Acronyms
E.A.P
Emergency Action Plan
What is the ratio for child/Infant Rescue Breathing? And how long is a cycle?
1 breath every 3 to 5 seconds.
40 cycles or 2 minutes
While performing a primary assessment on an unresponsive adult who has been rescued from the water, you find that they have only occasional gasps, no pulse and no severe life-threatening bleeding. What should you do next?
Give 2 ventilations and begin CPR
Members of the safety team, including non-lifeguard personnel, should be trained in:
Trained and certified in first aid and CPR/ AED at the same level of the lifeguard team
what is our rule of etiquette during rotations?
Always rotate 2 mins early
S.A.M.P.L.E
signs and symptoms
Allergies
Medications
Pertinent past medical history
Last oral intake
Events leading up to the incident
How deep should compressions be for an Adult during CPR?
About 2 Inches
While searching your zone, you notice a person motionless in the water. The steps you follow in a water emergency are performed in the following order:
Activate EAP
Enter the water
Perform an appropriate rescue
Move the victim to a safe exit point
Remove the victim from the water and provide emergency care as needed
The size and shape of a lifeguard’s zone should allow them to recognize and reach a victim in the furthest and deepest part of their zone within:
30 seconds
What age should someone be to use the Spa unsupervised?
14 and up
F.A.S.T
Face, Arms, Speech, Time
A ____ is caused when blood flow to part of the brain is suddenly interrupted or when a blood vessel in the brain burst.
Stroke
You enter the mechanical room and find a maintenance worker lying on their back on the floor next to a ladder. You check the scene and determine it is safe to enter. During your primary assessment, you find the victim is unresponsive but breathing. You must leave to get help, what should you do?
Leave them in recovery position and go find additional help
The lifeguard supervisor expects the pool to be very busy in the afternoon. For effective patron surveillance, the supervisor sets up multiple lifeguard stations to reduce the number of patrons watched by each lifeguard. This type of coverage is called:
Zone coverage
How tall do you need to be to ride the slide?
42 inches
R.I.C.E
Rest, Immobilize, Cold, Elevate.
What is the final stage of Drowning?
Cardiac Arrest
A patron collides with another swimmer while diving into the pool and asks the lifeguard for help. Without performing an assessment, the lifeguard tells the patron that they can continue swimming. The patron leaves the facility and seeks medical attention from a hospital after they begins to feel tingling sensations in their arms and legs. The lifeguard may be:
Negligent
When placing a responsive victim with a suspected head, neck or spinal injury on a backboard, what in-line stabilization technique should you use?
Over-Arm Head Splint
Which supervisor is in charge of recertification for staff members?
Jill
R.I.D.
Recognition, Intrusion, Distraction
A severe allergic reaction in which air passages may swell and restrict breathing
A form of shock
Anaphylactic Shock
You and another lifeguard find an unresponsive adult on the floor in the locker room. You activate your facility’s EAP, size-up the scene, form an initial impression and perform a primary assessment. You find the victim is not moving or breathing but has a pulse. You should summon EMS personnel, then:
Give ventilations at a rate of 1 about every 5-6 seconds.
Identify the steps in The Chain of Survival for a Child/Infant.
1. Early recognition
2. Early Activation
3. Early CPR
4. Early defibrillation
5. Early advance life support
What types of lifejackets can people use to swim in our pools?
Coast guard approve lifejackets