Lifeguard
Acronyms
True or False
First aid
Fun Questions
100

How long does your lifeguard certification last 

What is two years 

100

What does PPE stand for? 

What is personal protective equipment 

100

You can accept a DNR

False

100

A five year old is receiving rescue ventilations. How should a lifeguard position their head to give proper ventilations?

Slightly past neutral

100

The facility is how many years old

What is three years

200

What type of entry should be used when entering from an elevated position? 

What is Compact Jump
200

Name one of the words in RID

What is recognition intrusion, distraction

200

A Camp kid is suffering a major nosebleed. They should be instructed to tilt their head forwards instead of backwards. 

True 

200

Lifeguard is performing solo CPR on a child. What should compression- to ventilation ration be?

30:2 

200

Your school or practice schedule changed, what should you do? 

update your availability

300

Name three things a child must do to pass the Sonoma Splash swim test and receive a green wrist band?

What is jump into water, submerge swim across pool without stopping, flip on back and float for ten seconds, tread water for 10 seconds.

300

The M in SAMPLE stands for? 

What is Medications

300

A parent has to be within ten seconds of their child if they have a red wrist band? 

False, within arms reach

300

Where do you check for a pulse on an infant? 

What is Brachial Artery

300

This lifeguard was unanimously voted as everyone's favorite during the summer of 2025

Who is John Rounkle

400

Where should a lifeguard place the AED pads on the chest of an adult

What is upper right and lower left
400

what is the ratio of bleach to water for vomit or blood?

1/3 cup of bleach to gallon of water

400
When someone is experiencing a seizure on land, you should try and stop the seizing by pinning down their arms and head, to make sure they do not injure themselves

False

400

This potentially life threatening emergency occurs when the body loses heat faster than it can produce

What is Hypothermia

400

The official title of Jeremy is

What is Head Guard and Swim Instructor Coordinator

500

What is the first step of rapid assessment

what is Scene safety/ assess the scene

500

What does the T in the acronym F.A.S.T. stand for

Time
500

Spinal motion restriction should be used for someone who just done into the shallow end and hit the bottom

True 

500
Excessively low glucose (blood sugar) levels is known as? 
What is Hypoglycemia
500

You call 911 and the ask for Sonoma Splash address, what is it? 

What is 20000 Broadway, Sonoma, CA 95476
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