Rescues
Characteristics of an Active Drowning Victim
face tilted upward
little to no leg movement
What does PPE stand for?
Personal Protective Equipment
AED Steps
Turn on AED
Apply Pads
Allow AED to analyze
You enter the mechanical room and find a maintenance worker lying on their back on the floor. You check the scene and determine it is safe to enter. during your primary assessment you find the victim is unresponsive, but breathing. You must leave to get help- what should you do before leaving?
place victim in the recovery position.
While performing a primary assessment on an unresponsive adult who has been rescued from the water. You find that they have no pulse. What should you do next?
begin CPR
What rescue do you use on a GID who is just below the surface, active, and is facing you?
Duck Pluck
What is the first thing you do before administering first aid
survey the scene/glove up
How many people does it take to use a BVM
two
You are approaching a victim who is horizontal in the water-at the surface-in 4ft of water. The victim is facing you and is unconscious. What rescue do you use?
rear hug
An injured partron is responsive and bleeding. After summoning EMS and putting on PPE what is your next care step?
Press firmly against the wound with a sterile dressing and bandage.
How do you enter the water in a non-spinal situation
compact jump
What does the pulse oximeter do?
Measures oxygen saturation in the blood and detects a pulse
What piece of equipment should be put on a guest if breathing and heart rate are restored and they are placed in recovery position
Non rebreather
During in-service training, lifeguards practice the steps of recognizing a distressed swimmer, rescuing an active drowning victim, informing management, and speaking with witnesses. The lifeguards are practicing the...?
EAP
As the first rescuer on the scene, you are performing CPR on an Adult. When performing chest compressions, how deeply should you compress the chest?
2-2.5 inches
how many seconds should it take a lifeguard to recognize an emergency and then get to the GID.
10 seconds to recognize at the GID and 20 seconds to reach them.
you should give chest compressions at a rate of at least how many compressions per minute
100-120
Where do you place the AED pads on a child/infant with the risk of pads touching each other?
back and chest
You enter the water to rescue a victim with a suspected spinal injury. You determine the victim is not breathing. what should you do next?
Life over limb
Remove the victim from the water using the extrication using a backboard at the pool edge
You and another LG find an unresponsive adult on the floor in the bathroom. You active the EAP, size up the scene, form an initial impression, and perform a primary assessment. You find the victim is not moving or breathing, but has a pulse. You summon EMS. What care do you provide?
rescue breathing
What rescue would you use on a victim that is facing away from you, is active, in deep water?
Active rear hug
The CPR Ratio for two person rescuer on a Child?
15:2
Every minute that the AED is not used the chances of survival decrease by what %?
10%
A parent and child walk over to you - the parent states that the child fell on the pool deck and hit their head. you notice there is blood running from the child's ear and he is feeling dizzy. You activate the EAP and summon ems. What step should you take next?
Bring child a chair - have them sit down with as little movement as possible
place in spinal position (squeeze plate)
Wait for EMS
You are performing CPR on a victim and an assisting responder arrives. What should the assisting responder do first?
check to see is EMS has been called.