TIM eMagazine Vol.3 Issue 8
Credits : Glen S. Ramos
Participants for the Lifeguard Qualification Training demonstrates their skills in first aid
treatment and cardio-pulmonary resuscitation to a coast guard who poses as a victim from a
water accident as other members of the DOH-CALABARZON Health Emergency Management
Service and PCG staff observes the drill
partakers from Laguna, 8 from Batangas,
11 from Rizal and 8 from Quezon. Ages
range from 22 to 46 years old. A total of 32
resorts participated including members
of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction
Management Office.
The Lifeguard Qualification Training
starts at 5am with warm–up exercises and
jogging to keep the body fit. The 8-day
qualifying course includes first aid treatment,
basic life support, water safety, swimming
strokes, rescue techniques (non-swimming
& swimming rescue), lifesaving and survival
techniques, mass casualty incident operation
and endurance swim.
According to Janairo, the training is part of
the ‘Health in Tourism Program’ of the region
to ensure the health and safety of all people
in Tourism Related Establishments (TREs) in
CALABARZON.
The objective of the program is to create
and maintain a database of all TREs in the
region; collaborate with other government
agencies including the PCG, Department of
Tourism, NGOs and local government units in
The 38 successful trainees of the first batch DOH-PCG Lifeguard Qualification Training for CALABARZON
poses with Regional Director Eduardo C. Janairo (center), CDR Paolo Z. Abejuela of PCG Subic (right),
Shiela Blancaver, Health in Tourism Regional Coordinator (left) with DOH staff and PCG officers after
the graduation program held in Lemery, Batangas on October 28, 2018
Credits : Glen S. Ramos
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