CPR
Where you should check for a pulse on an infant.
What is the brachial pulse?
Where a lifeguard should place the AED pads on the chest of an adult in cardiac arrest.
What is upper right side & lower left side?
When providing any type of first aid care, the first step you should take.
What is put on PPE (Personal Protective Equipment)
(Ex: gloves)
The range that chlorine should be kept at for any pool in the state of Nebraska.
What is 2.0 ppm to 10.0 ppm?
True or False:
The first YMCAs were for men only?
What is true?
When caring for a victim that has been pulled from the water who is not breathing and does not have a pulse, the first action taken.
What is 2 ventilations?
Where a lifeguard should place the AED pads on an infant in cardiac arrest.
What is the front middle of the chest and on the back between shoulder blades?
When providing care for any conscious adult, you must obtain this.
What is consent?
The range that pH should be kept at for any pool in the state of Nebraska.
What is 7.2 to 7.8?
The four core values of the YMCA.
What is caring, honesty, respect, & responsibility?
When performing two-rescuer CPR on a child or infant, the compression-to-ventilation ratio.
What is 15 compressions to 2 ventilations?
True or False:
An AED should be used on a person who is in respiratory arrest.
What is false?
When working to control non-life-threatening external bleeding, the main task is this.
What is apply direct pressure?
Action taken if water clarity prohibits you from being able to see the main drain.
What is close the pool?
An activity that originated at the YMCA.
What is basketball?
What is swimming lessons?
A lifeguard is using a resuscitation mask on a 6-year-old who is unresponsive and not breathing.
How the lifeguard should position the child’s head to open the airway to give ventilations.
What is slightly past-neutral position?
True or False:
When multiple rescuers are present and an AED is available, the rescuing lifeguard should pause CPR while the pads are being placed on the chest of an adult.
What is false?
A child approaches the lifeguard and explains that their grandmother isn’t feeling well. The grandmother, who says that she is feeling weak, sweaty and shaky, explains that she has diabetes and takes insulin.
The action a lifeguard should take if the grandmother asks for sugar.
What is provide fructose or sucrose?
(Ex: candy, orange juice, non-diet soda)
Patrons should be cleared from the water if lightning/thunder is within this distance of the facility.
What is 10 miles?
This city is home to the very first YMCA in the US.
(1851)
When providing CPR, the depth the lifeguard should compress the chest for an 1) infant, 2) child, & 3) adult.
What is 1) about 1.5 inches, 2) about 2 inches, & 3) at least 2 inches?
The very first thing you should do when using any AED.
What is turn it on?
The action a lifeguard should take when providing care to a person who has a dry chemical burn on their hand.
What is brush the chemical away with another object?
The amount of time you must wait before you let patrons back into the pool after a solid stool or vomit incident as long as the chemicals are in tact.
What is 30 minutes?
This city is home to the very first YMCA?
What is London?
(1844)