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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. Secondary Responsibilities
Filling out records and reports - maintenance - and inspecting the facility.
Face - Arm - Speech - Time
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.

2. Passive drowning
airway - breathing - circulation
Submersion - Spinal - Unconsciousness - Breathing Emergencies - Cardiac Emergencies - and Severe Bleeding.
not moving - head underwater
reaching pole - shepherd's pole - ring buoy - rescue board - rescue tube

3. 1st good trait of a life guard.
The two bottom chambers of the heart.
When making a desicion - but never in emergencies.
Knowledgeable
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.

4. Submerged
not moving - completely underwater
Knowledgeable
The rapid concentration of the ventricles.
take one breath every 5 seconds - 10 second pulse check

5. RID Factors
Protection for people who help someone within their scope of training and w/o negligence while not being paid. Good people - do good things!
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.
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.
Responsible for ensuring the safety of facility patrons by preventing and responding to emergencies.

6. Defibrillation
An electrical shock to the heart.
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 30&2
Protection for people who help someone within their scope of training and w/o negligence while not being paid. Good people - do good things!
Bag Valve Mask resuscitators

7. Rescue breathing - adult
A severe allergic reaction where the air passage ways may swell and restrict breathing.
take one breath every 5 seconds - 10 second pulse check
Courteous and Consistent
not moving - completely underwater

8. Atherosclerosis
The two bottom chambers of the heart.
Minor cut or scrape.
The total disorganized electrical currents of the heart.
Arteries are clogged by cholesterol.

9. Abrasion
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.
sunburn - skin cancer - dehydration - heat exaustion - and heat stroke.
take one breath every 3 seconds - 10 second pulse check
Minor cut or scrape.

10. Dehydration
Knowledgeable
Positive
When a person loses more fluids than he/she consumes.
Arteries are clogged by cholesterol.

11. 4th good trait of a life guard.
Professional
The two upper chambers of the heart.
Courteous and Consistent
sunburn - skin cancer - dehydration - heat exaustion - and heat stroke.

12. FIND - N
The two bottom chambers of the heart.
Name the pros and cons for each solution
When making a desicion - but never in emergencies.
Responsible for ensuring the safety of facility patrons by preventing and responding to emergencies.

13. CPR infant
Cut bleeds freely - bad.
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 30&2
2 fingers - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2
Face - Arm - Speech - Time

14. Life-jackets: Type I
Offshore use
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.
Minor cut or scrape.

15. When choking perform this...
not moving - head underwater
sunburn - skin cancer - dehydration - heat exaustion - and heat stroke.
heimlich maneuver or baby back blows
A severe allergic reaction where the air passage ways may swell and restrict breathing.

16. CPR child
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2
2 fingers - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2
Minor cut or scrape.
Positive

17. V-Tach
Special Use Device
The rapid concentration of the ventricles.
Your legal responsibility to do something in the case of an emergency
Filling out records and reports - maintenance - and inspecting the facility.

18. V-Fib
Communication to help prevent injuries - victim recognition - rescue attempts - and emergency care according to level of training.
The total disorganized electrical currents of the heart.
The rapid concentration of the ventricles.
Knowledgeable

19. Angina Pectoris
The quivering of the ventricles.
A limb may fall or be torn off
Pain in the chest.
A disease in which lungs lose their ability to exchange carbon dioxide and oxygen efficiently - causing a shortness of breath.

20. Avulsion
Figure out the problem
The two bottom chambers of the heart.
A limb may fall or be torn off
sunburn - skin cancer - dehydration - heat exaustion - and heat stroke.

21. When is the FIND model used?
take one breath every 5 seconds - 10 second pulse check
Pain in the chest.
When making a desicion - but never in emergencies.
Communication to help prevent injuries - victim recognition - rescue attempts - and emergency care according to level of training.

22. Duty to act
Courteous and Consistent
Mature
Your legal responsibility to do something in the case of an emergency
Responsible for ensuring the safety of facility patrons by preventing and responding to emergencies.

23. ABC's
Submersion - Spinal - Unconsciousness - Breathing Emergencies - Cardiac Emergencies - and Severe Bleeding.
airway - breathing - circulation
Mature
A severe allergic reaction where the air passage ways may swell and restrict breathing.

24. Good Samaritan Laws
take one breath every 3 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
High Arm in Endangered Spine
Protection for people who help someone within their scope of training and w/o negligence while not being paid. Good people - do good things!

25. FIND - I
Figure out the problem
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.
The quivering of the ventricles.
Identify possible solutions

26. Ventricles
The two upper chambers of the heart.
heimlich maneuver or baby back blows
The two bottom chambers of the heart.
2 fingers - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2

27. H.A.I.N.E.S.
Communication with Patrons - Facility Safety Checks - and Patron Surveillance.
Reliable
High Arm in Endangered Spine
active drownings have 20-60seconds before submerging - active drownings can be submerged or at surfact - distressed and active drownings look alike in water

28. Life-Threatening Injuries
Professional
Minor cut or scrape.
When a person loses more fluids than he/she consumes.
Submersion - Spinal - Unconsciousness - Breathing Emergencies - Cardiac Emergencies - and Severe Bleeding.

