Professional Lifeguard
The items that are required to be in your hip pack.
What are resuscitation mask and gloves?
The rule that covers one way not to jump into our pool.
What is "no diving"?
The way you perform an active front rescue.
What is
-push the rescue tube down and into the chest of the drowning person
-identify yourself as a lifeguard who is there to help
-swim them to safety by pushing them
-discuss how they can keep this from happening again
The ratio of compressions to breaths when performing CPR on an adult.
What is 30:2?
Our full-time aquatic staff
Who are Haley, Phil, and Graeme?
The items that make up your uniform.
What are shorts, lifeguard t-shirt, and swimsuit?
Because a pool deck can be wet and slippery we do not allow this on our pool deck.
What is running?
The way you perform an active rear rescue.
What is
-hook your arms under their arms keeping the rescue tube under your arms and between you and the drowning person
-identify yourself as a lifeguard that is there to help
-swim them backwards to safety being sure to not punch them in the face with closed fists
-discuss how to keep this from happening again
The first step after preforming a rapid assessment on a passive drowning person you pulled out of the water.
What is give two initial ventilations?
The maximum amount of time a member should be in the Sauna.
What is 20 minutes?
These are not to be worn on the lifeguard stand.
What are shoes and smart watches?
The age at which we no longer require someone to take the swim test or wear a lifejacket.
What is 14 years old?
The way you perform a passive front rescue.
What is
-grab their opposite wrist pulling it down, around and towards you in a U motion
-as you pull them towards you push the rescue tube under their back
-without losing contact with the drowning person switch to an over hand hold (football hold)
-signal that you need a backboard
-swim them to extrication point
The rescuer that calls for a switch.
Who is the compressor?
The location of our three crash bags.
Where is the pool deck, 2nd floor, and the basketball court?
The two locations you must check while rotating in and out in addition to scanning into your entire zone.
What are the sauna and steam room?
The material not allowed anywhere on the pool deck.
What is Glass?
The way you perform a passive rear rescue.
What is
- keeping the rescue tube between you and the drowning person hook your arms under your arms then duck to one side and roll under the water flipping them so their airway is out of the water
-without losing contact with the drowning person switch to an overhand hold (football hold)
-signal that you need a backboard
-swim them to the extrication point
The care you would give an infant once you determined they are in respiratory arrest. (have a pulse but are not breathing)
What is 1 breath every 3 seconds for 2 minutes then reassess?
What we would hear on the walkie talkie before going to aid in an emergency.
What is "code blue and a location" 3 times?
The difference between scanning and watching the water.
What is actively searching your entire zones for signs of things that you need to address vs. passively looking around potentially missing things that you need to address?
What you as the lifeguard should do if you see members (hopefully not adults) roughhousing.
What is blow your whistle and tell them to stop, if they continue, get the down guard to talk to them and tell them why what they are doing is unsafe?
The way you perform an on the surface face down passive spinal rescue including the entry and why you would perform a spinal rescue.
What is
-you saw them do something that would cause a head, neck, or back injury
-activate your EAP
-preform a slide in entry
-wavelessly swim to their side
-initialize inline stabilization by firmly grabbing their biceps and moving them so you can hold their biceps against their ears
-roll them over to their front
-check for breathing (if not breathing switch to rapid extrication)
-if breathing switch your hand placement, so your arm is no longer under them, while maintaining inline stabilization
-signal that you need a backboard
-swim them to extrication point
The amount of time between when the AED analyzes.
What is 2 minutes?
The Executive Director of the Downtown YMCA.
Who is Scott Clinton?