Lifeguard badge
A lifeguard badge (in Austria lifeguard badge ) is a badge awarded for the ability to rescue swimmers who have had an accident . Lifeguard badges are awarded in many countries by the water rescue organizations and represent the basic training as lifeguards . In addition, a lifeguard badge is required for various professions.
Germany
The German rescue swimming badge (short DRSA, also rescue swimming passport) is by the Workers' Samaritan Federation (ASB), the German Life Saving Society (DLRG) or by the water rescue in the German Red Cross (DRK) lent badge for the ability to Rescuing people in danger of drowning. It was originally developed by the DLRG before the First World War . The basic certificate, performance certificate and teaching certificate levels were later renamed DRSA bronze, silver and gold. The award takes place after the respective exams with a certificate .
The DRSA bronze (or higher) is a prerequisite for employment in the police service of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
The ASB, the DLRG and the water rescue service have the same training conditions for the German lifeguard badge. The silver and gold badges from ASB, DLRG and Wasserwacht are badges in the sense of decorations , as recognized by the Federal President (see BGBl. 1964 I p. 644 for DLRG and Wasserwacht and BGBl. 2014 I p. 1619 for ASB). All badges can be worn as patches, badges, large badges or as a ribbon buckle on civilian suits. On uniforms such as the Bundeswehr service suit, however, only the recognized lifeguard badge in silver or gold.
German lifeguard badge bronze
requirements
- Minimum age 12 years
Exam parts
- 200 m swim in a maximum of 10 minutes, of which 100 m in the prone position and 100 m in the supine position with straddle swing without arm activity
- Swim 100 m in clothes in a maximum of 4 minutes, then undress in the water
- 3 different jumps from a height of about 1 m
- 15 m distance diving
- Two deep dives from the surface of the water, one headward and one footward within 3 minutes by pulling up a 5 kg diving ring or similar object twice (water depth 2 to 3 m)
- 50 m transport swimming: push or pull
- Evidence of knowledge of how to avoid clasps and skills to free yourself from
- Neck clasping from behind
- Neck stranglehold from behind
- 50 m towing with head or armpit towing handle and the standard shackle towing handle
- Combined exercise to be performed without a break and in the order shown:
- 20 m swimming in prone position
- Dive halfway down to 2 to 3 m water depth and pick up a 5 kg diving ring or a similar object, then drop it and continue swimming
- 20 m towing a partner
- Landing demonstration
- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation demonstration
- Proof of the following knowledge (theoretical examination):
- Dangers on and in the water
- Help with swimming, boat and ice accidents (self-rescue and rescue by others)
- Avoiding clasps
- Breathing and blood circulation
- Help with injuries and drowning accidents, heat and cold damage
- Tasks of the training water rescue organizations
German lifeguard badge silver
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Patch lifeguard badge silver of the DLRG
requirements
- Minimum age 14 years
- (In order to issue the DRSA Silver, proof of first aid training according to the common principles of the BAGEH must be present.)
Exam parts
- 400 m swim in a maximum of 15 minutes, of which 50 m crawl swim , 150 m breaststroke and 200 m swim in the supine position with straddle swing without arm activity
- Swim 300 m in clothes in a maximum of 12 minutes, then undress in the water
- Jump from a height of 3 m
- 25 m distance diving
- Three deep dives from the surface of the water, twice headward and once footward within 3 minutes, with three times pulling up a 5 kg diving ring or similar object (water depth between 3 and 5 m)
- 50 m transport swimming: pushing or pulling in a maximum of 1:30 minutes
- Evidence of knowledge of how to avoid clasps and skills to free yourself from
- Neck clasping from behind
- Neck stranglehold from behind
- 50 m towing in a maximum of 4 minutes, both partners in clothes, half of the distance each with head or armpit and a shackle handle (standard shackle handle or sailor handle)
- Combined exercise to be performed in the order given without a break:
- 20 m swimming in prone position
- Dive to a depth of 3 to 5 m, bring up a 5 kg diving ring or a similar object, then drop it
- Release from a grip with a release handle
- 25 m towing
- Landing of the rescued
- 3 minute cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) demonstration
- Proof of the following knowledge (theoretical examination):
- Breathing and blood circulation
- Dangers on and in the water
- Help with swimming, boat and ice accidents (self-rescue and rescue by others)
- Avoiding clasps
- Rights and obligations when providing assistance
- Rescue equipment
- Tasks and activities of the training water rescue organizations
- Proof of successful participation in a first aid course, not older than 2 years (DLRG examination regulations)
German lifeguard badge gold
requirements
- Minimum age 16 years
- In possession of the silver lifeguard badge
- Self-declaration on health status
Exam parts
- 300 m swim in a maximum of 6 minutes, of which 250 m in prone or side position and 50 m dragging, partner in clothing (armpit drag)
- Swim 300 m in clothes in a maximum of 9 minutes, then undress in the water
- Swim 100 m in a maximum of 1:40 min.
