Guard on Duty
What type of injury is suspected when you notice a patron dive into the shallow end of the lap pool and now has blood in the ears and nose?
Head, neck, or spinal injury.
What do you do when a choking victim becomes unconscious while providing back blows?
True or False: Lifeguards should either wear a hip pack, or keep it strapped to their chair for easy access as well as keep latex gloves in their hip pack at all times.
False. Lifeguards should keep nitrile, non-latex gloves and only WEAR their hip pack. They should also be wearing their rescue tube at all times when on surveillance duty.
What are the proper steps after seeing lightening at your facility?
Clear everyone from the water at the first sound of thunder or first sighting of lightening. Then everyone should remain out of the pool until there has been 30 minutes with no sights or sounds of lightening.
If three lifeguards are on duty, when should emergency back up coverage take place?
When a lifeguard enters the water for a rescue
What do you do if you find an unresponsive victim that is breathing if you are alone and need to leave to get help?
Place them in a recovery position
Consider the scenario: A patron collides with another swimmer while diving into the pool and asks a lifeguard for help. Without performing an assessment, the lifeguard tells the patron they can keep swimming. Later the patron seeks medical attention after feeling tingling sensations in their arms and legs.
This lifeguard is:
Negligent
What is the first step of performing a rescue for a water emergency?
Activate EAP.
What rescue technique is used for a horizontal victim, facing you, that appears to be unconscious?
Passive Victim Front Rescue
If you enter the water to rescue a victim with a suspected spinal injury and find that the victim is not breathing, what would be the next step in this rescue?
Remove the victim from the water using the Extrication Using a Backboard at the Pool Edge technique.
What is the Water Compentency Sequence?
A swim test that lifeguards can use to enforce water competency in the deep end or other feature of the facility where risk is involved.
What is the name of the first in-line stabilization technique used in a suspected head, neck, or spinal on a responsive victim?
Over-arm head splint
What is an AFR and what are the proper steps in handling this situation?
Accidental Fecal Release. This Requires water treatment, temporary pool closure and immediate lifeguard attention.
You rescue a victim that has a suspected head, neck or spinal injury, when do you switch from under arm head splint to over arm head splint?
If the victim is responsive and breathing and you are about to perform the in water backboarding technique.
True or False: While on surveillance duty at a hot facility, if lifeguards start to doze off in stand they are allowed to jump in the pool to cool off and stay alert.
False. Lifeguards may however rotate more frequently, stay in a cooler area during breaks, and staying hydrated during shifts while drinking plenty of water.
True or False: Members of the safety team, including non-lifeguard personnel should be trained and certified in first air and CPR/ AED at the same level of the lifeguard team.
True. The purpose of the facility safety team is to assist lifeguards in maintaining a safe environment and providing emergency care.
How much time should it take for a lifeguard to recognize and reach a victim in the furthest and deepest part of their zone?
30 Seconds.
When starting CPR, what scenario requires you to start with 2 ventilations before proceeding with chest compressions?
If you rescue an unresponsive person from the water and the primary assessment shows no pulse and no breathing or rescue breaths do not go in twice.
What should be included when completing an incident report?
Lifeguards should collect all factual information about what was seen, heard and the actions taken.
Name 3 of the most common injuries or illnesses that can happen in an aquatic setting
Nosebleeds, Mouth and teeth injuries, Knocked-Out tooth, Animal or Human Bites, Burns, Insect Stings