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Lifeguard Training

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Facts about drownings
take one breath every 5 seconds - 10 second pulse check
active drownings have 20-60seconds before submerging - active drownings can be submerged or at surfact - distressed and active drownings look alike in water
The two upper chambers of the heart.
Flotation Aid

2. 2nd good trait of a life guard.
airway - breathing - circulation
Communication to help prevent injuries - victim recognition - rescue attempts - and emergency care according to level of training.
High Arm in Endangered Spine
Reliable

3. Negligence
Face - Arm - Speech - Time
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.
Special Use Device
When a person loses more fluids than he/she consumes.

4. Submerged
not moving - completely underwater
breathing/head back - vert. body - no leg power - arms flailing -> short struggle at surfact
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 30&2
2 fingers - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2

5. CPR infant
The quivering of the ventricles.
reaching pole - shepherd's pole - ring buoy - rescue board - rescue tube
little/no foreward progress - no longer has ability to make it to safety - yelling & arms flailing
2 fingers - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2

6. Life-Threatening Injuries
An electrical shock to the heart.
The two upper chambers of the heart.
Submersion - Spinal - Unconsciousness - Breathing Emergencies - Cardiac Emergencies - and Severe Bleeding.
Identify possible solutions

7. Standard of care
Name the pros and cons for each solution
take one breath every 5 seconds - 10 second pulse check
Communication to help prevent injuries - victim recognition - rescue attempts - and emergency care according to level of training.
Cut bleeds freely - bad.

8. 1st good trait of a life guard.
Near Shore Buoyant Vest
The two bottom chambers of the heart.
Courteous and Consistent
Knowledgeable

9. Hypoxi
Figure out the problem
Cut bleeds freely - bad.
High Arm in Endangered Spine
condition in which insufficient oxygen reaches the cells (results in cardiac arrest/breathing emergency)

10. Duty to act
exercise - eat and hydrate properly - rest adequately - use sun protection - and refrain from using alcohol and other drugs.
Figure out the problem
The rapid concentration of the ventricles.
Your legal responsibility to do something in the case of an emergency

11. Secondary Responsibilities
Professional
Filling out records and reports - maintenance - and inspecting the facility.
Bag Valve Mask resuscitators
take one breath every 3 seconds - 10 second pulse check

12. Overexposure to the sun can cause...
Fractures - dislocations - Abrasions - Sunburns(Superficial burns) - Muscle cramps - sprains - and strains.
A disease in which lungs lose their ability to exchange carbon dioxide and oxygen efficiently - causing a shortness of breath.
Courteous and Consistent
sunburn - skin cancer - dehydration - heat exaustion - and heat stroke.

13. Fibrillation
The quivering of the ventricles.
not moving - completely underwater
An electrical shock to the heart.
High Arm in Endangered Spine

14. CPR child
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2
condition in which insufficient oxygen reaches the cells (results in cardiac arrest/breathing emergency)
not moving - completely underwater
The total disorganized electrical currents of the heart.

15. Passive drowning
not moving - head 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.
Responsible for ensuring the safety of facility patrons by preventing and responding to emergencies.
Reliable

16. F.A.S.T.
Face - Arm - Speech - Time
An electrical shock to the heart.
Identify possible solutions
2 fingers - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2

17. Abrasion
Special Use Device
Face - Arm - Speech - Time
Minor cut or scrape.
Positive

18. Characterisitcs of a Professional Lifeguard. Lifeguards must be...
active drownings have 20-60seconds before submerging - active drownings can be submerged or at surfact - distressed and active drownings look alike in water
The rapid concentration of the ventricles.
knowledgable with appropriate skills - reliable - mature - couteous and consistent - positive - and professional.
Your legal responsibility to do something in the case of an emergency

19. Ventricles
High Arm in Endangered Spine
Cut bleeds freely - bad.
Reliable
The two bottom chambers of the heart.

20. RID Factors
Cut bleeds freely - bad.
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.
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.
exercise - eat and hydrate properly - rest adequately - use sun protection - and refrain from using alcohol and other drugs.

21. Life-jackets: Type III
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 30&2
Flotation Aid
2 fingers - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2
breathing/head back - vert. body - no leg power - arms flailing -> short struggle at surfact

22. Active drowning
breathing/head back - vert. body - no leg power - arms flailing -> short struggle at surfact
Mature
Bag Valve Mask resuscitators
exercise - eat and hydrate properly - rest adequately - use sun protection - and refrain from using alcohol and other drugs.

23. Rescue breathing - child
reaching pole - shepherd's pole - ring buoy - rescue board - rescue tube
take one breath every 3 seconds - 10 second pulse check
Cut bleeds freely - bad.
Professional

24. Anaphylactic Shock
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.
A severe allergic reaction where the air passage ways may swell and restrict breathing.
When making a desicion - but never in emergencies.
Figure out the problem

25. FIND - F
not moving - head underwater
Figure out the problem
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 30&2
exercise - eat and hydrate properly - rest adequately - use sun protection - and refrain from using alcohol and other drugs.

