Scenarios
A couple of patrons start running on the pool deck. You blow your whistle to get their attention. Next, you enforce the rules and regulations by:
a. Calling your supervisor.
b. Giving them a warning.
c. Telling them they could slipor fall and must walk on the deck.
d. Telling them they might beasked to leave and demanding they stop it now
c. Telling them they could slip or fall and must walk on the deck.
Primary responsibilities of a lifeguard include:
A. Inspecting the pool and rescue equipment before the facility opens and paying close attention to patrons in water by actively searching their assigned zones.
B. Fixing the pool rope and lane lines and ensuring the changing rooms are clean.
C. Following the health codes, answering a patron’s question and making sure patrons shower before using the pool.
D. Passing out the pool rules to all the patrons.
A. Inspecting the pool and rescue equipment before the facility opens and paying close attention to patrons in water by actively searching their assigned zones.
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:
a. 45 seconds
b. 1 ½ minutes
c. 30 seconds
d. 2 minutes
c. 30 seconds
Members of the safety team, including non-lifeguard personnel, should be:
a. Trained in CPR if they are interested in receiving training.
b. Trained to follow the other EAP duties that do not involve providing care.
c. Trained in first aid and CPR for non-professionals.
d. Trained and certified in first aid and CPR/ AED at the same level of the lifeguard team
d. Trained and certified in first aid and CPR/ AED at the same level of the lifeguard team.
During in-service training, lifeguards practice the steps of recognizing a distressed swimmer, rescuing an active victim, informing management and speaking with witnesses. The lifeguards are practicing parts of a(n):
a. Communication plan.
b. Secondary assessment.
c. Emergency action plan.
d. Staff debriefing
c. Emergency action plan.
You are lifeguarding during a family swim session when you notice a swimmer swimming full lengths of the pool under water. What should you do?
a. Activate the facility EAP, clear the pool and remove them from the pool.
b. Immediately stop them from continuing the activity and explain the dangers of the activity.
c. Immediately get the attention of the swimmer and instruct them to leave the pool for breaking protocol
d. Alert the pool manager of the situation once your shift is over and document the event
b. Immediately stop them from continuing the activity and explain the dangers of the activity.
Which of the following is a primary responsibility of a lifeguard?
a. Testing the pool water chemistry.
b. Monitoring the performance of the other lifeguards on duty
c. Enforcing facility rules and regulations and educating patrons about them.
d. Performing opening duties, closing duties or facility safety checks and inspections.
c. Enforcing facility rules and regulations and educating patrons about them.
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:
a. Perform a secondary assessment, perform a primary assessment, size-up the scene, activate the Emergency Action Plan (EAP), and summon EMS personnel.
b. Perform a primary assessment, activate the EAP, summon EMS personnel, perform a secondary assessment, and size up the scene.
c. Size-up the scene, activate the EAP, form an initial impression, summon EMS personnel, preform a primary assessment and preform a secondary assessment.
d. Activate the 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.
d. Activate the 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.
Which of the following statement(s) are true about the equipment that lifeguards should wear or carry?
a. Lifeguards should wear their rescue tube at all times when on surveillance duty.
b. Lifeguard should either wear a hip pack, or keep it strapped to their chair for easy access.
c. Lifeguards should keep latex gloves in their hip pack at all times.
d. All of the above
a. Lifeguards should wear their rescue tube at all times when on surveillance duty.
If three lifeguards are on duty, emergency back-up coverage takes place:
a. When a lifeguard is unable to show up to work for their shift.
b. When a lifeguard enters the water for a rescue.
c. Whenever the facility EAP is activated.
d. When the facility has more patrons than its designed capacity allows.
b. When a lifeguard enters the water for a rescue.
A parent and child walk over to you; the parent states that the child fell on the pool deck and hit their head. You notice there is blood and fluid running from the child’s ear and they are feeling dizzy. You activate the EAP and summon EMS personnel. What steps should you take next?
a. Bring the child a chair, ask them to sit down and tell them not to move. Perform a secondary assessment while waiting for EMS to arrive.
b. Have the parent transport the child to the emergency room since they are already walking.
c. Have the child lie down on the pool deck and perform a secondary assessment while waiting for EMS personnel to arrive.
d. Provide manual stabilization while the other lifeguards prepare to backboard.
a. Bring the child a chair, ask them to sit down and tell them not to move. Perform a secondary assessment while waiting for EMS to arrive.
