Rescues 101
Guest is just below the surface.
Duck Pluck
You and another lifeguard are performing CPR on a child. What is the ratio for compressions to breaths?
15:2
RICE
Rest
Ice
Compression
Elevate
A mother runs up to you with her baby who she believes is choking. What is the correct response?
Activate EAP
Glove up
5 back blows followed by 5 chest compressions until object dislodges or infant goes limp.
A guest is within reach of you and struggling a bit on top of the water. What are your two options?
Offer an assist
Compact jump and rescue
Guest is facing away from you and struggling on the surface of the water.
Rear Hug
You’re performing AR on an adult and your last breath did not make the chest rise or fall. What is your next step?
Retilt
Reseal
FAST
Face
Arms
Speech
Time to call 911
You spot an unconscious guest laying face down in your water. How do you proceed?
Blow 1 whistle, jump in for the guest, put guest on tube, spontaneous breath check, blow 3 whistles to activate eap, perform an rapid extrication with a fellow lifeguard.
When scanning the water lifeguards are told to scan what sections of the water?
Top
Middle
Bottom
Guest is facing you and struggling on the surface of the water.
Front Drive
Guest has no pulse and isn’t breathing. You have a trauma bag and a 2nd lifeguard. How do you respond?
Continue CPR until AED applied
Provide breaths with bvm and oxygen.
SMR
Motion
Restriction
A guest dives into the pool and surfaces complaining of neck pain. How do you respond?
Ask the guest if they can safely exit the pool
Activate EAP
Slip into the water
Vise grip
Backboard with a fellow lifeguard
What are the 3 P’s?
Position
Posture
Perspective
Guest is struggling erratically on the surface of the water and you are struggling to make the rescue.
2 Guard Rescue
While performing AR on an adult they begin to vomit. What are your next steps?
Recovery position
V-Vac/Clear the mouth
Continue AR and add 5 to the # you stopped on
SAMPLE
Signs and Symptoms
Allergies
Medicines
Past Medical History
Last Oral Intake
Everything Else and/or Events Leading up to.
You are on Beach 1 and a guest comes up to you with a bloody nose that will not stop bleeding. How do you respond?
Blow 1 whistle
glove up
provide mass towel to guest, have them lean forward and squeeze bridge of their nose.
monitor/activate eap
Name 4 groups of swimmers at high risk for drowning.
Elderly
Young children
Weak swimmers
Guests using alcohol/drugs
While performing a spinal extrication from the pool the guest goes unresponsive. What is your next step?
Switch to a rapid extrication.
You are placing AED pads on a guest. You have cut away the clothing, dried and shaved the chest area, what else should you take into consideration?
Water, metal surfaces, dangerous weather
ELITE
Every Life is the Expectation
You are performing CPR on a child and when you give the two breaths you do not see the chest rise or fall. You proceed to retilt/reseal but the breaths still do not go in. What do you do next?
Begin AR on a child.
Extended underwater breath-holding can result in sudden loss of consciousness known as?
Shallow Water Blackout