Fun Facts
What is Responsibility?
What must EVERY child do before entering the water?
What is asking permission?
What is the YMCA Lifeguard decision-making model that will help you make important preventive decisions?
What is PACA?
What is the ratio for one rescuer CPR for an adult?
What is 30 compressions to 2 breaths (30:2)?
How long is your YMCA Swim Lesson Instructor Certification good for?
What is two years?
How many World Series has the Red Sox won?
What is 9?
What tool should be with you as an instructor in the water at all times?
What is the Lesson Guide?
What does SAMPLE stand for?
What is Signs / Symptoms, Allergies, Medications, Pertinent Past Medical History, Last Oral Intake, Events Leading Up To The Incident?
What does EAP stand for?
What is Emergency Action Plan?
What does DOTS stand for?
What is Deformities, Open Wound or Injuries, Tenderness, Swelling?
What gets wetter the more it dries?
What is a towel?
What is the name of Stage 1 in the YMCA Swim Lesson Curriculum?
What is Water Acclimation?
The YMCA Accident Prevention System is called...
What is Q-1-2?
What does AED stand for?
What is Automated External Defibrillator?
What must you ALWAYS complete once you have done a rescue or first aid?
What is a report?
What year did the YMCA come to Colorado Springs?
What is 1878?
What is the name of the YMCA drowning prevention program?
What is SAW - Safety Around Water?
Lifeguard personal equipment is important. Every lifeguard requires appropriate swimsuit, identifiable shirt or uniform, towel, whistle, rescue pack, and a:
What is a rescue tube? (or guard tube)
What are three forms of PPE?
What are gloves, masks, gown, one way valve, and / or resuscitation mask?
What is the first step in Safe In Six?
The average person does what thirteen times a day?
What are the two benchmark skills we test kids on in every stage? Hint - they are the two sequences.
What are Swim / Float / Swim and Jump / Push / Turn / Grab?
Monitoring pool water's pH can be a lifeguard's task when not on duty. What is the recommended range of pH for pool water?
What is 7.2-7.5?
Early recognition of cardiac arrest and activation of an emergency response protocol; immediate high quality CPR; rapid defibrillation; effective BLS and ALS care and transportation; and effective postcardiac arrest care at a hospital are the links in which chain of survival?
What is Adults Outside of a Hospital?
What word is spelled incorrectly in every single dictionary?
What is incorrectly?