I'm keeping this extremely short because I'm so so so tired. I got to the pool at 11 AM and didn't leave training until 12 AM. If you need help with that math, I was training for 13 hours, with 30 minutes for lunch and 30 minutes for dinner. I am so sunburnt on my back and face in spite of the fact that I apply sunscreen (SPF 100!) at least four times a day. The only real skill I learned was how to backboard a victim with a potential head, neck, or spine injury in deep water, which is exhausting when you have to hold a board with another person who is all dead weight up on your chest (while holding their head completely stable) for 5 minutes ideally, but realistically since we're all lifeguards in training closer to 10. There was a 200 meter relay and then a relay race in which everyone only had to swim 25 meters.
A thunderstorm rolled in at around 6 PM, so everyone got out of the pool and to shelter to learn about first aid. At about 9 or 10 we started out CPR training, which takes a lot of work (I now understand why people get so tired they have to quit), but I picked up on it pretty fast. I finally left at 12 AM, got home, took a shower, and am definitely going to bed soon after I post this.
No pictures today, but the instructors goal is to have everyone certified by tomorrow, so maybe (hopefully!) some exciting certification pictures!
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