First Aid
Which term may be used to describe a person who is experiencing any or all of these symptoms: confusion, slowed thinking, loss of balance, impaired vision?
Altered mental status.
How many initial rescue breaths should be given upon contact with an unresponsive drowning person?
5
Which entry method has the lowest risk of back, leg, or foot injury and is useful in a wide range of water depths and circumstances?
Compact jump.
What is the E-Stop?
A button or switch that shuts down the wave action or water flow.
If a break in your skin comes into contact with the bodily fluids of another person, what is the first thing you should do?
Wash the area with soap and water.
How is active spinal motion restriction provided?
Manually hold the person's head to limit movement.
How can you tell if rescue breaths are going into a person's lungs?
The chest will visibly rise.
What are the components of the STAAR aquatic rescue model?
Scan, target, assess, alert, rescue
How often must chemical checks be performed?
Every 2 hours.
How is an appropriate slide dispatch rate determined?
Length of time needed to prevent collision.
You have helped a person with asthma to use a prescribed, metered-dose inhaler. Ten minutes later, the person is bent over and can't stop coughing. What should you do?
Activate EMS.
When giving compressions, how should you position your hands, arms, and shoulders?
In line, with the arms straight, the elbows locked, and the shoulders over the hands.
If an unresponsive drowning person may look similar to people who are floating or underwater and are okay, what can you do to tell them apart?
Look to see that the person lifts his or her head to breathe within a few seconds (look for life)
While on station lifeguarding, what will occupy the majority of your time?
Searching the water.
What does RWI stand for?
Recreational Water Illness
You are providing care to a responsive person who has been injured and is bleeding from a wound in the leg. What should you do to control the bleeding?
Apply direct pressure with an absorbent pad until the bleeding stops.
Chest compressions should be administered to adults, children and infants at what rate?
At least 100 but not more than 120 times per minute.
Why is it important to begin rescue breathing for an unresponsive drowning person as quickly as possible?
To prevent or minimize brain damage.
What does three points of contact refer to?
Maintaining contact with two hands and one foot or two feet and one hand when climbing up to or down from a lifeguard station.
In the event of an unresponsive person in a wave pool, why might extraction times be longer than in a traditional pool?
Larger area, crowded conditions, and possible wave action.
You are called to attend to a coworker who collapsed while lifeguarding on a hot day. He has altered mental status and his skin is hot and sweaty. What should you do?
Aggressively cool his body by pouring water, fanning, and applying ice packs.
When two or more rescuers are administering CPR to a child, rescue breaths should be given after how many compressions?
15 compressions.
In addition to limiting upper body contact and keeping the hands free, what is another benefit of a leg-wrap rescue?
A rescuer doesn't have to submerge as deeply as with other methods.
What is the difference between distress and drowning?
How long has the parasite cryptosporidium been known to survive in properly maintained swimming pool water?
Up to 11 days.