29. RID Factors
Your legal responsibility to do something in the case of an emergency
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.
knowledgable with appropriate skills - reliable - mature - couteous and consistent - positive - and professional.
Name the pros and cons for each solution

30. 5th good trait of a life guard.
When making a desicion - but never in emergencies.
A limb may fall or be torn off
Positive
sunburn - skin cancer - dehydration - heat exaustion - and heat stroke.

31. BVM
Positive
Bag Valve Mask resuscitators
Decide which solution is best
airway - breathing - circulation

32. Facts about drownings
The total disorganized electrical currents of the heart.
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.
heimlich maneuver or baby back blows

33. Primary Responsibilities
When a person loses more fluids than he/she consumes.
Preventing injuries - enforcing rules - recognizing and responding quickly to emergencies - administering first aid and CPR - and informing others when help is needed.
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 30&2
Fractures - dislocations - Abrasions - Sunburns(Superficial burns) - Muscle cramps - sprains - and strains.

34. Life-jackets: Type II
A severe allergic reaction where the air passage ways may swell and restrict breathing.
Near Shore Buoyant Vest
When a person loses more fluids than he/she consumes.
The quivering of the ventricles.

35. Job Description
Face - Arm - Speech - Time
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.
Responsible for ensuring the safety of facility patrons by preventing and responding to emergencies.

36. Atria
Mature
Responsible for ensuring the safety of facility patrons by preventing and responding to emergencies.
The two upper chambers of the heart.
The total disorganized electrical currents of the heart.

37. Characterisitcs of a Professional Lifeguard. Lifeguards must be...
Protection for people who help someone within their scope of training and w/o negligence while not being paid. Good people - do good things!
knowledgable with appropriate skills - reliable - mature - couteous and consistent - positive - and professional.
breathing/head back - vert. body - no leg power - arms flailing -> short struggle at surfact
Your legal responsibility to do something in the case of an emergency

38. Hypoxi
Minor cut or scrape.
knowledgable with appropriate skills - reliable - mature - couteous and consistent - positive - and professional.
condition in which insufficient oxygen reaches the cells (results in cardiac arrest/breathing emergency)
Responsible for ensuring the safety of facility patrons by preventing and responding to emergencies.

39. FIND - F
Bag Valve Mask resuscitators
The two bottom chambers of the heart.
Figure out the problem
Pain in the chest.

40. F.A.S.T.
Face - Arm - Speech - Time
Decide which solution is best
Responsible for ensuring the safety of facility patrons by preventing and responding to emergencies.
Submersion - Spinal - Unconsciousness - Breathing Emergencies - Cardiac Emergencies - and Severe Bleeding.

41. Emphysema
Professional
sunburn - skin cancer - dehydration - heat exaustion - and heat stroke.
A disease in which lungs lose their ability to exchange carbon dioxide and oxygen efficiently - causing a shortness of breath.
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.

42. Life-jackets: Type IV
Name the pros and cons for each solution
An electrical shock to the heart.
Throwable devices
Preventing injuries - enforcing rules - recognizing and responding quickly to emergencies - administering first aid and CPR - and informing others when help is needed.

43. Fibrillation
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 30&2
The quivering of the ventricles.
The two upper chambers of the heart.
reaching pole - shepherd's pole - ring buoy - rescue board - rescue tube

44. CPR adult
An electrical shock to the heart.
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 30&2
A disease in which lungs lose their ability to exchange carbon dioxide and oxygen efficiently - causing a shortness of breath.
Protection for people who help someone within their scope of training and w/o negligence while not being paid. Good people - do good things!

45. Active drowning
breathing/head back - vert. body - no leg power - arms flailing -> short struggle at surfact
Courteous and Consistent
not moving - head underwater
Near Shore Buoyant Vest

46. Rescue Equipment

47. 6th good trait of a life guard.
Fractures - dislocations - Abrasions - Sunburns(Superficial burns) - Muscle cramps - sprains - and strains.
Professional
condition in which insufficient oxygen reaches the cells (results in cardiac arrest/breathing emergency)
heimlich maneuver or baby back blows

48. Overexposure to the sun can cause...
The total disorganized electrical currents of the heart.
sunburn - skin cancer - dehydration - heat exaustion - and heat stroke.
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 30&2
Pain in the chest.

49. FIND - D
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.
Near Shore Buoyant Vest
Professional
Decide which solution is best

50. Distressed swimmer
little/no foreward progress - no longer has ability to make it to safety - yelling & arms flailing
A disease in which lungs lose their ability to exchange carbon dioxide and oxygen efficiently - causing a shortness of breath.
breathing/head back - vert. body - no leg power - arms flailing -> short struggle at surfact
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.