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A lifeguard on duty should be able to recognize and reach a distressed swimmer or drowning person within what time frame?
30 seconds
A 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.
Which situation do these behaviors describe?
Active Drowning person
Where should a lifeguard check for a pulse on an infant?
Brachial pulse
A passive drowning person has been extricated from the water. During the rapid assessment, the lifeguard determines that the person has no pulse and is in cardiac arrest.
What should be the lifeguard’s first action for this passive drowning person?
2 ventilations
A Lifeguard needs to obtain consent from an injured patron before providing first aid care. List 3 things the lifeguard should tell the injured patron in order to obtain their consent.
-Your name
-The type and level of training they have
-What they plan to do
As a lifeguard, how can you prepare to enforce the rules?
Know all the rules at the facility and the reasons for them.
At what rate should a lifeguard provide ventilations to an infant in respiratory arrest?
1 : 2 or 3 seconds
How often should a lifeguard complete a scan of their entire zone?
30 seconds
What is the rate for giving ventilations to an adult who is in respiratory arrest or respiratory failure?
1: 6 seconds
You are completing our opening checklist. Which of the following requires your immediate attention.
The “needs maintenance” indicator on the AED is illuminated
There is a spilled beverage on the floor in the locker room
The pool ladder wiggles when you pull on it
All of the above
While searching your zone from a ground-level station located where the water depth is 4 feet, you recognize an active drowning person. Which entry do you perform?
Compact jump or slide-in entry.
A lifeguard is using a resuscitation mask on a 6-year-old who is unresponsive and not breathing.
How should the lifeguard position the child’s head to open the airway to give ventilations?
Slightly past-neutral
When performing two-rescuer CPR on an infant, which technique should a lifeguard use for performing chest compressions?
Encircling thumbs technique
How deep must the water be to complete a stride jump?
At least 5 feet deep at a station no more than 3 feet above water.
What term is used to quickly identify and care for life-threatening conditions?
Rapid Assessment
To ensure high quality CPR, a lifeguard should keep any interruptions to chest compressions such as when switching roles to less than how many seconds?
10
Which action is a lifeguard responsible for when implementing the Adult Cardiac Chain of Survival?
Providing support to the family
Providing advanced life support
Preventing major causes of cardiac arrest
Defibrillating early with an AED
Defibrillating early with an AED
You have lowered your unresponsive person to the ground after attempting back blows to dislodge an object. What is the next step to treat the person with an obstructive airway?
Begin with compressions
What is the difference between a visibility drill and lifeguard station response time testing?
Visibility drill is performed to verify that objects at the bottom and the surface in all areas of the zone can be clearly seen from the lifeguard station.
Lifeguard Station Response time testing is performed to determine whether the size and shape of the zone enables lifeguards to reach a drowning person in the farthest or deepest part of the zone. Completed within 1 1/2 minutes -2 minutes
Lifeguards are performing two-rescuer CPR on an adult who developed sudden cardiac arrest during a swim competition. How should the lifeguard performing chest compressions signal for a role change?
Say “Switch” in place of the number 1 at the beginning of the CPR cycle.