The Australian Lifeguard Service (ALS) is a fully integrated lifeguard service that provides its services to local government councils and land managers across Australia.
As a leader in aquatic safety and lifeguard services industry, they set international standards through quality accredited national training programmes producing highly skilled staff and stringent standard operating procedures. They ensure that they remain the industry benchmark for lifeguarding services.
Australian Lifeguard Service provides lifeguards to over 250 beaches in Australia. Approximately 700 lifeguards guard these beaches.
The ALS is heavily supported by government and national infrastructure that includes provision of;
• Nationally accredited training programmes
• Specialist rescue services
• Communication networks
• International expertise in rescue, medical research, coastal management and equipment development
• Recognised standards and compliance systems
The ALS has more than 30 years of professional experience. They are also backed up by Surf Life Saving Australia (SLSA). Australian lifeguarding has always been at the cutting edge of lifesaving technology. They lead in the development of the latest rescue tools and techniques, both in Australia and internationally.
Through SLSA, the ALS regularly liaises with organisations at state and federal levels. This allows them to develop public policy and assist with its implementation. The ALS is also linked to the International Life Saving Federation (ILS) providing the opportunity to exchange information among other lifeguarding organisations worldwide.
ALS Vision
Zero preventable deaths and injuries along the Australian coastline
ALS Aims
1. To provide the best quality coastal public safety service...
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...goal of ‘preventing deaths and injuries by proactive intervention’.
Lifeguard training and structure:
The Australian Lifesaving Academy (ALA) works with the ALS and is able to provide an ongoing staff development program to build lifeguards skills and knowledge. This also allows the linking of programs to the national industry standards as set out in training packages.
Lifeguards have to undertake regular assessments in lifesaving skills and fitness. Simulations are run and used to test skills and knowledge to ensure that staffs are job ready to deal with the public and prepared to deal with emergencies when they arise.
The ALA employs the latest training and its accredited programs are constantly being reviewed to ensure that all role requirements are up to date. The ALS remains at the leading edge for its service provision and skills maintenance for its employees.
The First five weeks the student’s learn life saving, knot tying, underwater knot tying, basic first aid, and surf passages in small inflatable boats. Along with this is a 50-yard underwater swim, which must be completed and the students are often revived when they pass out. Also throughout out the whole six months of BUD/S (Basic Underwater Demolition School), the Seal Teams go through many torturous events and lessons. One of these being surf torture. This is where the entire class must wade into the surf zone to their waistline, then sit down with arms linked. Just to let you know the water in Coronado, California never gets above sixty-eight degrees during the summer and fifty-eight degrees during the winter. There the men with linked arms will sit there for hours at a time, soon the cold sucks out all of their body warmth and the whole class is shivering in unison as the waves crash over there heads.
Working with children from Year 5 to Year 12 in an aquatic setting. I am responsible for supervising and educating these children, whilst being actively engaged in the planning process. The service we provide caters for a number of diverse children as we regularly engage with students with physical and intellectual disabilities. Subsequently, our service incorporates inclusive planning in order to accommodate the needs of all students. As an extension of the planning process we also regularly engage in risk management
...ing the high amounts of glutamate in the spinal fluid. There is now a drug out to defend against that problem. Rilutek is the first effective treatment for people with ALS. Laboratory studies suggest that Rilutek is “neuroprotective” which means it protects nerve cells from damage. So in simpler terms, this drug fights off the high amounts of glutamate in hopes of slowing down ALS. This drug is not a surefire cure for ALS though, and also any abilities lost before taking the drug will not be restored. So far it is just a hope for the future; maybe someday studies and advancements such as this will lead to a cure for ALS.
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The American Cancer Society (ACS) is a well-managed nationwide organization that has helped many people fight
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