How to Save a Life
Neutral, slightly past neutral, and past neutral.
What are the different airway positions for an infant, child, and adult?
Known as the RID Factors, these are the three most common reasons lifeguards miss drownings.
What are Recognition, Intrusion, and Distraction in Lifeguarding?
30:2
What is the ratio for compressions to vents for all single-person CPR, and always for adults?
J-hook
Passive Front
About 1 1/2 inches, about 2 inches, and at least 2 inches.
ROSC
What is return of spontaneous circulation often shortened to?
30 seconds
What is the amount of time it should take to scan your zone?
Arms tight against the head, swimming next to them.
What is the rescue for a possible head, neck, and spine injury?
Two-person infant and child compressions
When do you use 15:2?
SAMPLE
What are signs and symptoms, allergies, medications, past medical history, last oral intake, and events leading up to the incident called?
1 1/2 to 2 minutes
How long should the lifeguard station response time testing be completed in?
Patron in the water is vertical, struggling to keep their face above the water, has their arms extended to their sides, is pressing down for support and is not making any forward progress in the water
What does an active drowning person look like?
2 Ventilations
What do you do after checking pulse and breathing for a drowning person after pulling them from the water?
FAST
To check for a stroke you look at the face, arm, speech, and time, known as the what test?
No more than 10 seconds
How long should you check for pulse and breathing after opening up the airway?
When you are in the water with a patient but you cannot immediately take them out of the water and they have no pulse and breathing?
When are in-water ventilations used?
The roles of a mutiple-person or team rescue.
What are the compressor, airway manager, the ventilator, and the person in charge of the AED?
Signal detection theory; H, FA, M, and CR
What are hit, false alarm, miss, and correct rejection?
10 seconds
What is the maximum number of seconds you can do interruptions from compressions?
The first thing you want to make sure has been done during a rescue involving ventilations or CPR.
Calling 9-1-1 should be what priority?