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Survive & Save Programme - Gold Medallion

The Survive & Save programme is the RLSS UK lifesaving award scheme for anyone aged 12 years and over. The awards are challenging but fun to complete and are arranged into Bronze, Silver and Gold levels to ensure that participants get the opportunity to develop their lifesaving skills as they progress through the awards.

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Gold Core Syllabus

Here you can find all the components that make up this award.

Hover over each box to see the different skills.

Life Support

Review and ongoing practice of CPR Skills
(Life Support award pre-requisite)

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
(CHAPTER 3)

• Emergency Action Model
• Rescue priorities

RESCUE
(CHAPTER 5)

• Turning an unconscious casualty (front to back)
• Spinal turn and support

HAZARD AWARENESS &
SAFETY (CHAPTERS 1 AND 2)

• Cold Water Immersion
• Eddies
• Cushion waves

SELF-RESCUE & SURVIVAL(CHAPTER 4)

• Treading water (eggbeater leg kick)
• Clothing removal in the water
• Ice escape

FIRST AID
(CHAPTER 6)

• Fractures

HAZARD AWARENESS &SAFETY (CHAPTERS 1 AND 2)

• Hydraulics
• Undercut rocks
• Strainers

RESCUE (CHAPTER 5)

• Contact zone
• Extended arm tow: 50m swim, 20-25m tow
• Head first surface dive

LIFESAVING SPORT & FITNESS
(CHAPTER 7)

• Timed swim: 200m in 4 minutes
• Distance Swim: 800m
• Manikin carry: 50m (Half filled manikin for
all candidates)

Gold Medallion Syllabus

Here you can find all the components that make up this award.

Hover over each box to see the different skills.

LIFE SUPPORT

Review and ongoing practice of CPR Skills
(Life Support award pre-requisite)

HAZARD AWARENESS &SAFETY (CHAPTERS 1 AND 2)

• Sea, Coast and Beaches
- Longshore currents
- Sandbars, sandbanks and holes
- Rip currents (identification and self-rescue)

RESCUE
(CHAPTER 5)

• Support tow: 50m swim,
20-25m tow
• In water rescue breathing
• Initiative rescue: 4 casualties

CORE SKILLS

• Review of Bronze, Silver, and Gold
Core Element, and Bronze and Silver
Medallion Lifesaving Award

SELF-RESCUE & SURVIVAL
(CHAPTER 4)

• Survival Swim: 15 minutes
continuous swimming (clothed)

HAZARD AWARENESS &
SAFETY (CHAPTERS 1 AND 2)

• Inland Water Sites
- Weir hydraulics
- Canals
- Locks

RESCUE
(CHAPTER 5)

• Extended arm tow: 50m swim, 20-25m tow
• Chin tow: 50m swim, 20-25m tow
• Cross-chest tow: 50m swim, 20-25m tow

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