Ellis lifeguard for Wildwater Kingdom in Allentown PA. Same exact uniform for our girls and our whistle system is different yet. 1 short is for a guest 1vlong is going in for a save/activate eap 2 short is supervisor and 2 long is something ridiculous like a ride.fell down
@partyboy0746 ik the whistles :). i said nice whistle for guests attention cause it was a short whistle. and she never showed her fanny pack with her universal precautions and her easy seal (which is the way we carry around our stuff at the park i work at).
and for us. 1 short whitsle is guest, 2 short is guards attention (this includes shift lead, supervisors and emt of the park), many short rapid whistles means evacuate the pool. 1 longs means entering water and losing 10/20 and 2 is eap :)
@partyboy0746 ahh for us its mandatory. which is good because as i was walking to my break, a lady had a seizure at the bottom of a catch pool, we had to get her out and get ready for cpr just incase. had all my universal precautions in my fanny pack :)
@partyboy0746 i'm an ellis guard too and our whistle system is similar...the only differences in my park is that we contact leads over radio and we have a 3 long whistle blast for a suspected spinal
@fcg81732 only lead lifeguards and supervisors have radios, everyone else has to use whistles.. and we activate the EMP and and say "lifeguard needs assistance, i need a bag and a backboard"
@partyboy0746 word..when was your last audit? we were audited yesterday afternoon...had two practicals. one in our toilet bowl type body slide and one in the main pool
@fcg81732 Our last audit was 2 weeks ago. we did 3 vats, One at the bottom of body slides, one at the wave pool, and one at the the toilet bowl slide. then we had a lot of scanning audits, and i did the solo cpr audit, and we had one scenario.
You can be anywhere from 15 on up depending on the location and the rules of the state/complex that you work at. If you are 15 you must have a permit. Also the training is different depending upon who you receive it from, mine was Ellis and Associates the best in the world. Or the American Red Cross etc...
Ellis lifeguard for Wildwater Kingdom in Allentown PA. Same exact uniform for our girls and our whistle system is different yet. 1 short is for a guest 1vlong is going in for a save/activate eap 2 short is supervisor and 2 long is something ridiculous like a ride.fell down
seahawkstorm76 2 months ago
im an ellis guard too! lol at my park the supervisors do some sort of audit several times a day!
mistermaraj 8 months ago
@mistermaraj sameee here! i lifeguard at greatwolf and we do vat drops and audits all the time, haha
HCOchickk13 7 months ago
nice 1 whistle for a guests attention. are you an ellis guard? cause so am i. and where was your easy seal????
Ihit2run2 8 months ago
@Ihit2run2 1 short whistle for guest attention,
2 short whistles to get a life guards attention,
3 short whistles to get a supervisors or a lead life guard,
1 long whistle to signal jumping in to water,
2 long whistles to activate the parks EAP.
and the easy seal in on our rescue tubes.
and yeah im an ellis guard.
i hope you maintain a good 10/20
partyboy0746 8 months ago
@partyboy0746 ik the whistles :). i said nice whistle for guests attention cause it was a short whistle. and she never showed her fanny pack with her universal precautions and her easy seal (which is the way we carry around our stuff at the park i work at).
and for us. 1 short whitsle is guest, 2 short is guards attention (this includes shift lead, supervisors and emt of the park), many short rapid whistles means evacuate the pool. 1 longs means entering water and losing 10/20 and 2 is eap :)
Ihit2run2 8 months ago
@Ihit2run2 At my park, the fanny pack is optional, because we dont need to carry around our easy seal.
partyboy0746 8 months ago
@partyboy0746 ahh for us its mandatory. which is good because as i was walking to my break, a lady had a seizure at the bottom of a catch pool, we had to get her out and get ready for cpr just incase. had all my universal precautions in my fanny pack :)
Ihit2run2 8 months ago
@partyboy0746 i'm an ellis guard too and our whistle system is similar...the only differences in my park is that we contact leads over radio and we have a 3 long whistle blast for a suspected spinal
fcg81732 8 months ago
@fcg81732 only lead lifeguards and supervisors have radios, everyone else has to use whistles.. and we activate the EMP and and say "lifeguard needs assistance, i need a bag and a backboard"
partyboy0746 8 months ago
@partyboy0746 word..when was your last audit? we were audited yesterday afternoon...had two practicals. one in our toilet bowl type body slide and one in the main pool
fcg81732 8 months ago
@fcg81732 Our last audit was 2 weeks ago. we did 3 vats, One at the bottom of body slides, one at the wave pool, and one at the the toilet bowl slide. then we had a lot of scanning audits, and i did the solo cpr audit, and we had one scenario.
partyboy0746 8 months ago
@BethLorraine96
You can be anywhere from 15 on up depending on the location and the rules of the state/complex that you work at. If you are 15 you must have a permit. Also the training is different depending upon who you receive it from, mine was Ellis and Associates the best in the world. Or the American Red Cross etc...
ntmp675 10 months ago
is it hard to be a lifeguard? i am a 16 year old girl and i am about to go through the training. what am i in for?
dooenn 1 year ago
i work their now!
bakerboy123321 1 year ago
wow you get the good hat.. my hat is pink!!
K17McAfee 2 years ago
it's not complete without a rastia lifeguard straw hat lol
kicknbazz1615 2 years ago