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American Red Cross offers a comprehensive portfolio of aquatic and lifeguarding training courses to help ensure you can respond with confidence when lives are on the line. To learn how you can deliver Red Cross training at your facility, contact us today.
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Training Courses
Lifeguarding Brochure
The 2024 Red Cross Lifeguarding Program updates are here! Learn how to Prepare your lifeguards to prevent, protect and respond with our modernized program based on the latest science.
Lifeguarding Data Sheet
The Red Cross Lifeguarding, Lifeguarding Instructor and Lifeguarding Instructor Trainer courses then incorporate the most modern educational techniques and resources to make learning and teaching engaging, interactive and, above all, effective.
CPR/AED for Professional Rescuers (CPRO)
The 2024 CPRO Program has been updated. The Red Cross CPRO curriculum provides the critical lifesaving skills you need through lecture, video and hands-on training based on real-life rescue scenarios.
Lifeguard Virtual Reality Training App
Improve scanning and surveillance lifeguarding skills with the new dynamic Red Cross Virtual Reality app.
Aquatic Examiner Service
Optimize Your Lifeguarding Operations using Red Cross benchmarks and learn more about our Aquatic Examiner Service to improve training, lifeguard accountability, water safety, and response skills.
Lifeguard Management
A facility’s safety depends on the whole team—from lifeguards to management. This course offers aquatic managers and lifeguard supervisors techniques that will improve their management skills as well as patron, lifeguard and facility safety.
First Aid/CPR/AED
The American Red Cross First Aid/CPR/AED course utilizes a revolutionary approach combining new game-changing educational techniques with the latest science-based advancements in lifesaving care.
Skill Boosts
Personalize lifesaving training and improve readiness with the addition of available Skill Boost courses, including anaphylaxis, life-threating bleeding, opioid overdose and more.
Mission Programs
Learn-to-Swim Water Safety Program
The American Red Cross Swimming and Water Safety Program teaches people of different ages and abilities how to be safe in, on or around the water—including how to swim.
Centennial Campaign and Water Safety Resources
The Centennial Campaign helps to make communities safer. Explore the program and free resources available to help reduce drowning rates.
Longfellow’s WHALE Tales Water Safety for Children
Inspire students to recognize and understand risks of water safety through this complimentary program. Available in both English and Spanish, it includes lesson plans, videos, activity sheets and much more.
Training Supplies and Products
AEDs
Be prepared for the unexpected – AEDs saves lives. An AED, or automated external defibrillator, is a sophisticated, yet easy-to-use, medical device that helps to re-establish an effective heart rhythm in those experiencing sudden cardiac arrest.
Red Cross Store
Shop the Red Cross Store. Your trusted source for affordable lifeguarding supplies, bleeding control, training reference guides, manuals, and supplies for your facility.