Presentation
Programa Nadador Salvador Júnior
Uma cultura de segurança, prevenção e salvamento no meio aquático.
Congresso Mundial Afogamento - Malásia -Penang
Amanhã será o dia.
Programme Swimmer Salvador Junior.
A culture of safety, prevention and rescue in the aquatic environment.
2015 World Conference on Drowning Prevention
- Malaysia, Penang
Presenters: Rodrigo Costa and Antonio Mestre
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Resgate - Associação de Nadadores Salvadores do Litoral Alentejano
1. outubro de 2015
Junior Lifeguard Educational Program
“Creating a water safety culture”
10-year perspective of program implementation
in Portugal
2. RESGATE - 10 YEAR PERSPECTIVE ON A PORTUGUESE JUNIOR LIFEGUARD PROGRAM
• WHO WE ARE
• THE JUNIOR LIFEGUARD PROGRAM
• MAIN STRATEGIES
• PROGRAM STRUCTURE
• GROWTH
• JUNIOR LIFEGUARD INSTRUCTORS
• CONCLUSION
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OVERVIEW
3. RESGATE - 10 YEAR PERSPECTIVE ON A PORTUGUESE JUNIOR LIFEGUARD PROGRAM
WHO WE ARE
• NON-PROFIT LIFEGUARD ASSOCIATION
• FOUNDED IN 2001
• BASED IN SINES “HOMETOWN OF
VASCO DA GAMA”
• OPERATING WITHIN THE SINES PORT
AUTHORITIES AREA
• ABOUT 40 LIFEGUARDS WORKING
FROM JUNE TO SEPTEMBER
• LIFEGUARDING 17 BEACHES AND 2
PUBLIC POOLS
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SINES →
4. RESGATE - 10 YEAR PERSPECTIVE ON A PORTUGUESE JUNIOR LIFEGUARD PROGRAM
THE JUNIOR LIFEGUARD PROGRAM
• BORN IN 2005 WITH OVER 2500 PARTICIPANTS TO DATE
• AIMING TO DEVELOP A WATER SAFETY CULTURE,
PREVENTION AND RESCUE AT SEA
PILLARS
TEAMWORK
STRENGTH
ENDURANCE
EXPERIENCE
COURAGE
DISCIPLINE
LOYALTY
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5. MAIN STRATEGIES
• LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
• PORT AUTHORITIES
• LOCAL FIRE
DEPARTMENTS
• HEALTH AUTHORITIES
• SCHOOLS
• MILITARY
• OTHER PRIVATE ENTITIES
• RESOURCES ECONOMY
• GREATER VISIBILITY IN
COMMUNITY
• DIVERSITY IN PROGRAM
CONTENTS
• RICHER CURRICULUM
• PARTNERS RECOGNITION
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OUTCOMESPARTNERSHIPS
RESGATE - 10 YEAR PERSPECTIVE ON A PORTUGUESE JUNIOR LIFEGUARD PROGRAM
6. PROGRAM STRUCTURE
• 2 WEEKS DURATION
• ONE AGE GROUP EACH
• 4 HOURS A DAY ACTIVITIES
• INCLUDING:
o JUNIOR LIFEGUARD HEALTH AND
PHISICAL CONDITIONING
o ISN AND RESGATE HISTORY
o FIRST AID EMPHASIS ON BLS
o RESCUE TECHNIQUES
o ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND
ADPTATION – RIP CURRENTS
o CONTACT WITH RESCUE EQUIPMENT
o “WORK” WITH SENIOR LIFEGUARDS 6
RESGATE - 10 YEAR PERSPECTIVE ON A PORTUGUESE JUNIOR LIFEGUARD PROGRAM
7. PROGRAM STRUCTURE
AGE GROUPS
5 to 13 years : 14 to 17 years old:
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5 to 6
11 to 139 to 10
7 to 8
14 to 15 16 to 17
RESGATE - 10 YEAR PERSPECTIVE ON A PORTUGUESE JUNIOR LIFEGUARD PROGRAM
10. RESGATE - 10 YEAR PERSPECTIVE ON A PORTUGUESE JUNIOR LIFEGUARD PROGRAM
JUNIOR LIFEGUARD INSTRUCTORS
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11. RESGATE - 10 YEAR PERSPECTIVE ON A PORTUGUESE JUNIOR LIFEGUARD PROGRAM
CONCLUSION
• IN 2015 TOOK PLACE THE 11TH JLP WITH 459 JL
• MORE THAN 5X THAN IN 2005
• 2 PROGRAMS EVERY YEAR
• ONE IN SINES AND ANOTHER IN MILFONTES, ODEMIRA
• OVER 2500 PARTICIPANTS TOTAL
• GREAT FEEDBACK FROM PARENTS, AND PARTNERS IN
GENERAL
• ENROLLMENT CLOSES WITHIN 3 DAYS FROM OPENING
• BEST FEEDBACK COMES FROM JL AND CHANGES IN THEIR
BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS WATER SAFETY
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12. RESGATE - 10 YEAR PERSPECTIVE ON A PORTUGUESE JUNIOR LIFEGUARD PROGRAM
• OF ALL THE PARTICIPANTS, ABOUT 22 HAVE ALREADY
BECOME DISTINCT PROFESSIONAL LIFEGUARDS
• CURRENTLY 2 FORMER JL HOLD POSITIONS IN THE
GOVERNING BODIES OF OUR LIFEGUARD ASSOCIATION
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CONCLUSION
13. RESGATE - 10 YEAR PERSPECTIVE ON A PORTUGUESE JUNIOR LIFEGUARD PROGRAM
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14. outubro de 2015
SPECIAL THANKS:
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS SPONSORS
SCUBA CENTER SURF SCHOOL SWIMMING CLUB NAUTICAL CLUB MEDIA
FIRE DEPARTMENTS
15. Junior Lifeguard Educational Program
“Creating a water safety culture”
10 year perspective of program implementation
in Portugal
Notes de l'éditeur
Tema, Objetivos, Conteúdo Dúvidas e Resumo.
