Water Rescue Skills
This is the first thing a lifeguard should do upon noticing a distressed swimmer.
(Answer: Activate EAP)
Adult CPR compression depth is.
(Answer: 2 inches)
What are you scanning when on stand.
Your entire zone.
This is the main reason you suspect a spinal injury in water.
(Answer: Head/neck/back injury)
The smallest country in the world by land area
Vatican City
This rescue is used for an active victim who is looking at you.
(Answer: Active front rescue)
This device is used to give breaths during single person CPR.
(Answer: Resuscitation mask)
This is the maximum number of seconds you should spend scanning one area before moving your eyes.
(Answer: A few seconds / continuous scanning without staring)
This device is used to remove a suspected spinal victim from the water.
(Answer: Backboard)
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
This entry is used when a head/neck/spinal injury is suspected in a 20ft pool.
(Answer: Sit Slide-in entry)
What does BVM and AED stand for.
Answer: Bag Valve Mask. Automated External Defibrillator.
Lifeguards should scan their zone within this many seconds.
(Answer: 10 seconds)
This manual technique stabilizes the head in line with the body.
(Answer: In-line stabilization)
This is the most populous city in the world (metro area)
Tokyo
This carry is used to move an unconscious victim in the water to the wall.
(Answer: Head splint)
This condition involves lack of oxygen and can lead to unconsciousness.
(Answer: Hypoxia)
This is the term for when a lifeguard’s attention drifts and they miss a victim.
(Answer: Inattentional blindness)
This should NOT be done unless necessary when caring for a suspected spinal injury.
(Answer: Moving the victim)
In The Lion King, what is Simba’s father’s name?
Mufasa
You notice a victim at the bottom of Comp Pool, you first ___, then ____, performing a _____, then shout for _____, after putting on your gloves you _____
Activate EAP, Make an Entry, Passive Submerged Rescue, Backboard, Tap and Shout for responsiveness.
First thing you do when responding to a medical.
Check if scene is safe.
This is the primary duty of a lifeguard
(Answer: Prevention)
You notice someone has slipped on the diving block and hit there head while falling into the water, you notice that they are not moving and not breathing and there is some blood in the water. THIS IS A SPINAL INJURY, what do you do.
Life over limb, use a normal a backboard and get them out quickly.
What City in the USA if you go directly south is Canada.
Detroit