Do Lifeguards Today Have CTD?

Can you guess what CTD stands for?

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Permalink Reply by Courtney Maglio on August 4, 2011 at 3:53pm

Chronic Trauma Disorder?

Permalink Reply by Lisa Phillips on August 5, 2011 at 10:26am

Chronic Teenager Disorder

Permalink Reply by Jim Wheeler on August 5, 2011 at 3:21pm

I am liking all of these answers, especially texting, trauma (or is it drama) and teenager... But this has nothing to do with technology, or the age of the lifeguards. Those are your clues for the day.

Permalink Reply by Lisa Phillips on August 8, 2011 at 5:07am

Chronic Tired Disorder!

Permalink Reply by Jim Wheeler on August 8, 2011 at 7:30pm

So we have established the first word is "Chronic" and many of you think you have figured out the last word which you believe is "Disorder". The hint for the day is the last word is not "Disorder"...

Permalink Reply by Lisa Phillips on August 9, 2011 at 5:48am

Chronic Talking Disability

Permalink Reply by Sarah Carlos on August 16, 2011 at 11:08am

Jim, is it time to let us in on the secret yet? What is CTD? Do my lifeguards have "it"?

Permalink Reply by Lisa Phillips on September 16, 2011 at 10:38am

Jim,

I think it is time for another update on CTD!

Permalink Reply by Jim Wheeler on September 16, 2011 at 12:10pm

CTD stands for Chronic Tube Dependency. How many Lifeguards have you seen go in for a rescue and the tube pops out and they look like a deer in the headlights? We need to make sure our Lifeguards learn basic skills then teach them the many approaches to rescuing people with out equipment. We have so many great rescues that are no longer taught in our certification courses, we have a duty to pass along some of the great legacy and instutional knowledge to the next generation!

Permalink Reply by Lisa Phillips on September 16, 2011 at 12:45pm

Good one! I agree, as Larry would say "Get 'R Done!" No matter what happens, you have to be able to follow through and deal with the situation, it is never going to be text book. During in-service trainings I like to see things go wrong (sometimes intentionally) and how they deal with it.

One thing I think helps with the tube fetish, we have the guards discard their tubes when rotating to the zero depth area, mainly because they don't need it there, but it also helps them to get used to not hugging it all the time and think about how they will deal without it.

Permalink Reply by Jim Wheeler on September 17, 2011 at 11:19am

Tube Fetish.. LMAO

Permalink Reply by Lisa Phillips on November 9, 2011 at 11:58am

Sure, you teach them all of the red cross standards, but you also practice at inservices what happens when things go wrong, such as losing the tube. Red Cross stipulates in their books that there will be facility specific policies that lifeguards need to learn and follow. This just becomes one of your facility policies, how to handle a rescue without a tube.