Menlo Swim and Sport periodically offers CPR for the Professional Rescuer, Title 22 courses, and Lifeguard certification courses. While these classes are held regularly to maintain certifications for our own lifeguards and instructors, they are also open to the public. Come join us and help our entire community become more safety trained and safety conscious!

Register today for American Red Cross Lifeguard Training at Menlo Swim and Sport. Learn lifesaving skills to help keep people safe in, on and around the water.

To become certified to guard or teach swimming, you must complete approximately 30 hours of training and pass practical and written exams. To enroll, you must be 15 years old (by the end of the course) or older and possess a valid photo ID.

The prerequisites include being able to swim 500 yards without stopping, demonstrating crawlstroke, breaststroke, and elementary backstroke. You must complete a surface dive to 7'-10', retrieve a 10 pound brick, return to the surface and swim 20 yards, and exit the pool with the brick.

Upon successful completion of class, Lifeguard Certificates are valid for two years and include CPR for the Professional Rescuer (valid for two years) and First Aid (valid for two years).

Menlo Swim and Sport offers an American Red Cross Lifeguard Certification Class that includes:

• Lifeguard Training
• CPR for the Professional Rescuer
• First Aid
• Lifeguarding Manual and Rescue Mask
  
  

2012 Lifeguard Certification Schedule:

April 2012 Spring Break Lifeguard Class: April 2-5, 2012, 9:00am - 5:30pm daily > register now

April 2012 Lifeguard Class: April 12-15, 2012, 6:00pm - 10:00pm (Thursday 4/12 and Friday 4/13), 8:00am - 8:00pm (Saturday 4/14 and Sunday 4/15) > register now

Location:
Menlo Swim Sport - The Burgess Park Pools
501 Laurel Street
Menlo Park, CA  94025

The cost of the course is $335.

There is a minimum of six registrants for the course to take place.  The class is limited to 20 registrants.

The Title 22 course fulfills the California Code of Regulations requirement for first aid training for individuals in public safety roles. The class is open to the public and instructors are also welcome to take this course. Prerequisite is current American Red Cross CPR for the Professional Rescuer certification.

2012 Title 22 Certification Schedule:
Dates to be announced

The cost is $175* which includes textbook.

There is a limit of 20 students for this class.

Menlo Swim and Sport is Red Cross Authorized Provider.

* All payments when made are final and non-refundable

In the CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer course, learn the skills necessary to provide care to a victim of a breathing or cardiac emergency. You will learn how to perform rescue breathing using resuscitation masks and bag-valve-mask resuscitators (BVMs), care for an airway obstruction, give cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) by yourself or with another rescuer, and how to use an automated external defibrillator (AED). You will also learn how to take precautions to prevent disease transmission. The course is based on real-life rescue scenarios and lessons that reinforce decision-making skills, so you’ll be confident to respond when an emergency occurs.

This class is open to the public. Upon successful completion, you will receive an American Red Cross Universal Certificate indicating CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer valid for 2 years (1 year for lifeguards).

2012 CPR Certification Schedule
Dates to be announced

The cost is $125* which includes textbook and mask.

There is a limit of 10 students for this class.

Menlo Swim and Sport is Red Cross Authorized Provider.

* All payments when made are final and non-refundable