beach lifeguard
Coastal rescue worker
A beach lifeguard is a person employed to monitor swimmers and beachgoers, rescue those in distress, and enforce water safety rules.
Beach lifeguards typically work from elevated stands or towers, scanning the water for signs of trouble: The beach lifeguard blew her whistle and waved the swimmers back inside the flags.
The role requires strong swimming ability and rescue training.
- oceanMassive saltwater body
- rescueSave from harm
- rescue tubeBuoyant lifesaving device
- whistleShrill air-blown sounder
- redPrimary color, warm
swimsuit · swim trunks · tower · high chair · waves · drowning · CPR · mouth to mouth · sunscreen · sand · buoy · patrol · swimmer · save · water safety · flag · tan · muscular
- water jobshydrologist, swim instructor, pool manager, swim coach, diving instructor
- first aidbandage, bandages, first aid kit, tourniquet, gauze pads
- Lifeguard TrainingCPR, CPR training, first aid, rescue techniques, water safety
relationship to danger
beach lifeguarddrowning victim
One killed by submersion
shark · riptide · undertow · rogue wave
beach, lifeguard, beaches, beached, beaching, beachy, life, guard, living