This class is designed to teach participants how to recognize and respond appropriately to cardiac, breathing, and first aid emergencies. Participants will learn how to give immediate care to a suddenly injured or ill person until more advanced medical personnel arrive and take over.

Prerequisites: None

• Course Cost: $85 (All costs are due at registrations).
• Re-Certification Cost: $40.00
• To be eligible for re-certification, you must provide a current CPR certificate or if certificate has expired within 30 days.

Required Materials:

Materials can be purchased at the Aquatic Center or at the local Red Cross chapter.

• First Aid/CPR/AED Participant’s Manual can be purchased at www.redcross.org/participantmaterials or uploaded digitally. Manuals are mandatory for all courses.
• Resuscitation Mask: $10.00

Location:

• New Mexico State University Activity Center Room 201

Dates:

• Fall 2022:
  • Sept. 18
  • Oct. 16
  •  
• Spring 2023
  • January 28
  • March 3rd (Blended Learning - Adult CPR/AED only)

Time:

• 8:00am-1:00pm

To Register: 

• Registration begins one month prior to the start of class at the NMSU Outdoor Center, room 108 of the Activity Center. Payment for course and materials are due at the time of registration.

The purpose of this course is to teach those with a duty to act, the knowledge and skills needed to respond appropriately to first aid, breathing, and cardiac emergencies. This course offering is designed for community businesses and other health professional groups seeking certification.

Course Cost:

• For groups of 11 or less $85.00  per person
• For groups of 12 or more: $80.00 per person

Required Materials:

• Materials can be purchased at the Aquatic Center or at the local Red Cross chapter.
• First Aid/CPR/AED Participant’s Manual can be purchased at www.redcross.org/participantmaterials or uploaded digitally. Manuals are mandatory for all courses.
• Resuscitation Mask: $10.00

To request a class for your group, please email Michelle Mason at mmason10@nmsu.edu.

This  blended learning class is designed to teach participants the knowledge and skills to prevent, recognize and respond to aquatic emergencies, and to provide care for breathing and cardiac emergencies, injuries and sudden illnesses until emergency medical services personnel take over.

Prerequisites:

• Lifeguard candidates must be 15 years of age on or before the final scheduled session for the course.
• Candidates must successfully complete a 300-yard continuous swim using the front crawl, breaststroke, or a combination of both.
• Candidates must tread water only using their legs for 2 minutes without support and without stopping.
• Starting in the water, candidates must swim 20 yards, dive to retrieve a 10 pound object at a depth of 7-10 feet, resurface, and return to the starting point with both hands holding the object and keeping the face at or near the surface. Candidates must complete this skill within 1 minutes and 40 seconds.

Course Cost:

• Course Cost: $190
• Re-certification: $95
• To be eligible for re-certification, you must provide a current lifeguard certificate or if certificate has expired within 30 days.

Required Materials:

• Lifeguard Participant Manual can be purchased at www.redcross.org/participantmaterials or uploaded digitally. Manuals are mandatory for all courses.
• Resuscitation Mask: $10.00

Location:

• New Mexico State University Aquatic Center & New Mexico State University Activity Center Room 201.

Dates:

• Monday, May 15 - Thursday, May 25 (No Saturday or Sunday)

Time:

• 4:00pm – 8:00pm

To Register: 

• Registration will begin one month prior to the class date, at the NMSU Aquatic Center. Payment for course and course materials will be required on the first scheduled class after the successful completion of the prerequisites.

Instructor candidates are trained to teach basic-level Lifeguarding, Waterfront Lifeguarding, Waterpark Lifeguarding and Shallow Water Attendant (all including first aid), Lifeguard Management, CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer, Administering Emergency Oxygen, Bloodborne Pathogens Training: Preventing Disease Transmission and Basic Water Rescue courses. Instructor candidates will become familiar with GuardStart: Lifeguarding Tomorrow and the Water Safety presentations.

Prerequisites:

• Lifeguard instructor candidates must be at least 17 years of age on or before the last scheduled day of the instructor course.
• Possesses a current basic-level certification in Lifegaurding/First Aid/CPR/AED.
• Candidates must successfully complete the precourse session:
• Demonstrate competency in ALL Lifeguarding, First Aid and CPR skills.
• Successfully complete the online Introduction to the Lifegaurding Instructor Course prior to first day of course.
• Successfully comple the precourse skills session. Precoures session is conducted first day of course.

Course Cost:

• Course Cost: $145
• Re-certification: $35
• To be eligible for re-certification, you must provide a current lifeguard instructor certificate or if certificate has expired within 30 days.

Required Materials:

• Lifeguard Instructor Manual can be purchased at www.redcross.org/participantmaterials or uploaded digitally. Manuals are mandatory for all courses.
• Resuscitation Mask: $10.00

Location:

• New Mexico State University Aquatic Center

Days:

• Monday, May 15, 2023 - Thursday, May 18, 2023

Time:

• 8:00am – 1:00pm

To Register:

• Registration will begin one month prior to the class date, at the NMSU Aquatic Center. Payment for course and course materials will be required on the first scheduled class after the successful completion of the prerequisites.

All Lifeguarding Instructors and Lifeguarding Instructor Trainers must complete an in-person review course every two years to maintain their certification(s). This course satisfies that requirement by covering any updated material, polishing skills, drills and review on administrative resources and procedures.

Prerequisites:

• Instructors or Instructor Trainers must possess a Lifeguarding Instructor or Instructor Trainer Certification

Course Cost:

• Course Cost: $75.00

Required Materials:

• Lifeguard Instructor Manual can be purchased at www.redcross.org/participantmaterials or uploaded digitally. Manuals are mandatory for all courses.
• Resuscitation Mask: $10.00

Location:

• New Mexico State University Aquatic Center

Days:

• TBD

Time:

• 8am - 1pm

To Register:

• Registration will begin one month prior to the class date, at the NMSU Aquatic Center. Payment for course and course materials will be required on the first scheduled class after the successful completion of the prerequisites.

In the American Red Cross Wilderness and Remote First Aid course, students learn basic first aid principles and skills in order to respond to emergencies and give care in areas that do not have access to immediate emergency medical services (EMS), such as wilderness and remote environments. Emergency situations also include natural disasters such as earthquakes and hurricanes.

Prerequisites:

• Current adult CPR/AED certification.
• Participants must be 14 years of age or older on or before the scheduled session of the course.

Course Cost:

• Course: $200.00

Required Materials:

• Wilderness and Remote First Aid Participant Manual can be purchased at www.redcross.org/participantmaterials or uploaded digitally. Manuals are mandatory for all courses

Location:

• New Mexico State University Activity Center

Dates:

• Fall:
  • December 12-14
• Spring:
  • March 4-5, 2023

Time:

• 8am-5pm, with a lunch break

To Register:

• Registration will begin one month prior to the class date, at the NMSU Outdoor Center, room 108 of the Activity Center. Payment for course and course materials will be required at the time of registration.