American Red Cross CPR/AED/First Aid

Participants will learn how to perform CPR and care for breathing and cardiac emergencies in adults and how to prevent, recognize, and respond to cardiac and breathing emergencies in infants and children. Participants will learn how to use AEDs (automatic external defibrillators) and learn to recognize and care for a variety of first aid emergencies such as burns, cuts, scrapes, sudden illnesses, head, neck, and back injuries, and heat and cold emergencies.

Age: 15+ years old
Date: Monday, March 18
Time: 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Cost: $70.00 for Centre Members
$100.00 for Community Participants
Place: Centre Classroom
Registration Deadline: Monday, March 11
Minimum/Maximum Participants : 5/10

 

 

Junior Lifeguard Camp

Interested in one day becoming a lifeguard? Ready to learn basic lifeguarding techniques? This is the class for you! Youth who are planning to become a future lifeguards will gain the knowledge and skills to one day become a lifeguard. This training program will help students develop swimming skills, introduce participants to lifesaving skills such as in water rescues and using a rescue tube, and learn the basics of CPR/AED/ and First Aid (No certification available in this class).

Age: 11-14 years old
Date: Monday - Friday, April 22 - 26
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Cost: $53.00 for Centre Members
$70.00 for Community Participants
Place: Centre Pool
Registration Deadline: Monday, April 15
Minimum/Maximum Participants : 5/10

American Red Cross Lifeguard Certification

If you’re 15 or older and looking for a great job or challenging career that’s in demand, the Red Cross Lifeguarding program is the place to start. Through videos, group discussion, and hands-on practice, you’ll learn rescue and surveillance skills, first aid, and CPR/AED. Please bring a towel and swim suit.

Prerequisites for lifeguard candidates:

  • must be able to swim continuously 150 yards either freestyle or breaststroke
  • tread water for 2 minutes without hands and then swim a 50 yard freestyle
  • swim 20 yards (no goggles), submerge, retrieve 10 pound brick, and swim back on their back holding the brick with both hands on chest without submerging while swimming

Age: 15+ years old
Date: Friday - Sunday, April 12 - 14
        4:00 PM – 8:00 PM (Friday)
        9:00 AM – 5:00 PM (Saturday)
        11:00 AM – 5:00 PM (Sunday)
Cost : $175.00 for Centre Members
         $225.00 for Community Participants
Place: Centre Pool & 4K Classroom
Registration Deadline: Friday, April 5
Minimum/Maximum Participants: 5/10

 

Age: 15+ years old
Date: Friday - Sunday, May 31 - June 2
5:00 PM – 8:00 PM (Friday)
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM (Saturday)
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM (Sunday)
Cost : $175.00 for Centre Members
$225.00 for Community Participants
Place: Centre Pool & 4K Classroom
Registration Deadline: Saturday, May 25
Minimum/Maximum Participants: 3/10

 

 


Facility Hours:

  May - September October - April
Monday - Friday 4:45 AM - 8:00 PM 4:45 AM - 9:00 PM
Saturday - Sunday      6:00 AM - 6:00 PM      6:00 AM - 6:00 PM
     
Program areas close 15 minutes prior to the Centre closing.

 

Contact Us:

425 E 5th St
New Richmond WI 54017
715-246-2252

 


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