- 30 m distance diving, taking up 10 small rings or plates, which are distributed over a distance of 20 m in an alley no more than 2 m wide; collect at least 8 pieces
- Deep dives in clothing three times within 3 minutes; the first time with a head jump, then once head and foot towards the surface of the water while simultaneously pulling up two 5 kg diving rings or similar objects that are about 3 m apart (water depth 3 to 5 m)
- 50 m transport swimming, both partners in clothes: pushing or pulling in a maximum of 1:30 min.
- Evidence of knowledge of how to avoid clasps and skills to free yourself from
- Neck clasping from behind
- Neck stranglehold from behind
- Combined exercise (both partners in clothes) to be performed without a break and in the order given:
- Swim up to 25 m in a maximum of 30 seconds
- Dive 3 to 5 m deep, pick up a 5 kg diving ring or a similar object, then drop it
- Release from a grip with a release handle
- 25 m towing in a maximum of 60 seconds with the handcuff
- Landing of the rescued
- 3 minute resuscitation demonstration
- Handling of the following rescue equipment:
- Rescue with a life ball and leash:
- Throw 12 m into a target sector with a 3 m opening, 6 throws within 5 minutes, of which 4 hits
- Rescue with a lifebelt and lifeline (as a swimmer and line guide)
- Handling of common resuscitation devices
- Rescue with a life ball and leash:
- Proof of the following knowledge (theoretical examination):
- Avoiding clasps
- First aid
- The water rescue organizations: organization, tasks with special consideration of the water rescue service
- Proof of successful participation in a first aid course not older than 2 years
Junior rescuers and junior water rescuers
The junior rescuer is a qualification of the DLRG and the ASB, the junior water rescuer is offered by the water rescue service. Both badges are not full-fledged lifeguard badges, but work in this direction in terms of content and should be the transition from swimming to lifeguard badges for young people.
Junior rescuer
The junior rescuer is offered by the DLRG and the ASB. The prerequisite is the German youth swimming badge in gold. With the change in the examination regulations on January 1, 2010, it is no longer part of the swimming exams, but is held as a preparatory test for lifeguarding.
Requirements:
- Minimum age 10 years
- Performance level German youth swimming badge gold
Conditions:
- 100 m swimming without interruption (25 m each of the crawl, back crawl, breaststroke and backstroke with straddle swing)
- 25 meter towing (armpit grip),
- Self-rescue exercise (combined exercise in light leisurewear, which must be performed in the specified order without a break): Jump into the water on foot, then assume a floating position, 4 minutes of floating on the water surface in a supine position with paddling movements, 6 minutes of slow swimming, but at least four times the body position alternate (stomach, back, side position); Take off your clothes in deep water
- External rescue exercise (combined exercise that must be performed in the order specified without a break): swim 15 meters to a partner in the prone position, dive halfway down to a depth of approx. 2 meters and bring up two small diving rings; then drop it and continue swimming; Way back: 15 m dragging a partner with armpit grip, then securing the rescued person by holding onto the bank
- Knowledge of self-rescue and external rescue measures and basic behavior for external rescue as well as elementary first aid
Junior water rescuer
The junior water rescuer is a youth training program in the water watch that has been made for young people from the age of eight. The original idea for the junior water rescuer came from the Regensburg local water rescue group and was initially intended to motivate children and young people to take on the tasks of the water rescue service and to regularly participate in training.
The young people are divided into three age groups with different requirements.
