Ellis & Associates Courses
Lifeguard Training
An international renowned, hands-on lifeguard course that is highly interactive and physically enduring. The course is a comprehensive training program that promotes objective driven and performance based training for individuals wishing to obtain a new ILTP™ certification for shallow water, pool, special facilities, and/or open water, in various water depths ranging from less than 5` feet of water up to any depth and/or open water. Our International Lifeguard Training Programs (ILTP™) are designed and intended to be delivered as part of an integrated curriculum that includes water rescue techniques, First Aid, Health Care Provider CPR, Emergency Oxygen Support, and Automated External Defibrillation as a first responder. This course requires students to perform each concept taught in the course, through student demonstrations of all skills concepts and skills instructed. Students will participate in lifeguarding roles throughout the class and are expected to perform lifeguard duties as first responders. Students will perform on deck and in water simulations, drills and exercises for rescue techniques as an individual and in team scenarios as part of multiple rescuers drills. The ILTP Lifeguard course materials are available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Thai and simplified Chinese languages. Students that successfully complete the ILTP Lifeguard course obtain an ILTP certificate that is valid for one (1) year. Annual renewal is required. Successful candidates can earn anywhere from 2.2 to 2.6 IACET CEUs depending on the level of certification achieved in the program.
Community CPR/AED & Standard First Aid
This is a course for the general community desiring national CPR/AED and Standard (Basic) First Aid certification at the community level. The course is a comprehensive educational program promoting objective driven and performance based training that has an integrated curriculum. The curriculum’s first aid component includes training in scene and victim assessment, caring for injuries, caring for medical emergencies, injury prevention, and emergency moves. The curriculum’s CPR component includes training in adult and pediatric CPR, using an automated external defibrillation (AED), caring for airway obstruction, and preventing and caring for heart attack and stroke. This course satisfies the required medical content defined by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for workplace CPR/AED & Standard First Aid training. The course is ideal for individuals seeking certification for job requirements, as well as those just desiring to learn lifesaving skills and information. This hands-on course covers content defined by the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR), and promulgated through the publication of the “CPR and ECC Guidelines by the American Heart Association. Students receive the most current content through a variety of educational methods, and must practice the required lifesaving skills on manikins and through simulations, drills and exercises to earn certification cards.
