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Survive & Save Programme - Silver 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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Silver 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)

• Assessing the situation
• Skills Toolbox
• Planning

RESCUE
(CHAPTER 5)

• Straddle entry
• Compact jump
• Lifesaving backstroke
• Feet first surface dive

FIRST AID
(CHAPTER 6)

• Hypothermia
• Aftercare

HAZARD AWARENESS &
SAFETY (CHAPTERS 1 AND 2)

• Beach composition
• Water bed composition
• Water bed shelving
• Water speed and force

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
(CHAPTER 3)

• Action
• Re-assessment

RESCUE
(CHAPTER 5)

• Contact zone
• Rope rescue: 10-12m
• Supporting a casualty in the water against a
firm support

LIFESAVING SPORT & FITNESS
(CHAPTER 7)

• Timed Swim: 100m in 2 minutes
• Distance Swim: 400m
• Clearing obstacles

DROWNING INFORMATION
(CHAPTER 1)

• Relevance of location, age, time of year, activity
and gender

SELF-RESCUE & SURVIVAL
(CHAPTER 4)

• Vertical float
• Huddle position

RESCUE
(CHAPTER 5)

Landing the casualty (Stirrup Lift, Horizontal Lift,
Assisted Lift)

Silver 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
- Manmade structures
- Tides (Rule of twelfths, Intertidal
zone and Beach shelving)

RESCUE
(CHAPTER 5)

• Support tow: 25m swim,
20-25m tow
• Initiative rescue: 3 casualties

CORE SKILLS

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

SELF-RESCUE & SURVIVAL
(CHAPTER 4)

• Survival Swim-10 minutes continuous
swimming (clothed)

HAZARD AWARENESS &
SAFETY (CHAPTERS 1 AND 2)

Inland Water Sites
- Lakes and Reservoirs
- Dams
- Floods

RESCUE
(CHAPTER 5)

• Accompanied rescue: 25m swim, 20-25m accompanied
• Tow with an aid: 25m swim, 20-25m tow
• Clothing tow: 25m swim, 20-25m tow

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