months before the course start or cancellation due to exceptional incidents (i.e. if Austrian Surfing cannot run the course): Only a 50 € booking fee applies. This booking fee covering our administrative office services (course lists, emails, invoices, etc.) applies for every booking and can under no circumstances be reduced or waived.
- Cancellation between 3 months and 1 month before the course start: 100 € are charged.
- Cancellation between 1 month and 2 weeks before the course start: 50% of the course fees are charged.
- Cancellation within 2 weeks before the course start: 80% of the course fees are charged.
- No-show: Full course fee is charged.