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Lifeguard Training

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Primary Responsibilities
High Arm in Endangered Spine
Preventing injuries - enforcing rules - recognizing and responding quickly to emergencies - administering first aid and CPR - and informing others when help is needed.
sunburn - skin cancer - dehydration - heat exaustion - and heat stroke.
Professional

2. Anaphylactic Shock
A severe allergic reaction where the air passage ways may swell and restrict breathing.
A disease in which lungs lose their ability to exchange carbon dioxide and oxygen efficiently - causing a shortness of breath.
The two bottom chambers of the heart.
Offshore use

3. Characterisitcs of a Professional Lifeguard. Lifeguards must be...
knowledgable with appropriate skills - reliable - mature - couteous and consistent - positive - and professional.
heimlich maneuver or baby back blows
Bag Valve Mask resuscitators
sunburn - skin cancer - dehydration - heat exaustion - and heat stroke.

4. Rescue breathing - adult
Failure in following standard of care by failing to provide care - providing too much care (outside of your scope of training) - providing innapropriate care - or failing to prevent problems.
When making a desicion - but never in emergencies.
reaching pole - shepherd's pole - ring buoy - rescue board - rescue tube
take one breath every 5 seconds - 10 second pulse check

5. BVM
condition in which insufficient oxygen reaches the cells (results in cardiac arrest/breathing emergency)
The total disorganized electrical currents of the heart.
Bag Valve Mask resuscitators
Cut bleeds freely - bad.

6. When is the FIND model used?
When making a desicion - but never in emergencies.
Minor cut or scrape.
Preventing injuries - enforcing rules - recognizing and responding quickly to emergencies - administering first aid and CPR - and informing others when help is needed.
Reliable

7. FIND - F
take one breath every 5 seconds - 10 second pulse check
Figure out the problem
When making a desicion - but never in emergencies.
The two upper chambers of the heart.

8. Dehydration
When a person loses more fluids than he/she consumes.
Submersion - Spinal - Unconsciousness - Breathing Emergencies - Cardiac Emergencies - and Severe Bleeding.
2 fingers - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2
knowledgable with appropriate skills - reliable - mature - couteous and consistent - positive - and professional.

9. How to stay healthy and fit
Positive
Throwable devices
exercise - eat and hydrate properly - rest adequately - use sun protection - and refrain from using alcohol and other drugs.
Failure in following standard of care by failing to provide care - providing too much care (outside of your scope of training) - providing innapropriate care - or failing to prevent problems.

10. Abrasion
The total disorganized electrical currents of the heart.
Your legal responsibility to do something in the case of an emergency
Offshore use
Minor cut or scrape.

11. Negligence
The quivering of the ventricles.
sunburn - skin cancer - dehydration - heat exaustion - and heat stroke.
Identify possible solutions
Failure in following standard of care by failing to provide care - providing too much care (outside of your scope of training) - providing innapropriate care - or failing to prevent problems.

12. Submerged
not moving - completely underwater
A severe allergic reaction where the air passage ways may swell and restrict breathing.
airway - breathing - circulation
Pain in the chest.

13. Hypoxi
High Arm in Endangered Spine
condition in which insufficient oxygen reaches the cells (results in cardiac arrest/breathing emergency)
Communication with Patrons - Facility Safety Checks - and Patron Surveillance.
little/no foreward progress - no longer has ability to make it to safety - yelling & arms flailing

14. Standard of care
Professional
Communication to help prevent injuries - victim recognition - rescue attempts - and emergency care according to level of training.
Bag Valve Mask resuscitators
The rapid concentration of the ventricles.

15. ABC's
Minor cut or scrape.
airway - breathing - circulation
not moving - completely underwater
Mature

16. 2nd good trait of a life guard.
Filling out records and reports - maintenance - and inspecting the facility.
condition in which insufficient oxygen reaches the cells (results in cardiac arrest/breathing emergency)
A limb may fall or be torn off
Reliable

17. RID Factors
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.
Flotation Aid
When making a desicion - but never in emergencies.
Positive

18. Good Samaritan Laws
sunburn - skin cancer - dehydration - heat exaustion - and heat stroke.
Protection for people who help someone within their scope of training and w/o negligence while not being paid. Good people - do good things!
Throwable devices
Positive

19. Duty to act
condition in which insufficient oxygen reaches the cells (results in cardiac arrest/breathing emergency)
Your legal responsibility to do something in the case of an emergency
Arteries are clogged by cholesterol.
The total disorganized electrical currents of the heart.

20. 5th good trait of a life guard.
Fractures - dislocations - Abrasions - Sunburns(Superficial burns) - Muscle cramps - sprains - and strains.
Positive
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2
High Arm in Endangered Spine

21. Atria
The two upper chambers of the heart.
exercise - eat and hydrate properly - rest adequately - use sun protection - and refrain from using alcohol and other drugs.
Throwable devices
The total disorganized electrical currents of the heart.