Level 1 training content (8-10 years):
- Junior helper course part 1 and part 2
- German Youth Swimming Badge (DJSA) Gold - from 9 years
- Acquisition of knowledge about the following life-saving appliances: life ball, life ring, life throw bag, life buoy, life belt, life board
- Knot science: eight knots and square knots (including when they are used)
- Nature conservation: animals and plants in the home
- Practical basics of lifeguarding (lifeguard competitions of the lifeguard e.g. level I)
- RK introductory seminar (if possible with contributions from the participants or in group work or similar)
- Fin swimming with theory of fin science
- Swimming skills (chest technique, back chest technique, chest start, introduction to the crawl technique)
Training content of level 2 (11-14 years):
- Junior helper course part 3 and first aid training
- German lifeguard badge (DRSA) bronze - from 12 years
- Handling of the following life-saving appliances: life ball, life ring, life throw bag, life buoy, life belt, life board
- Correct behavior of water watchmen in public (also: during security duty)
- Knot science: repeat eighth knot and square knot; new: loom line (mast cast) and bowline (also when they are used)
- Nature conservation: Biotopes in the area and their protection and care
- Snorkel badge DRK (parental consent required)
- Practical basics of lifeguarding (lifeguard competitions of the BRK-Wasserwacht e.g. level II)
- Swimming skills (crawl technique, back crawl technique, chest & crawl start, high turn, mastery of chest & crawl technique and a back technique)
Level 3 training content (from 14 years of age):
- German lifeguard badge (DRSA) silver - from 15 years
- Safe handling of the following life-saving equipment: life ball, life ring, life throw bag, life buoy, life belt, life board, belt rescuer
- Specialist water rescue service
- Rights, obligations, insurance in the water rescue service (preparation for the deployment as a lifeguard for the water rescue service)
- Knots: repetition of eight knots and square knots, weaving line (mast throw) and bowline; new Schotstek single and double (also when they are used)
- Practical basics of lifeguarding (lifeguard competitions of the BRK water rescue service level III)
- Swimming skills (mastery of 4 swimming techniques, deep diving, distance diving, fin swimming with ABC equipment, ...)
- Design of a group lesson and organization of a game for the group
Additional training from the age of 16 possible:
- Medical training
- Water rescuer training
- Youth leader training
- Training to become a helmsman on lifeboats
- Training as a boat operator in the water rescue service (Wasserwacht Bayern)
- Training as a rescue diver (Wasserwacht Bayern)
- Patrolman training
DLRG water rescuer
Requirements:
- Minimum age 16 years
- medical examination
Basic training:
- German lifeguard badge silver
- First aid course (8 double hours)
Conditions:
- SAN A paramedic
- German snorkel diving badge
- Radiotelephony instruction
- Introductory event
Information about the station, the local conditions and first insights into the water rescue service (WRD)
- Introduction and Organization (WRD)
Basics of the WRD in the DLRG and legal bases
- Special circumstances in the WRD
Introduction to special areas of application such as the North Sea or rivers
- Basics of operational theory
Management apprenticeship and operational knowledge
- Territory
- Seamanship and practical training
Dealing with boats in general and motor rescue boats (MRB) in particular
- Lifeguard practice
Handling of life-saving appliances for swimming use of all kinds (lifeline, life board, shovel stretcher, millerboard, ...) And everything to do with behavior at the lake i. A. (environmental protection ...)
- Internship at the WRD
Exam:
- Combined exercise
Swim 50m with basic equipment (fins, mask, snorkel), dive down and slide a 5 kg ring 5 m at a depth of 3 m. Then bring a doll to the surface and drag it 50 m. Then cardiopulmonary resuscitation for 3 minutes.
- Rescue exercise, SAN use
- Rescue exercise, water rescue operation
- Theoretical exam
history
In the German Red Cross, the first water rescue squads were formed as early as the 1870s, which initially consisted of normal paramedics. The water rescue service of the DRK can already prove the training in the area of lifeguard for the year 1887 (in Kiel). The first DLRG lifeguard course was held in Stuttgart in August 1913.
