#48 is completely right. Find a job where you don't put people's lives in danger when you go into shock.

I hate crappy lifeguards like you. Unfortunately 90% of the lifeguards I worked with are crappy. Never trust lifeguards to keep your kids safe.

It's sorta scary that when other people are in trouble you walk into things and knock yourself out. Maybe consider a different job option.

if you can't save a life you shouldn't be a lifeguard.

#20: Community pool? Plenty of outdoor pools I've been to had trees around them. They all also had a fence between them, but whatever. #28: Taking first aid and being First Aid/Lifeguard and CPR certified are two different things, and there are different levels of certification (ie: lifeguard v nurse - nurses learn how to use a pen to create an opening to allow them to breath [tracheosomethingorother], lifeguards don't). It also depends on who you took it with. Red Cross and Ellis Aquatics both review seizures for certification to be a lifeguard, though, and I can't imagine any other company that wouldn't. 90% of the training, though, isn't about specific techniques, it's about giving lifeguards the confidence to react to a situation. Seizure's aren't hard to deal with. Stress is, and that's what the training is for. If you can't handle the stress, you're not well trained and you should stop lifeguarding. OP: Just stop lifeguarding. Seriously. If I were the head lifeguard or aquatics director or whoever is your boss, you'd be fired before you left the hospital.

I agree. please don't be a life guard anymore. It's not safe for you or the people you're meant to help.

What kind of lifeguard panics in that situation? It totally defeats the purpose of being a lifeguard.

I was a lifeguard last summer and had to save a woman having a seizure in the water. I was scared, but I didn't walk into a tree, I did my job and saved her. If you can't handle the pressure and act despite your fear, then you shouldn't be a lifeguard. Start looking for a new job before somebody dies because you go into shock.

I agree with #20. You don't just go into shock watching someone seize, and knock yourself out from walking into a tree, were you running?? I hope this isn't real or you need help buddy. Haha

You sound incompetent. Go work at mcdonalds or something.