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Research on interventions has received considerably less attention than on the mechanics of how a lifeguard detects a drowning casualty. Despite the low number of studies, those conducted have shown potential benefits whi...

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Beyond describing what a lifeguard does and must be able to do, HSG179:2018 does not define a lifeguard. A lifeguard cannot be accurately described by a particular qualification or set of skills without the definition be...

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Ms Linda Shields was a 34-year-old leisure attendant from Livingston in Scotland when in 2001, she performed an assisted lift-out during an NPLQ training course, which she alleged injured her back. She ...