Austria
The lifeguard training of the ARGE Österreichisches Wasserrettungswesen (working group of Austrian water rescue - members: ASBÖ , Federal Army , Federal Police , ÖJRK , ÖWR ) is divided into:
helper
- Minimum age: 13 years of age
- 15 min continuous swimming, 5 min of which in the supine position without arm activity
- Swim 100 m in overalls
- 15 m distance diving
- 2 times 2–3 m deep diving from the swimming position with picking up an object weighing approx. 2.5 kg within 5 minutes
- Bringing up 3 plates or rings when trying to dive (area approx. 10 m², at a water depth of approx. 2-3 m)
- Package jump from a height of 2–3 m
- 25 m each Rescuing a person of roughly the same weight with head, armpit and fetlock grip
- practical exercise of the liberation grips: neck clasping from the front and back, stranglehold from the front and back, on land and in the water
- practical exercise of the rescue holds "rescue over the edge of the pool" and "Rautek hold"
- Knowledge of the rescue equipment
- Knowledge of self-rescue
- Brief examination of first aid in the event of water accidents and practical implementation of resuscitation
- Knowledge of the purpose and organization of the Austrian water rescue service
savior
- Minimum age: 16 years of age
- 30 minutes of continuous swimming, 10 of which are backstroke without arm activity
- 300 m swim in overalls
- 25 m distance diving
- Three deep dives (approx. 3 to 4 m), each time with picking up an object weighing approx. 5 kg, within 6 minutes
- Picking up 6 plates or 6 rings for a diving test (area approx. 20 m², with a water depth of approx. 2 m)
- Parcel and head plunge into the water from a height of approx. 2-3 m
- Rescue a person of about the same weight each 50 m, both clad with head, armpit, shackle and sailor handle
- 50 m Transporting (pulling) a person of the same weight
- Practical exercise of the liberation grips: neck grip from the front and back, stranglehold from the front and back, chest grip from behind without enclosing the arms, on land and in the water
- practical use of at least 3 mountain handles (e.g. recovery over the ladder, Rautek handle, recovery over the edge of the pool, shoulder handle, recovery in a boat)
- Brief examination of first aid in the event of water accidents and practical implementation of resuscitation
- Knowledge of self-rescue
- Special rescue aids in the event of swimming, boat, car and ice accidents
- Use of at least two rescue devices
- combined rescue exercise
Lifesaver
- Requirement: in possession of the rescue license
- Minimum age: 17 years of age
- Swim 100 m (chest or crawl) in 1:40 minutes
- 300 m swim with flippers in 4:30 minutes
- 300 m swim in any style (without fins) in 9:00 minutes
- Execution of rescue techniques in the following order:
- 75 m swimming towards an affected person
- Execution of three release grips
- Rescue 25 m each using head, armpit and fetlock grip
- Combined rescue exercise
- The combined rescue exercise can be carried out within 2 minutes, the rescuer wearing shorts and a T-shirt:
- Rescue jump (step jump) into the water
- 25 m swim (freestyle)
- Dive down and bring up an affected person (rescue manikin or partner) from a depth of at least 1.5 m
- 25 m rescuing the victim
- Emergency check and resuscitation (at least 3 minutes) immediately after carrying out point a. this rescue exercise
- 25 m distance diving
- Use and explanation of at least two rescue devices (e.g. rescue board, throw bag, rescue mattress, belt rescuer, rescue buoy or other rescue devices recognized by ARGE-ÖWRW):
- Implementation of the following basic measures:
- Recognize dangers
- Secure, rescue, and rescue danger point
- Emergency check
- stable side position
- Turning a person over from the prone position to the supine position
- Emergency call
- Carrying out cardiopulmonary resuscitation:
- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (adults)
- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (children)
- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (infants)
- First aid measures:
- Dealing with patients
- First aid measures (e.g. in the event of shock, bleeding, injuries to the cervical spine, fractures, hypothermia)
Switzerland
The lifeguard training of the Swiss Lifesaving Society (SLRG) is divided into:
Water safety course
- Continuous swimming 300 m, of which 50 m in the supine position, guide time 10 minutes
- Clothes swimming 25 m
- Diving: 4 plates, depth approx. 1.80 m, spread over 2 m by 4 m, diving head-down
- Jump: 1 m jump
