[Sportsandrec] I would like to hear from anyone out there who is a lifeguard.

[Peter Donahue]

Good evening Robert and everyone,

     This may depend on the facility in which the blind lifeguard works. 
There are some areas where a single lifeguard supervises swimmers but 
others such as municipal pools and water parks have groups of lifeguards 
supervising swimmers and those availing themselves of water park 
attractions.

     There's an incident where one of the blind students attending BLIND 
Inc's summer program drowned when on a swimming outing. A sighted 
lifeguard was on duty and was obviously not paying attention and 
spotting swimmers in trouble. It was the BLIND InC. staff that found the 
student but it was already too late. If blind persons can supervise 
water activities when students attending NFB training centers 
participate in them as well as in other settings there should be no 
reason why a blind person couldn't work as a lifeguard. Hope this helps.

Peter Donahue




Robert Moore via Sportsandrec wrote:
> Hi,
> I can not speak here from experience However depending on the responces you
> might get. I  wonder if an assistant might also be a consideration. I don't
> know if  life  gards work in pares but if they do. I don't see any   reason
> a totally blind person could not assist in a    rescue effort and assist in
> CPR or what ever other situations they are trained for.
>   I am not saying one way or the other, just thinking there might be more
> than one option to explore.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sportsandrec [mailto:sportsandrec-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> Judy Jones via Sportsandrec
> Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2016 3:59 PM
> To: sportsandrec at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Judy Jones
> Subject: [Sportsandrec] I would like to hear from anyone out there who is a
> lifeguard.
>
> We have a totally blind client wanting to do that over the summer, but don't
> know if this is realistic.  I learned long ago to never assume, and wanted
> to check with the community.
>
> Thanks very much.
>
> Judy Jones
> Vocational Rehabilitation Assistant
> Phone:  (208) 736-2140
> Fax:  (208) 736-2142
> Cell:  (208) 316-7008
> E-mail:  jjones at icbvi.idaho.gov<mailto:jjones at icbvi.idaho.gov>
>
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