• Health and physical condition of junior lifeguards;
• History of I.S.N. and RESGATE;
• First Aid (with emphasis to the Basic Life Support)
• rescue techniques;
• Environmental Assessment and adaptation to the environment;
• Contact with rescue equipment;
RESGATE Junior Lifeguard Educational Program – “Creating a water safety culture”: 10-year
perspective of program implementation in Portugal
The Junior Lifeguard Program (JLP) was born in 2005, during the bathing season, when the
directors of the association “RESGATE – A.N.S.L.A.” (Portugal) decided to make a targeted
program for young people in order to convey a culture of safety, prevention and rescue at sea,
based on the following pillars: teamwork, strength, endurance, experience, courage, discipline and
loyalty.
The strategy to achieve the intended goals, saving resources and ensuring greater visibility in the
community, was seeking to develop partnerships with local institutions connected to the aquatic
environment, safety and health. Since then, numerous local and regional organizations have
collaborated in several editions of JLP. The collaboration of these institutions is through lectures
and "workshops" with junior lifeguards, enriching the JLP curriculum and increasing partners’
visibility and recognition.
The program has been growing gradually and in 2008 the total number of participants was 149. The
applications for registration were so many that in 2009 there was a need to restructure the program
and create new levels, thus giving opportunity to all young people between 7 and 17 to participate in
actions aimed at their age group (5 groups in total). Parents were also gradually involved with the
Association. On the last day of the program, which we call “RESGATE” Family, parents participate
with their children in activities related to drowning prevention. More than 100 parents participate in a
very active way.
The 1st JLP had the participation of 87 young people aged from 8 to 17 years. Participants were
divided in two groups and separated by two levels: Dolphins, from 8 to 13 years-old and the Sharks,
from 14 to 17 years old. We kept the program running with this structure for 4 years. The JLP takes
place in a period of two weeks, 4 hours a day, with various activities that include, among others:
By 2009 the program had two instructors with certified training from ISN, but considering the
progression of the program we decided to choose a group of 10 young cadets with the profile to
become instructors and designed a specific training to prepare them to be JLP instructors. We
currently have 25 instructors who are the living testimony of how this program has influenced their
lives.
In 2014 we celebrated 10 years of JLP, and 390 young people enrolled, almost 4 times more than in
2005. Currently we conduct two programs a year, one in Sines and another in Beja. The high
demand shows that we can pass the program message, that parents trust our work and recognize
the importance of the message that RESGATE has passed over this decade.
Over the 10 JLP editions we reached 2116 young people. We received their testimony and how
their behaviour changed in relation to security in the aquatic environment.
Of the 2116 participants, about 22 have became professional lifeguards and performed their roles
with great distinction. Some of them keep being lifeguards and are collaborating with the JLP.
Currently, two former junior lifeguards hold positions in the governing bodies of our Association.
Costa R 1 , Mestre A 1
1 RESGATE – Associação de Nadadores Salvadores do Litoral Alentejano, Portugal
Special thanks to:
Tema, Objetivos, Conteúdo Dúvidas e Resumo.
• Health and physical condition of junior lifeguards;
• History of I.S.N. and RESGATE;
• First Aid (with emphasis to the Basic Life Support)
• rescue techniques;
• Environmental Assessment and adaptation to the environment;
• Contact with rescue equipment;
The program has been growing gradually and in 2008 the total number of participants was 149. The
applications for registration were so many that in 2009 there was a need to restructure the program
and create new levels, thus giving opportunity to all young people between 7 and 17 to participate in
actions aimed at their age group (5 groups in total). Parents were also gradually involved with the
Association. On the last day of the program, which we call “RESGATE” Family, parents participate
with their children in activities related to drowning prevention. More than 100 parents participate in a
very active way.
By 2009 the program had two instructors with certified training from ISN, but considering the
progression of the program we decided to choose a group of 10 young cadets with the profile to
become instructors and designed a specific training to prepare them to be JLP instructors. We
currently have 25 instructors who are the living testimony of how this program has influenced their
lives.
In 2014 we celebrated 10 years of JLP, and 390 young people enrolled, almost 4 times more than in
2005. Currently we conduct two programs a year, one in Sines and another in Beja. The high
demand shows that we can pass the program message, that parents trust our work and recognize
the importance of the message that RESGATE has passed over this decade.
Over the 10 JLP editions we reached 2116 young people. We received their testimony and how
their behaviour changed in relation to security in the aquatic environment.
Of the 2116 participants, about 22 have became professional lifeguards and performed their roles
with great distinction. Some of them keep being lifeguards and are collaborating with the JLP.
Currently, two former junior lifeguards hold positions in the governing bodies of our Association.
Costa R 1 , Mestre A 1
1 RESGATE – Associação de Nadadores Salvadores do Litoral Alentejano, Portugal