Aquatics - Health and Safety

Health & Safety courses are offered to students, faculty/staff, and community members and are conducted by American Red Cross certified instructors. Participants must be at least 15 years old.

Registration

Registration for all courses is available at the Front Desk at the Student Recreation Center or by calling 419.372.2000. Courses must be paid at the time of sign-up. E-mail Micha Seither at smicha@bgsu.edu with questions.

Recreation and Wellness reserves the right to cancel any class that does not have three or more participants registered the day before the class begins.

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Schedule and Description of Classes

CPR/PR with AED Challenge

The CPR Challenge is a required refresher class that reviews skills learned in the full course. Class length is 4 hours; 2-year certification; resuscitation mask and book not provided.

CPR/PR with AED Full Course

The CPR Full Course is a 2-year certification. (Certification for lifeguards is one year.) Class length is 8 hours; includes adult, child and infant skills, the role of the professional rescuer, disease transmission prevention, use of a pocket mask and two rescuer skills; book and pocket mask included.

Participants must enter through the back doors (employee parking/camp entrance) as building does not open until 12:00pm. 

Sports Safety Training (First Aid) Full Course

Standard First Aid is a 3-year certification. Class length is 4 hours; includes American Red Cross reference book. 

Lifeguard Training Full Course

Become an American Red Cross certified lifeguard. This class includes a 3-year certification in lifeguarding and first aid; and a 1-year certification in CPR/AED. Resuscitation mask and book provided. You MUST be at least 15 years old and pass a pre-course swimming challenge the first day of class to qualify for the course (includes: 300-yard swim consisting of the front crawl and breaststroke, retrieve a 10 lb. brick from deep water). Training is approximately 37 hours. Women must wear a one-piece suit and men must wear draw string swim trunks.

Attendance at all classes mandatory for certification purposes. Participants must enter through the back doors (employee parking/camp entrance) due to building does not open until 12:00 PM. 

Lifeguard Recertification Course

8-hour training. Must pass skills and exam with no review. Renews your LGT certification and FA certification for 3 years, and your CPR/AED certification for 1 year. Does not include book and mask.