Physical Education Colorado College offers a voluntary coeducational wellness program. This course is designed to provide outdoor leaders, instructors, guides, ranger and wilderness and foreign travelers with the knowledge needed to deal with emergencies in remote settings. It is an 80-hour curriculum covering standards of care for urban situations with additional protocols for remote situations.
Emphasis is placed on prevention and decision making.
33 hour minimum requirement. The American Red Cross lifeguard training course covers skills and knowledge required for effective lifeguarding at swimming pools and at non surf, open water beaches. Course includes CPR for the professional rescuer. 36 hours requirement. Students learn all the basic skills and procedures to become American Red Cross Water Safety Instructors.