Water Survival Qualified (WSQ)
(1) Rescue. Dry land drill, water demonstration, and student practice time of all three rescues. Students must properly demonstrate each rescue for qualification, utilizing an appropriate entry technique with victim 20m away. Rescuers must return victim to rescuer point of origin. Victims are passive during carry or tow.
(a) Rescuer, using a stride jump entry, enters the water and performs a breaststroke approach stroke and assumes a ready position 6-8 feet from the victim. Victim puts rescuer in a front head hold, rescuer performs a front head hold escape. With victim passive, rescuer performs front surface approach and wrist tow.
(b) Rescuer, using a stride jump entry, enters the water and performs a breast stroke approach stroke and assumes a ready position 6-8 feet from the victim. Victim puts rescuer in a rear head hold, rescuer performs rear head hold escape. With victim active, and back to rescuer, rescuer performs rear approach, double armpit level-off. With victim passive, rescuer performs a double armpit tow and then transitions to a cross chest carry.
(c) Rescuer, using a stride-jump entry, enters the water and performs a breast stroke approach stroke and assumes a ready position 6-8 feet from the victim. Victim puts rescuer in a double wrist grip, rescuer performs wrist grip escape. With victim active, rescuer performs a single armpit level-off. With victim passive, rescuer performs a single armpit tow and transitions to a collar tow.
(2) Tread water or survival float in deep water, with utilities and boots, for 30 minutes without artificial flotation. Boots will be removed after 5 minutes and retained. Five minutes prior to completion of the 30 minute float, andwithout exiting from the water, replace the boots and swim 500m, using one or a combination of, survival strokes.