Lifeguarding
What are the three types of drowning victims?
What are distressed, active, and passive
When giving CPR, what are the depths of compressions for an infant, a child, and an adult?
What is 1.5 inches for an infant, about 2 inches for a child, and at least 2 inches for an adult (2.0-2.4).
What are the three types of heat related injuries in order of severity?
What are Heat Cramps, Heat Exhaustion, and Heat Stroke
Where do you place the AED pads on a victim? What is an exception to this placement?
What is they go on the front of the chest, one on the upper right chest, and the other on the left side of the chest below the left breast area. The only exception is for pediatrics, where one is placed on the back chest wall and the other on the front left chest wall.
What are the five stations and what are the five cleaning jobs?
What are Shallow, Deep, Diving, T, and down. Sweeping, deck trash, deck cans, girls bathroom, and boys bathroom.
You enter the water to rescue a victim with a suspected spinal injury. You determine that the victim is not breathing. What should you do next?
What is remove them from the water immediately.
When performing CPR, you must continue giving care until: (five reasons)
What is:
1. Obvious signs of life
2. EMS arrives
3. The scene becomes unsafe
4. An AED arrives
5. You become to exhausted to continue
What should you do if someone gets stung?
What is remove stinger, wash the wound, cover it up, and apply ice.
You are about to apply AED pads to a victim’s chest when you notice that the victim has several body piercings with jewelry on their chest. What should you do?
What is apply the pads to the chest, at least 1 inch away from the jewelry.
What are pick up EVERYTHING on the floor, empty feminine hygiene boxes, take out trash, put new bags in, replace toilet paper, spray down entire bathroom, spray terminator, rinse terminator down drains, squeegee, enzyme.
What are the three entries performed by lifeguards, an when do you use them?
Slide in: shallow water, suspected head neck or back injury, the pool is too crowded to perform a jump
Stride: Water is at least 5 feet and you are no more than 3 feet above the water
Compact: Water is at least 5 feet and you are more than 3 feet above the water
When is rescue breathing performed/ how long do you do it?
What is when the victim has as pulse but is not breathing. You continue for 2 minutes and then reassess the victim.
What is anaphylaxis and what are the symptoms?
What is a side effect of allergic reactions which may cause low blood pressure, trouble breathing, stomach cramps, vomiting, dizziness, etc.
What does AED stand for?
What is Automated External Defibrillator
What are the titles of the following people?
Greg Anderson
James Gordy
Megan Hix
Lexie Delmonico
Samantha Patterson
Camden Vogelsang
Matt Siniard
Kera Lawhon
Jordan Baldwin
Sophie Delmonico
Greg Anderson: Director of Parks and Recreation
James Gordy: Assistant Director of Parks and Recreation
Megan Hix: Aquatics Coordinator
Lexie Delmonico: Pool Manager (Head Guard)
Samantha Patterson: Assistant Manager
Camden Vogelsang: Assistant Manager
Matt Siniard: Head Swim Coach
Kera Lawhon: Assistant Swim Coach (Lexie in training)
Jordan Baldwin: 6 and Under Swim Coach
Sophie Delmonico: Irrelevant
What are the five life threatening conditions?
What are:
1. Drowning
2. Unconsciousness
3. Respiratory emergency
4. Cardiac Emergency
5. Severe Bleeding
What is the difference between respiratory distress and respiratory arrest?
What is respiratory distress is troubled breathing whereas respiratory arrest is no breathing.
Explain the 4 types of muscle, bone, and joint injuries. (name 2)
1. fracture; a clean break in the bone
2. sprain; a tearing in the joint
3. strain; an over use
4. dislocation; when bone is removed from its' normal location
What precautions would you take when using an AED around water? (Name 5)
What is
1. Remove the victim from freestanding water
2. Make sure there are no puddles of water around the rescuer, victim and AED
3. Remove the victim’s wet clothing
4. Dry the victim’s chest
5. Keep the victim as dry as possible
6. Shelter the victim from the rain (if raining)
What are the hours of all of our pools?
Dellinger
Monday: Closed
Tuesday: 12-6
Wednesday: 12-5:30
Thursday: 12-5:30
Friday: 12-5:30
Saturday: 12-6
Sunday: 1-6
Aubrey Street:
Monday: 12-5
Tuesday: 12-5
Wednesday: Closed
Thursday: 12-5
Friday: 12-5
Saturday: 12-6
Sunday: 1-6
Senior Aquatic Center
Monday: 7-8
Tuesday: 7-8
Wednesday: 7-8
Thursday: 4-8
Friday: 7-8
Saturday: 8-12
Sunday: Closed
Lifeguards use many acronyms to help remember important things. What do the following acronyms stand for? EAP, RID, FIND, RICE, and FAST, LOC, AFR, and SAMPLE?
*Bonus points if you tell when they are used*
EAP: Emergency Action Plan
RID: Recognize, Intrusion, Distraction
FIND: Figure out the problem, Identify possible solutions, Name the pros and cons, and Determine the best possible solution
RICE: Rest, Immobilize, Cold, Elevate (Rest, Ice, Compress, Elevate)
FAST: Face, Arms, Speech, Time
LOC: Level of Consciousness
AFR: Accidental Fecal Release
SAMPLE: Signs and Symptoms, Allergies, Medication, Past Pertinent Medical History, Last oral intake, and Events leading up to the injury
What are the links in the cardiac chain of survival (5 links) and the pediatric chain of survival (5 links)?
1. Early recognition of cardiac arrest and activation of the Emergency response system
2. Early CPR
3. Early defibrillation
4. Early advanced life support and advanced medical personnel
5. Integrated post-cardiac care
AND
1. Prevention of arrest
2. Early CPR
3. Early access to EMS
4. Early advanced life support
5. Integrated post-cardiac pediatric care
Name and explain the types of open wounds.(Name 3)
What are:
1. abrasion; a scrape or rubbing of the skin
2. laceration; a cut on the skin
3. avulsion; when tissue is exposed
4. puncture; when a foreign object is pushed into the skin
What are V-Tach and F-Fib and what do they mean?
What is Ventricular fibrillation; a random heart beat and Ventricular tachycardia; a fast heart beat
Name 15 pool rules.
That would be a lot to type so I'm not going to put an answer. Instead, enjoy this picture of Loaf.