26. FIND - D
not moving - completely underwater
Decide which solution is best
active drownings have 20-60seconds before submerging - active drownings can be submerged or at surfact - distressed and active drownings look alike in water
The total disorganized electrical currents of the heart.

27. Dehydration
When a person loses more fluids than he/she consumes.
sunburn - skin cancer - dehydration - heat exaustion - and heat stroke.
Near Shore Buoyant Vest
A severe allergic reaction where the air passage ways may swell and restrict breathing.

28. V-Tach
Protection for people who help someone within their scope of training and w/o negligence while not being paid. Good people - do good things!
The rapid concentration of the ventricles.
The total disorganized electrical currents of the heart.
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.

29. BVM
Your legal responsibility to do something in the case of an emergency
Offshore use
Minor cut or scrape.
Bag Valve Mask resuscitators

30. Avulsion
Filling out records and reports - maintenance - and inspecting the facility.
High Arm in Endangered Spine
A limb may fall or be torn off
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2

31. Life-jackets: Type V
Minor cut or scrape.
Special Use Device
Bag Valve Mask resuscitators
Reliable

32. Nonlife-Threatening
condition in which insufficient oxygen reaches the cells (results in cardiac arrest/breathing emergency)
heimlich maneuver or baby back blows
Fractures - dislocations - Abrasions - Sunburns(Superficial burns) - Muscle cramps - sprains - and strains.
Figure out the problem

33. CPR adult
Mature
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.
The quivering of the ventricles.
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 30&2

34. Rescue Equipment

35. Angina Pectoris
Courteous and Consistent
Pain in the chest.
active drownings have 20-60seconds before submerging - active drownings can be submerged or at surfact - distressed and active drownings look alike in water
Submersion - Spinal - Unconsciousness - Breathing Emergencies - Cardiac Emergencies - and Severe Bleeding.

36. Emphysema
A disease in which lungs lose their ability to exchange carbon dioxide and oxygen efficiently - causing a shortness of breath.
sunburn - skin cancer - dehydration - heat exaustion - and heat stroke.
Knowledgeable
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.

37. Laceration
Arteries are clogged by cholesterol.
Cut bleeds freely - bad.
Bag Valve Mask resuscitators
Offshore use

38. Primary Responsibilities
Preventing injuries - enforcing rules - recognizing and responding quickly to emergencies - administering first aid and CPR - and informing others when help is needed.
When a person loses more fluids than he/she consumes.
Flotation Aid
An electrical shock to the heart.

39. V-Fib
Reliable
Protection for people who help someone within their scope of training and w/o negligence while not being paid. Good people - do good things!
active drownings have 20-60seconds before submerging - active drownings can be submerged or at surfact - distressed and active drownings look alike in water
The total disorganized electrical currents of the heart.

40. The three Emergency Prevention Strategies
When making a desicion - but never in emergencies.
Communication with Patrons - Facility Safety Checks - and Patron Surveillance.
Mature
Positive

41. 3rd good trait of a life guard.
Filling out records and reports - maintenance - and inspecting the facility.
heimlich maneuver or baby back blows
Mature
The total disorganized electrical currents of the heart.

42. FIND - N
Near Shore Buoyant Vest
Name the pros and cons for each solution
Minor cut or scrape.
Professional

43. Defibrillation
An electrical shock to the heart.
heimlich maneuver or baby back blows
active drownings have 20-60seconds before submerging - active drownings can be submerged or at surfact - distressed and active drownings look alike in water
Bag Valve Mask resuscitators

44. Job Description
Bag Valve Mask resuscitators
Knowledgeable
Pain in the chest.
Responsible for ensuring the safety of facility patrons by preventing and responding to emergencies.

45. Life-jackets: Type II
Face - Arm - Speech - Time
Positive
Near Shore Buoyant Vest
not moving - completely underwater

46. FIND - I
Identify possible solutions
Submersion - Spinal - Unconsciousness - Breathing Emergencies - Cardiac Emergencies - and Severe Bleeding.
Fractures - dislocations - Abrasions - Sunburns(Superficial burns) - Muscle cramps - sprains - and strains.
Knowledgeable

47. How to stay healthy and fit
Mature
The rapid concentration of the ventricles.
A disease in which lungs lose their ability to exchange carbon dioxide and oxygen efficiently - causing a shortness of breath.
exercise - eat and hydrate properly - rest adequately - use sun protection - and refrain from using alcohol and other drugs.

48. ABC's
active drownings have 20-60seconds before submerging - active drownings can be submerged or at surfact - distressed and active drownings look alike in water
airway - breathing - circulation
The total disorganized electrical currents of the heart.
Arteries are clogged by cholesterol.

49. Good Samaritan Laws
Protection for people who help someone within their scope of training and w/o negligence while not being paid. Good people - do good things!
Flotation Aid
reaching pole - shepherd's pole - ring buoy - rescue board - rescue tube
active drownings have 20-60seconds before submerging - active drownings can be submerged or at surfact - distressed and active drownings look alike in water

50. 4th good trait of a life guard.
Bag Valve Mask resuscitators
heimlich maneuver or baby back blows
Courteous and Consistent
Protection for people who help someone within their scope of training and w/o negligence while not being paid. Good people - do good things!