Professionalism
What must a lifeguard immediately activate when recognizing an emergency?
What is the Emergency Action Plan (EAP)?
What's the slide-in entry entry style best suited for?
What is spinal rescue/ entering the water where head-first entry is not safe/shallow water?
Define a “reaching assist”.
What is extending a rescue tube, pole, or object to a victim from the deck or poolside?
What is the correct hand placement for adult chest compressions?
What is placing the heel of one hand in center of chest, other hand on top, elbows locked, shoulders over hands?
This common medical condition is a leading cause of seizures.
What is epilepsy?
In the EAP, what should be defined clearly?
What are roles and responsibilities?
What general procedures follow after activating the EAP?
What is providing care, ensuring EMS is called, and reporting/documenting the incident?
Which entry is used from ≥5-ft deep water with scissoring legs?
What is the compact jump?
After a drowning rescue, if the victim isn’t breathing, what do you do first?
What is give 2 initial rescue breaths (before compressions)?
According to the Red Cross, you should never do this to a person’s mouth during a seizure, despite myths.
What is put anything in their mouth?
What organizational council are THPRD's lifeguarding techniques determined from?
What is the American Red Cross Scientific Advisory Council?
What are three factors to consider before entering the water for rescue?
What are water depth, location of victim, and your own safety (hazards, PPE)?
Describe the “passive victim rear rescue” for unconscious victims.
What is approaching from behind, placing arms under victim’s armpits, tube across chest, and swimming back?
In life-threatening illness/injury, what conditions do lifeguards address first?
What are airway issues, breathing problems, and cardiac emergencies?
If a person is unresponsive after a seizure but breathing normally, you should place them in this position.
What is the recovery position (on their side)?
What key legal concepts must lifeguards understand?
What are consent, duty to act, negligence, abandonment, and confidentiality?
How often should lifeguards rotate stations or conduct in‑service drills to maintain vigilance?
What is at least every 30 minutes for rotation, 15 ideal at THPRD?
List the 7 general procedures for a water emergency per ARC.
What are: (1) size up the scene, (2) activate EAP, (3) enter water, (4) perform rescue, (5) move victim to safe exit, (6) remove from water, (7) provide care?
What advanced tool is introduced with CPR to help restart the heart?
What is an AED (Automated External Defibrillator)?
If a person has a suspected spinal injury in shallow water, you should stabilize the head using this method while keeping their face above water.
What is the head-splint technique?
According to ARC best practices, what is the 10/20 protection standard for?
What is 10 seconds to recognize a victim, 20 seconds to reach them (10/20 rule)?
What is the acronym does THPRD to insure good surveillance?
What is the RID Factor (Recognize, Intrusion, Distraction)?
When approaching a distressed swimmer who may panic and grab you, the Red Cross recommends this approach technique to protect yourself and maintain control.
What is the rear approach with a reaching assist or a rescue tube between you and the victim?
Briefly describe what distinguishes each common types of open wounds—abrasion, laceration, puncture, and avulsion.
What are abrasion (a scrape where the skin is rubbed off), laceration (a deep cut or tear in the skin), puncture (a deep, narrow wound from a pointed object), and avulsion (a wound where tissue is torn away from the body)
For a conscious, choking victim who is pregnant, you should perform this type of thrusts instead of abdominal thrusts.
What are chest thrusts?