Lifesaving 123 Course In Singapore

Lifesaving 123 Course

from $450 per course

What is Lifesaving 123 Award?

The Lifesaving 123 Award course consists of three stages which teaches the fundamentals of water safety, theory and practical aspects of land-based and water-based non-contact rescue as well as resuscitation skills.

Trainees are expected to be strong swimmers as the course will be focused more on lifesaving techniques rather than swimming strokes.

3 Certificates To Be Achieved

Prerequisites

  • Secondary 1 onwards

  • Frontcrawl 50m

  • Breaststroke 50m

  • Survival backstroke 50m

Example 1: Throwing Rescue

Example 2: Rope Rescue

What is Lifesaving 1 Award About

To impart preliminary skills and knowledge of water safety and land-based non-contact rescues.

  • Introduction to basic water safety, water dangers and water rescue in swimming pool.

  • Identify the actions of a non-swimmer and a weak swimmer.

  • Basic land-based rescue skill e.g

    • Reaching rescue
    • Throwing of buoyant aid rescue
    • Wading rescue (with buoyant or rigid aid)
    • Accompanied rescue.

  • Swim 100 meters in any recognized strokes to pass the course exam.

What is Lifesaving 2 Award About

To develop further preliminary skills and knowledge of water safety, resuscitation and land-based non-contact rescues.

  • Introduction to water rescue, dangers of open water and applying mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to unconscious casualty (CPR).

  • Identify the movements of non-swimmer, weak swimmer, swimmer with limb injury, unconscious non-breathing swimmer.

  • Land-based emergency rescue techniques such as Rope Rescue and Non-Contact Tow Rescue of an uncooperative casualty scenario.

  • Ability to swim 150 meters comfortably in any recognized strokes.

What is Lifesaving 3 Award About

To reinforce skills and knowledge of water safety, resuscitation and water rescue preparatory to the Bronze Medallion.

  • Understanding of water rescue and treatment of cramp and minor bleeding.

  • Sculling of water using only arms in the Ready position, tread water without using arms.

  • Underwater Recovery, Defensive and Release Techniques of casualty and full-clothed emergency rescue.

  • Ability to swim 150 meters comfortably in any recognized strokes.

  • Confidently swim 200 meters in any two recognized strokes.