Rescues 101
CPR/AR
Acronyms
Scenarios
Lifeguard Basics
100

Guest is just below the surface. 

Duck Pluck

100

You and another lifeguard are performing CPR on a child. What is the ratio for compressions to breaths?

15:2

100

RICE

Rest

Ice

Compression 

Elevate

100

A mother runs up to you with her baby who she believes is choking. What is the correct response?

Activate EAP

Glove up

5 back blows followed by 5 chest compressions until object dislodges or infant goes limp. 

100

A guest is within reach of you and struggling a bit on top of the water. What are your two options?

Offer an assist

Compact jump and rescue

200

Guest is facing away from you and struggling on the surface of the water. 

Rear Hug

200

You’re performing AR on an adult and your last breath did not make the chest rise or fall. What is your next step? 

Retilt 

Reseal

200

FAST

Face

Arms

Speech

Time to call 911

200

You spot an unconscious guest laying face down in your water. How do you proceed?

Blow 1 whistle, jump in for the guest, put guest on tube, spontaneous breath check, blow 3 whistles to activate eap, perform an rapid extrication with a fellow lifeguard. 

200

When scanning the water lifeguards are told to scan what sections of the water?

Top

Middle

Bottom

300

Guest is facing you and struggling on the surface of the water. 

Front Drive

300

Guest has no pulse and isn’t breathing. You have a trauma bag and a 2nd lifeguard. How do you respond?

Continue CPR until AED applied

Provide breaths with bvm and oxygen. 

300

SMR

Spinal

Motion 

Restriction

300

A guest dives into the pool and surfaces complaining of neck pain. How do you respond?

Ask the guest if they can safely exit the pool

Activate EAP

Slip into the water

Vise grip

Backboard with a fellow lifeguard 

300

What are the 3 P’s?

Position

Posture

Perspective 

400

Guest is struggling erratically on the surface of the water and you are struggling to make the rescue. 

2 Guard Rescue

400

While performing AR on an adult they begin to vomit.  What are your next steps?

Recovery position

V-Vac/Clear the mouth

Continue AR and add 5 to the # you stopped on

400

SAMPLE

Signs and Symptoms

Allergies

Medicines

Past Medical History

Last Oral Intake

Everything Else and/or Events Leading up to. 

400

You are on Beach 1 and a guest comes up to you with a bloody nose that will not stop bleeding. How do you respond?

Blow 1 whistle

glove up

provide mass towel to guest, have them lean forward and squeeze bridge of their nose.

monitor/activate eap

400

Name 4 groups of swimmers at high risk for drowning. 

Elderly

Young children

Weak swimmers

Guests using alcohol/drugs

500

While performing a spinal extrication from the pool the guest goes unresponsive. What is your next step?

Switch to a rapid extrication.

500

You are placing AED pads on a guest. You have cut away the clothing, dried and shaved the chest area, what else should you take into consideration?

Water, metal surfaces, dangerous weather

500

ELITE

Every Life is the Expectation 

500

You are performing CPR on a child and when you give the two breaths you do not see the chest rise or fall.  You proceed to retilt/reseal but the breaths still do not go in.  What do you do next?

Begin AR on a child.

500

Extended underwater breath-holding can result in sudden loss of consciousness known as?

Shallow Water Blackout

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