The following provides clarifications and corrections for the Lifeguarding Instructor's Manual and the Guide for Training Lifeguarding Instructors. Replacement pages are available as .pdf file links. The pages can be printed from your browser and inserted into already purchased materials. Chapters that order these materials after this announcement may do so with the confidence that all clarifications and corrections listed below have already been implemented in the materials.
All materials except exam replacement pages will be posted on redcross.org. Instructors will need to contact their local chapters for these pages. If you have any questions about these updates, please contact Martha Chapin at (703) 206-7424 or chapinm@usa.redcross.org.
| Replacement Page | Description of Change or Clarification |
| Page vi | "City of Clayton" added to the list of acknowledgements |
| Page viii | Appendix 6-6 added to Table of Contents |
| Page 2-35 | Answers to "In Review" question 1 corrected. Answers "e" and "f" were inadvertently omitted as correct answers. |
| Page 2-36 | Grammatical change-"is" deleted in question number 7 |
| Page 2-56 | Question number 4 of the "In Review" questions has been clarified.
Answers to "In Review" question number 5 have been corrected.
Answers "a" and "f" were inadvertently omitted as correct answers. Answer "b" is no longer bold face and italicized. |
| Page 2-57 | The answer to "In Review" question 1 has been corrected. Answer "e" was inadvertently omitted as a correct answer. |
| Page 2-73 | Instructor's note under "Removing Gloves" topic now includes expanded information on participant safety. |
| Page 2-145 | Contact your local chapter for a copy of this replacement page. Answer "b" of question number 8 has been changed from "rapid breathing" to "extreme shallow breathing." |
| Page 2-151 | Contact your local chapter for a copy of this replacement page. Answer "c" in question number 10 has been updated to include the depth of compression as being ½ inch. The compression depth was inadvertently omitted. |
| Page 2-157 | Contact your local chapter for a copy of this replacement page. Answer "a" of question number 4 has been changed from "rapid breathing" to "extreme shallow breathing." |
| Page 2-165 | Contact your local chapter for a copy of this replacement page.
- Question number 11 has been changed to reflect that the victim is a child and not an infant.
- Answer "a" in question number 15 has been updated to include the depth of compression as being ¼ inch. The compression depth was inadvertently omitted in the first printing.
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| Page 4-2 | The page title has been corrected to reflect "Waterpark Lifeguarding Module Outline" |
| Page 4-27 | Contact your local chapter for a copy of this replacement page. Question number 16 has been changed and clarified to reflect the correct answer. |
| Page 4-31 | Contact your local chapter for a copy of this replacement page. Question number 16 has been changed and clarified to reflect the correct answer. |
| Page 5-23 | Contact your local chapter for a copy of this replacement page. Question number 10 has been clarified. |
| New pages | Pages 6-33 and 6-34 have been added to include the answers to the oxygen administration "In Review" questions. |
