Review #1
A Lifeguard on duty should be able to recognize and reach a distressed swimmer or drowning person within what time frame?
30 Seconds
A lifeguard needs to obtain consent from an injured patron before providing first aid care. List the 3 thing the lifeguard should tell the injured patron in order to obtain their consent.
Your name
The type and level of training they have
What they plan to do
30 seconds
As a lifeguard, how can you prepare to enforce the rules?
Know all the rules at the facility and the reasons for them.
A patron in the water is vertical, struggling to keep their face above the water, has their arms extended to their sides, is pressing down for support and is not making nay forward progress in the water.
Which situation do these behaviors desrcibe?
Active Drowning person
Where should a lifeguard check for a pulse on an infant?
Brachial pulse
1: 6 seconds
What term is used to quickly identify and care for life-threatening conditions?
Rapid Assessment
A passive drowning person has been extricated for the water. During the rapid assessment, the LG determines that the person has no pulse and is in cardiac arrest. What should be the lifeguard's first action for this passive drowning person?
2 ventilations
Lifeguards are performing 2 rescuer CPR on an adult who developed sudden cardiac arrest during a swim competition. How should the lifeguard performing check compressions signal for a role change?
Say "Switch" in place of the number 1 at the beginning of the CPR cycle
How deep must the water be to complete a stride jump?
At least 5 feet deep at a station no more than 3 feet above the water.
While searching your zone from a ground-level station located where the water depth is 4 feet, you recognize an active drowning person. Which entry do you perform?
Compact jump or slide in entry.
You are completing our opening checklist. Which of the following requires your immediate attention.
The “needs maintenance” indicator on the ARD is illuminated
There is a spilled beverage on the floor in the locker room
The pool ladder wiggles when you pull on it
All of the above
All of the above
30 compressions
1: 2 or 3 seconds
A LG is using a resuscitation mask on a 6 year-old who is unresponsive and not breathing. How should the LG position the child's head to open the airway to give ventilations?
Slightly past-neutral
What is the difference between a visibility drill and lifeguard station response time testing?
Visibility drill is performed to verify that objects at the bottom and the surface in all areas of the zone can be clearly seen from the lifeguard station.
Lifeguard Station Response time testing is performed to determine whether the size and shape of the zone enables lifeguards to reach a drowning person in the farthest or deepest part of the zone.
Members of the safety team who are not lifeguards should be:
Trained and certified
Trained and certified in basic water rescue only
Trained and certified in first aide and CPR/AED at the same level as the LG team and trained to assist the lifeguard team with extrications
Trained only to perform EAP duties that do not involve rescues or providing care
Trained and certified in first aid and CPR/AED at the same level as the LG team and trained to assist the lifeguard team with extrications
Which action is a lifeguard responsible for when implementing the Adult Cardiac Chain of Survival?
Providing support to the family
Providing advanced life support
Preventing major causes of cardiac arrest
Defibrillating early with an AED
Defibrillating early with an AED
To ensure high quality CPR, a lifeguard should keep any interruptions to chest compressions suck as when switching roles to less than how many seconds?
10 seconds.