The following statements describe appropriate rescue techniques for a victim with a suspected spinal injury, EXCEPT:
A. If the victim is at the surface in deep water, you may need a rescue tube to support yourself
B. If the victim is submerged, you should not use the rescue tube when submerging and bringing
c. If the victim is small and is in shallow water, you do not need to use a backboard to extricate the victim.
d. If the victim is in shallow water, you do not need to use a rescue tube to support yourself
c. If the victim is small and is in shallow water, you do not need to use a backboard to extricate the victim.
While searching your zone, you witness a patron struggling while swimming and then go under water. Which of the following applies?
a. You would use the RID factor to determine what to do.
b. You should continue to scan the pool until emergency back-up coverage is available.
c. You have duty to act and perform the appropriate rescue.
d. You should notify off duty lifeguards to provide care for the victim.
c. You have duty to act and perform the appropriate rescue.
It is very hot in your facility and you are starting to doze on the stand. All of the following can help you stay alert EXECPT for:
a. Staying hydrated while drinking plenty of water.
b. Jumping in the pool while on surveillance duty to cool off.
c. Rotating more frequently.
d. Staying in a cooler area during breaks.
b. Jumping in the pool while on surveillance duty to cool off.
A patron dives into the shallow end of the lap pool. You suspect a head, neck or spinal injury because the patron performed a high-risk, high-impact activity and has:
a. An elevated body temperature.
b. Blood in the ears and nose.
c. An irregular heartbeat.
d. Impaired hearing
b. Blood in the ears and nose.
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:
A. A Good Samaritan.
b. Negligent.
c. Following the refusal-of-care principle.
d. Using the RID factor
b. Negligent.
During a weather-related power failure at a facility, you should:
A. Clear everyone from the pool.
B. Let patrons continue swimming.
C. Let patrons sit on the edge with their feet in the water.
D. Monitor weather reports while patrons continue to swim
A. Clear everyone from the pool.
A lifeguard can no longer see some of the patrons at one side of the swimming area from their station because of glare from the afternoon sun. To maintain effective patron surveillance, the lifeguard should:
a. Document the issue and present it at next month’s staff meeting.
b. Adjust their position slightly to remove the glare from the surveillance area.
c. Leave the area to find the supervisor for assistance.
d. Stay in the same position since the patrons are strong swimmers.
b. Adjust their position slightly to remove the glare from the surveillance area.
Why is it important to attend a pre-season orientation and training?
a. To ensure that lifeguards understand their responsibilities and know how to perform their job.
b. To ensure that lifeguards get practice with their facility’s safety and rescue equipment and emergency action plans.
c. To ensure lifeguards understand codes, rules and regulations of the facility.
d. All of the above.
d. All of the above.
You are approaching a victim who is horizontal in the water, at the surface in 4 feet of water. The victim is facing you and appears to be unconscious. What rescue technique would be appropriate in this situation?
a. Active victim front rescue.
b. Passive victim front rescue.
c. Passive victim in extreme shallow water – face up.
d. Submerged victim in shallow water.
b. Passive victim front rescue.
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?
a. Place the victim in a recovery position.
b. Leave the victim just as they are.
c. Do not leave the victim since they are breathing, monitor their condition and wait for additional help to come.
d. Use a clothes drag to move the victim to where you can summon more help.
a. Place the victim in a recovery position.
When conducting a swim test, Lifeguards should use the:
a. Water Safety Steps
b. Safe Swimming Sequence
c. Water Competency Sequence
d. Safe Swimming Steps
c. Water Competency Sequence
A lifeguard keeps an eye on the patrons of the pool, actively searching and checking the bottom, middle and surface of the water. The lifeguard is demonstrating:
a. Effective communication.
b. Implied consent.
c. The RID factor.
d. Effective scanning.
d. Effective scanning.
The following statements describe appropriate rescue techniques for a victim with a suspected spinal injury, EXCEPT:
a. If the victim is at the surface in deep water, you may need a rescue tube to support yourself…
b. If the victim is submerged, you should not use the rescue tube when submerging and bringing the victim to the surface.
c. If the victim is small and is in shallow water, you do not need to use a backboard to extricate the victim.
d. If the victim is in shallow water, you do not need to use a rescue tube to support yourself.
c. If the victim is small and is in shallow water, you do not need to use a backboard to extricate the victim.
When completing an incident report:
a. Collect all factual information about what was seen, heard and the actions taken.
b. Include all details about the incident, including your opinion about how the incident happened.
c. Allow witnesses to discuss their thoughts about the incident before compiling their statements onto one report.
d. Do not allow the victim to leave until you have completed the report and your supervisor has signed it.
a. Collect all factual information about what was seen, heard and the actions taken.