- Knowledge of: Danger limits and rules of conduct in open waters, use of (improvised) rescue equipment, patient assessment, unconscious storage, ventilation, emergency reports, monitoring a patient, bathing, river and ice rules (6 each)
Youth certification
- Minimum age: 11 years of age
- Continuous swimming 300 m, including 250 m freestyle and 50 m in the supine position, in a maximum of 10 minutes
- Jump from the pool edge or starting block
- Safe jump from a height of at least 1 m
- 12 m distance diving with start in the water
- Picking up 4 objects in one dive from a depth of 1.8 m, spread over an area of 2 m by 4 m
- 10 m lifeguard with neck - forehead - grip
- 10 m lifeguard with neck grip
- 25 m transport swimming
- 25 m swimming in clothes
- 2 minutes of ventilation on the ventilation phantom
- A figurant is brought up from a depth of at least 1.8 m and then transported back in a rescue handle over a distance of 10 m
- Completion of the following rescue course without time limits:
- Jump into the water upside down from the edge of the pool or starting block
- 45 m swim in front position
- Descent correct descent upside down
- 5 m course diving, surfacing at the figurant's
- 25 m lifeguard change of handles permitted
- Rescue ball throw to a figurant 8-10 m away with subsequent transport of the figurant back to the edge of the pool
- Show and explain the patient assessment and the unconscious position
- Theory exam, at least 7 correct answers to 10 exam questions
Certificate I
- Minimum age: 15 years of age
- Distance swimming 400 m with time limit
- Distance diving 20 m
- Rescuing a figurine, depth 2.5-4 m, swimming (10 m)
- Recovery of a figurine, depth 2.5-4 m, diving (10 m)
- Pick up five objects, spread over 2 m by 5 m, from a depth of at least 1.8 m, start in the water
- Transport swimming 100 m
- Lifeguarding 100 m
- Jump from a height of at least 3 m
- Target throw with rescue cube or throw bag to the figurine, distance 10 m
- 6 minute resident method ( CPR )
- Combined exercise
- with timing:
- Freestyle 90 m
- Immersion of a figurant 10 m
- Towing the figurine 50 m
- Securing at the edge of the pool
- then without timing:
- Saving the patient
- Assessment of the patient
- 2 minute rescuer method (CPR)
- with timing:
- Theoretical exam
- Emergency exercise
- Liberation handles:
- Embrace from the front and back
- Clasp from the front and back
Brevet II or course instructor / expert
- from 20 years
- Technical exam
- 600 m continuous swimming with time limit
- 50 m free swimming
- 100 m back tie or back crawl
- 450 m free swimming
- Lifeguard course analogous to Brevet I.
- Fetching a figurine from min. 3 m depth and a distance of at least 15 m with submersion.
- Picking up 10 objects in one dive, spread over an area of 3 × 10 m at a depth of at least 3 m.
- Correct roping of an object at a depth of at least 3 m
- Explanation and demonstration of the four liberation grips on land and in water
- 600 m continuous swimming with time limit
- Theoretical exam
- Emergency aid:
- Respiratory system
- Breathing disorder
- Circulation / heart / blood
- Circulatory / heart / blood disorder
- shock
- Drown
- Burns / poisoning
- Device knowledge
- Theory questions Brevet I
- SLRG as an association
- Organization of courses and exams
- Methodology and training theory
- Emergency aid:
- Methodical examination
- swim
- Emergency aid (immediate life-saving measures)
- Lifeguard
- The SLRG Brevet II includes not only lifeguards but also emergency and CPR instructors
See also
literature
- DLRG Presidium: Swimming and Rescue - DLRG textbook . 2nd Edition. Deutsche Lebensrettungs-Gesellschaft eV, Essen.
Web links
- Lifeguard badge of the DLRG
- DLRG: German examination regulations (PDF)
- Lifeguard badge of the water rescue service
- Swimming and life-saving badges of the Austrian Water Rescue Association
- Brevet I of the SLRG
- ISRC through the training network
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lifeguard badge from ARGE Österreichisches Wasserrettungswesen, accessed on September 2, 2017
- ↑ Police North Rhine-Westphalia: dream job with good career opportunities, which is exactly the right case for many
- ^ The water watch from 1883 until the Second World War. German Red Cross - Wasserwacht Bonn, accessed on March 1, 2020 .
- ↑ The Dresden Period (1914 - 1924) ( Memento from July 29, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Training opportunities - ÖWR LV federal management. Austrian Water Rescue, accessed on December 26, 2017 .