Rescues
Characteristics of an Active Drowning Victim
Can not call for help
Climbing ladder
works hard to keep face out of water
What does PPE stand for?
Personal Protective Equipment
Where should you place the AED pads on a victim with body piercings?
1inch around piercings
You enter the mechanical room and find a maintenance worker lying on their back on the floor. 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?
place victim in the recovery position.
You and another LG find an unresponsive adult on the floor in the locker room. You active the 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 summon EMS. What care do you provide?
Ventilation 1:5-6
What is the difference between and active drowning victim and a distressed victim?
Active Victim - can not call for help
Distressed Victim - can call for help
How do you ensure high quailty CPR and high quality chest compression?
expose the chest to ensure proper hand placement and full chest recoil
Where do you place the AED pads on a child/infant with the risk of pads touching each other?
back and chest
You are approaching a victim who is horizontal in the water-at the surface-in 4ft of water. The victim is facing you and is unconscious. What rescue do you use?
Passive Victim Front Rescue
As the first rescuer on the scene, you are performing CPR on an Adult. When performing chest compressions, how deeply should you compress the chest?
2-2.4 inches
what are the three water entries?
compact
slide in
stride in
When providing care to a response person - what should you do first?
Ask for consent
AED Steps
Turn on AED
Apply Pads
Allow AED to analyze
During in-service training, lifeguards practice the steps of recognizing a distressed swimmer, rescuing an active drowning victim, informing management, and speaking with witnesses. The lifeguards are practicing pars of an?
EAP
You are performing CPR on a victim and an assisting responder arrives. What should the assisting responder do first?
check to see is EMS has been called.
how many seconds should it take a lifeguard to recognize an emergency, get to victim, and extricate + start giving ventilation?
1.5 - 2 minutes
you should give chest compressions at a rate of at least how many compressions per minute
100-120
How many people does it take to use a BVM
2 rescuers
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 is feeling dizzy. You activate the EAP and summon ems. What step should you take next?
Bring child a chair - have them sit down
Perform secondary assessment
Wait for EMS
While performing a primary assessment on an unresponsive adult who has been rescued from the water. You find that they have no plus. What should you do next?
Give two ventilations before beginning CPR
What rescue would you use on a victim that is facing away from you, is active, in deep water?
Active victim rear rescue
The CPR Ratio for two person rescuer on a Child?
15:2
Every minute that the AED is not used the chances of survival decrease by what %?
10%
You enter the water to rescue a victim with a suspected spinal injury. You determine the victim is not breathing. what should you do next?
Remove the victim from the water using the extrication using a backboard at the pool edge technique
An injured partron is responsive and bleeding. After summoning EMS and obtaining consent and putting on PPE what is your next care step?
Press firmly against the wound with a sterile dressing and bandage.