Description
Lifeguards and aquatic management teams have long faced stressful work environments. In addition to cumulative daily stress, lifeguards and allied support staff may be regularly exposed to traumatic events and life-threatening situations that can take a toll on mental health. This presentation introduces concepts to help aquatics organizations better prepare lifeguard teams for the darker realities of the profession. Come review common methods first responders use to help build resistance to the effects of job stress. Learn steps you can take to help mitigate this stress with your team and when to engage appropriate outside resources when a critical incident does occur. This presentation will help aquatics professionals, health & regulatory officials, and those that supervise aquatic facilities understand mental health resources that should be available to lifeguards in the aftermath of a critical incident.
- Presenters: Shawn DeRosa, President of the Board of the International Lifeguard Critical Incident Response Alliance
- Category: Risk Management
- .1 CEU
Objectives
At the end of this course, participants will:
- Apply techniques to build and maintain resistance to stress in themselves and their teams.
- Identify common psychological and behavioral crisis reactions.
- Explain how crisis intervention best practices in other first responder communities can be successfully utilized with aquatic first responders.
Certificate
By completing/passing this course, you will attain the certificate 2025-26 CEU Certificate
Learning credits
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