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Rotation
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The system your employ each time you leave your post and are relived by another lifeguard.
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Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
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A device that analyzes the heart's rhythm and signals the need to administer an electric shock (defibrillation) to a patient in cardiac arrest.
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Rear Hug
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A rescue technique used for a guest who is on the surface of the water facing away from the rescuer. The technique can be used on an unconscious or conscious guest, and is always preformed with a rescue tube.
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Articles of clothing and other devices that are worn by rescuers to limit or eliminate direct contact with a patient's potentially infectious blood or other bodily fluids.
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Allowing a lifeguard 10 seconds to recognize an aquatic emergency and 3 minutes to preform a rescue and begin care.
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