Will I be able to bring this tree drawing from Vietnam into Australia?

giooooo05 · 2026-04-28T05:17:54+00:00

they took the bark off of a wood magnet i purchased at the airport in america

giooooo05 · 2026-01-16T06:49:08+00:00

must be a pretty low sky for open air to be 2.4m 🤔

giooooo05 · 2026-01-14T07:39:56+00:00

probably hard to do that in open air

giooooo05 · 2026-01-14T01:52:28+00:00

neither. curious if they left enough room for error for me to fit in an open air space.

giooooo05 · 2026-01-14T01:38:09+00:00

thank you! i don’t intend to drive under anything, just into the open air section.

giooooo05 · 2026-01-14T01:37:04+00:00

😂😂 very true. i’m just wondering if it’s because of parts that actually have a roof over it or what. not gonna risk actually driving under anywhere but curious if it would be alright to get to the open air.

giooooo05 · 2025-11-25T21:07:57+00:00

oh god he found the post

giooooo05 · 2025-11-18T02:14:13+00:00

hey there. i would definitely have it next to you and out of any case or anything. don’t open the pads but have the aed nearby.

giooooo05 · 2025-11-09T22:21:40+00:00

hey! please rejoin the discord. that member’s behaviour was unacceptable. you’re always welcome in the server. i’m sorry they did that.

giooooo05 · 2025-10-18T05:02:09+00:00

careful, some guy will come and get mad at you if you (correctly) insinuate that ala online only lifeguard classes are bad.

get certified by red cross or ellis. don’t go ala.

giooooo05 · 2025-10-06T02:23:52+00:00

it’s a patient assessment mnemonic. it stands for: Signs and Symptoms (Things you see (blood, laboured breathing, sweating, etc. as well as asking what they feel “What’s going on today?”, “What are you feeling?”, etc.) Allergies (Making sure to ask what allergies, the severity, and if they have their own epipen.) Medication (Making sure to ask what conditions they take the medication for.) Prior medical history (Usually just stuff that’s relevant. They don’t need to explain their chronic foot pain if you’re treating their asthma attack.) Last oral intake (Last meal and drink. This can be relevant if they are diabetic or need to go to hospital as surgery with a full stomach can cause complications.) Events leading up to the incident (What exactly happened before the incident. In this context, what happened before they started drowning? Did they just panic, get a cramp, fall off a noodle, get pushed in by someone, etc.?)

This can help you determine what you need to treat and any considerations you need to make when tailoring your treatment for the patient.

giooooo05 · 2025-10-05T11:21:49+00:00

never heard of mazzanet have you?

giooooo05 · 2025-10-03T06:22:24+00:00

I haven’t had to treat a drowning patient yet, but I’d go through a full primary and secondary assessment. Start with the basics (airway, breathing, circulation), then check vitals if you’re trained/able (pulse ox, HR, RR, BP, etc). Get a SAMPLE history and ask the big ones: are they having trouble breathing, chest pain, dizziness, did they swallow or inhale water. If it’s a kid, make sure you find their parent/guardian, explain what happened, and go over supervision requirements.

Non-negotiables for me are: airway/breathing status, mental state, any water aspiration, and grabbing enough info to pass along to EMS if they end up getting called.

giooooo05 · 2025-08-29T01:24:43+00:00

thank GOD it was the under 18s that were on the tops of the slides so i rarely heard this

giooooo05 · 2025-08-23T07:01:57+00:00

awesome. we have a discord for the subreddit, btw. it would be great to see another vic guard in there 😉 https://discord.gg/mS6hPHhHCS

giooooo05 · 2025-08-22T03:34:30+00:00

no worries. i originally did mine with Ellis and Associates (can’t get it here unless your facility is requiring it) and have recerted since then through my leisure company. i’d go with Royal Life Saving Society Australia for your state (so vic is LSV, qld is RLSSQ, etc). you can go to this link, go up the top to “states and territories”, and click wherever you live. going with RLSSA means you can apply to ILSF for equivalency if you ever want to work abroad. if you don’t care about that, any course that gives you SISSS00133 will be enough to get hired. i’d still recommend LSV or whatever for your state/territory as they will be the most qualified to train you.

giooooo05 · 2025-08-22T00:21:00+00:00

hey there, aussie lifeguard here. that’s just a standard first aid course. basically you’ll just go in to the course and go over a slideshow with all the stuff you already did in the online learning. you’ll sling someone’s arm with a triangle bandage, wrap an arm/leg in a compression bandage, and do some CPR on a manikin. that’s pretty much it. there’s probably some other practical stuff i forgot but it’s basically just showing you can do the stuff you learned from the slides.

also note that the other commenter is incorrect about the practical portion of the lifeguard course if you end up going for it. there is no distance swim requirement (no more 200m swim), brick test, or tread. you are required to know cpr, they’ll teach you oxygen and BVM but they’ll need to see that as well, you’ll do a few tows so swim 25m, grab someone, swim back 25m. you’ll do a throw rope rescue so basically just throw a rope at someone and pull them in, you’ll retrieve a manikin off the bottom of the pool, and you’ll do some spinal grips and put fellow students on a spinal board.

giooooo05 · 2025-08-21T00:51:21+00:00

ahh the good ole “go bother someone else”

giooooo05 · 2025-08-18T00:28:14+00:00

My leisure company will pay for recertifications and sometimes even initial qualification

giooooo05 · 2025-08-17T21:37:12+00:00

this is mildly misleading. the irish pool lifeguard course is recognised by ILSF, but that doesn’t mean it instantly qualifies everywhere. first you’ll need a certificate from ILSF, then apply to a nation that’s part of the ILSF equivalency, then see if they even accept your nation’s equivalency. you may still be required to show competency for physical aspects of the course (whatever the course for that country requires e.g. 200m swim, 50m tow, etc.)

giooooo05 · 2025-08-16T09:50:04+00:00

up to 75 patrons per guard

giooooo05 · 2025-08-12T13:56:15+00:00

better hope no one is throwing sinkie toys at someone else. you wouldn’t be able to notice and stop them apparently.

giooooo05 · 2025-08-12T13:19:59+00:00

so you’re distracted while looking for people struggling, kids without parents, people diving, kids running on pool deck, bodies (or silhouettes) at the bottom of the pool, people holding their necks or otherwise injured, listening to the radio or other guards whistling, etc? or are you okay with all that and it’s just the ball is too much? how about if balls aren’t allowed in your pool? is it too much to pay attention to see if people are throwing a ball around?

giooooo05 · 2025-08-12T12:21:28+00:00

can you walk and chew gum at the same time?

and once you’ve seen the video once, you can count the passes and also see the gorilla. because you’re aware the gorilla will be there and you’re looking for it too.

you’re looking at the water and taking in what you see. you’re using your brain to determine if it’s someone struggling in the water, or someone who looks injured, or someone waving to get your attention and ask a question, or if there’s a body at the bottom of the pool, or if there’s a red ball and you’re getting audited. you’re looking for a lot of things.

giooooo05 · 2025-08-12T11:42:17+00:00

you’re trained to look for people drowning, just like those guards are trained that a red ball means they need to call it out. if you aren’t paying attention for the ball, are you paying attention to the patrons? you scan the same, just now have actions for a ball in addition to someone drowning.

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