LIFESAVING SOCIETY BRONZE STAR PROGRAM

Bronze Star at-a-glance

Entries: Demonstrate deep and shallow head- and foot-first entries from a height (max. 1m).

Inflate clothes: Backward roll entry wearing shirt and long pants. Swim 10 - 15m or yd. remove and inflate pants. Form a huddle for 1 minute with two or more others.

Submerged victim recovery:Recover an unconscious victim from deep water to the surface & carry to nearest point of safety.

Rescue drill 1 & 2: Minimum 5m head-up approach into a head-first surface dive to retrieve object from a depth between 2 and 3 m or yd. Surface with object and eggbeater kick 5m or yd. to start point. Demonstrate a 25m or yd. head-up approach into a foot-first surface dive to retrieve a 4.5kg (10lb.) object (maximum depth 2m). Carry object to point of entry. Exit water and demonstrate rescue breathing on a manikin.

Object support: Support a 4.5kg (10lb.) object at the surface for 3 minutes or better in deep water.

Fitness medley: Wearing a shoulder loop and line, swim a 100m individual medley in 3 minutes or less (100yd. in 2:40 min.) as follows: 25m or yd. each of lifesaving kick, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle.

Endurance challenge: Swim 400m in 12 minutes or better (400yd. in 10:45 min.) using freestyle or any combination of strokes of the swimmer’s choice.

Assess pulse & respiration rates/Adult CPR: Find and count pulse/respiration rates on a partner. Demonstrate ability to find and count own pulse. Demonstrate single-rescuer CPR on a manikin.

Land spinal: Demonstrate the immobilization of a possible spinal-injured breathing victim on land.

Victim recognition: Demonstrate ability to simulate in the water the appearance of a weak swimmer, a non-swimmer, an unconscious victim and an injured victim. Demonstrate ability to recognize the difference between a weak swimmer and a non-swimmer; and to recognize an unconscious and an injured victim.

Hand signal communication: Perform and recognize three different hand signals.

Walk & spot/In Water Search: Walk the perimeter of the aquatic facility to locate a submerged object within 30 seconds. Search an area with both shallow and deep water (max. depth 2 m).

Rescue with partner: With a partner, perform a low-risk rescue of a non-swimmer or a victim with external bleeding. Assist victim to safety showing ability to avoid direct contact. Perform appropriate follow-up procedures, including treatment for shock.

Rescue non-breathing victim: Rescue an unconscious, non-breathing victim in deep water. Return with the victim to the beach, dock or poolside. Untrained bystanders assist in victim removal. Perform appropriate follow-up procedures, including treatment for shock.

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