22. V-Fib
Your legal responsibility to do something in the case of an emergency
The total disorganized electrical currents of the heart.
Mature
A disease in which lungs lose their ability to exchange carbon dioxide and oxygen efficiently - causing a shortness of breath.

23. FIND - I
Identify possible solutions
Special Use Device
Fractures - dislocations - Abrasions - Sunburns(Superficial burns) - Muscle cramps - sprains - and strains.
Minor cut or scrape.

24. CPR adult
Knowledgeable
not moving - head underwater
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 30&2

25. Life-jackets: Type IV
sunburn - skin cancer - dehydration - heat exaustion - and heat stroke.
Name the pros and cons for each solution
Special Use Device
Throwable devices

26. Life-jackets: Type II
Filling out records and reports - maintenance - and inspecting the facility.
Professional
When a person loses more fluids than he/she consumes.
Near Shore Buoyant Vest

27. F.A.S.T.
heimlich maneuver or baby back blows
Face - Arm - Speech - Time
Bag Valve Mask resuscitators
Responsible for ensuring the safety of facility patrons by preventing and responding to emergencies.

28. Laceration
Cut bleeds freely - bad.
Filling out records and reports - maintenance - and inspecting the facility.
Knowledgeable
Special Use Device

29. Fibrillation
take one breath every 3 seconds - 10 second pulse check
airway - breathing - circulation
A severe allergic reaction where the air passage ways may swell and restrict breathing.
The quivering of the ventricles.

30. Overexposure to the sun can cause...
not moving - completely underwater
Failure in following standard of care by failing to provide care - providing too much care (outside of your scope of training) - providing innapropriate care - or failing to prevent problems.
Positive
sunburn - skin cancer - dehydration - heat exaustion - and heat stroke.

31. Life-jackets: Type III
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.
Mature
Flotation Aid
When a person loses more fluids than he/she consumes.

32. 6th good trait of a life guard.
Name the pros and cons for each solution
Professional
Identify possible solutions
Pain in the chest.

33. Active drowning
breathing/head back - vert. body - no leg power - arms flailing -> short struggle at surfact
heimlich maneuver or baby back blows
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.
Communication to help prevent injuries - victim recognition - rescue attempts - and emergency care according to level of training.

34. Nonlife-Threatening
Mature
Fractures - dislocations - Abrasions - Sunburns(Superficial burns) - Muscle cramps - sprains - and strains.
Communication with Patrons - Facility Safety Checks - and Patron Surveillance.
Figure out the problem

35. CPR child
Figure out the problem
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2
When a person loses more fluids than he/she consumes.
Courteous and Consistent

36. Angina Pectoris
The two upper chambers of the heart.
Pain in the chest.
Protection for people who help someone within their scope of training and w/o negligence while not being paid. Good people - do good things!
not moving - completely underwater

37. Life-Threatening Injuries
Positive
Bag Valve Mask resuscitators
An electrical shock to the heart.
Submersion - Spinal - Unconsciousness - Breathing Emergencies - Cardiac Emergencies - and Severe Bleeding.

38. Rescue breathing - child
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 30&2
take one breath every 3 seconds - 10 second pulse check
An electrical shock to the heart.
Near Shore Buoyant Vest

39. Defibrillation
Identify possible solutions
airway - breathing - circulation
Decide which solution is best
An electrical shock to the heart.

40. Life-jackets: Type V
not moving - head underwater
Positive
Special Use Device
An electrical shock to the heart.

41. FIND - N
Name the pros and cons for each solution
Throwable devices
take one breath every 5 seconds - 10 second pulse check
2 fingers - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2

42. When choking perform this...
When making a desicion - but never in emergencies.
heimlich maneuver or baby back blows
Courteous and Consistent
Near Shore Buoyant Vest

43. Job Description
Decide which solution is best
sunburn - skin cancer - dehydration - heat exaustion - and heat stroke.
Responsible for ensuring the safety of facility patrons by preventing and responding to emergencies.
The two upper chambers of the heart.

44. 4th good trait of a life guard.
Courteous and Consistent
The total disorganized electrical currents of the heart.
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.
reaching pole - shepherd's pole - ring buoy - rescue board - rescue tube

45. 3rd good trait of a life guard.
When making a desicion - but never in emergencies.
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.
Mature
A limb may fall or be torn off

46. CPR infant
2 fingers - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2
condition in which insufficient oxygen reaches the cells (results in cardiac arrest/breathing emergency)
Courteous and Consistent
Face - Arm - Speech - Time

47. Secondary Responsibilities
Communication to help prevent injuries - victim recognition - rescue attempts - and emergency care according to level of training.
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.
Filling out records and reports - maintenance - and inspecting the facility.
Knowledgeable

48. RID Factors
Flotation Aid
Pain in the chest.
Face - Arm - Speech - Time
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.

49. Atherosclerosis
Figure out the problem
Decide which solution is best
The total disorganized electrical currents of the heart.
Arteries are clogged by cholesterol.

50. Passive drowning
Responsible for ensuring the safety of facility patrons by preventing and responding to emergencies.
Reliable
not moving - head underwater
Face - Arm - Speech - Time