General Questions
How can you best protect yourself from possible bloodborne pathogen transmission when providing care?
Use personal protective equipment (PPE), such as disposable gloves and a breathing barrier, when providing care.
When performing chest compressions, how deeply should you compress the chest?
At least 2 inches but no more than 2.4 inches
You arrive on the scene where a patron appears to be injured. Before approaching the victim, which of the following will you NOT do as you size-up the scene?
Begin performing the primary assessment
You are providing care to a facility maintenance worker who has fallen off the top of a ladder. The victim is responsive. Which of the following should you do first?
Obtain consent from the victim to provide care.
A way to remember the questions to ask when taking a brief history is to use the acronym SAMPLE. What does the A in SAMPLE stand for?
Allergies
Your initial impression of a victim is based on:
How the victim appears to you as you size up the scene.
When performing chest compressions during CPR, you should give compressions at a rate of at least how many compressions per minute?
Between 100 and 120
When providing care during an emergency, which of the following should you do first?
Size-up the scene while forming an initial impression.
You are walking on the pool deck when the swim team coach suddenly collapses in front of you. During your primary assessment you find that the victim does not have a pulse, you should:
Immediately begin CPR using cycles of 30 compressions followed by 2 ventilations.
What is the first step you should take in caring for a victim with burns?
Remove the victim from the source of the burn
When providing care during an emergency, which of the following should you do first?
Size-up the scene while forming an initial impression.
The cycle of chest compressions and ventilations in two-rescuer CPR for an infant is:
15 chest compressions and 2 ventilations.
You determine that a victim is unresponsive but breathing. While waiting with the victim for EMS personnel, you would position the victim:
In a recovery position.
You and another lifeguard find an unresponsive adult on the locker room floor. The other lifeguard goes to summon EMS personnel. You form an initial impression, complete a primary assessment and find that the victim has a pulse but is not breathing. Which of the following should you do next?
Give ventilations at a rate of about 1 every 5-6 seconds.
When caring for musculoskeletal injuries, what does RICE stand for?
Rest, immobilize, cold, elevate
A person has been injured and is responsive. You should
Obtain consent, check the victim for life-threatening conditions and speak with the victim to find out what happened
You are using a resuscitation mask to give ventilations to a child. After you position and seal the mask, which of the following should you do next?
Tilt the victim’s head back to open the airway.
During a primary assessment, which of the following should you check first?
Responsiveness
You are providing care to an adult who is unresponsive and not breathing as a result of a drowning. You give your first ventilation before performing CPR and notice that the chest does not rise. Which of the following should you do next?
Re-tilt the victim’s head and then attempt another ventilation.
When giving abdominal thrusts to an adult who is choking, where should you position your fist?
In the middle of the abdomen, just above the navel
Your initial impression reveals severe life-threatening bleeding in an adult victim who appears to be unresponsive. Your next step should be
Control the bleeding with any available resources.
Where should you place your hands when giving chest compressions to an infant during CPR?
One hand on the forehead and two or three fingers on the center of the chest
Based on which of the following signs and symptoms would you determine that a victim is experiencing respiratory distress?
Gasping for breath
You and another lifeguard are preparing for CPR on an adult who collapsed in the locker room. You determine that there is no breathing or pulse and state, “Victim has no pulse. Begin CPR.” Which of the following should the other lifeguard do next?
Begin chest compressions
A patron has slurred speech, is unable to lift their right arm level with her left arm and is unable to smile without one side of their face drooping. You make note of the time the symptoms started. These are symptoms of:
A stroke.