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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. Life-jackets: Type I
Offshore use
little/no foreward progress - no longer has ability to make it to safety - yelling & arms flailing
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 30&2
active drownings have 20-60seconds before submerging - active drownings can be submerged or at surfact - distressed and active drownings look alike in water

2. Secondary Responsibilities
Filling out records and reports - maintenance - and inspecting the facility.
A limb may fall or be torn off
knowledgable with appropriate skills - reliable - mature - couteous and consistent - positive - and professional.
Communication with Patrons - Facility Safety Checks - and Patron Surveillance.

3. Rescue Equipment

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4. Fibrillation
The quivering of the ventricles.
An electrical shock to the heart.
Mature
Throwable devices

5. Passive drowning
not moving - head underwater
Name the pros and cons for each solution
Professional
A severe allergic reaction where the air passage ways may swell and restrict breathing.

6. When choking perform this...
heimlich maneuver or baby back blows
Name the pros and cons for each solution
Preventing injuries - enforcing rules - recognizing and responding quickly to emergencies - administering first aid and CPR - and informing others when help is needed.
Cut bleeds freely - bad.

7. Avulsion
not moving - head underwater
active drownings have 20-60seconds before submerging - active drownings can be submerged or at surfact - distressed and active drownings look alike in water
A limb may fall or be torn off
Mature

8. RID Factors
not moving - completely underwater
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.
Mature
Submersion - Spinal - Unconsciousness - Breathing Emergencies - Cardiac Emergencies - and Severe Bleeding.

9. Facts about drownings
active drownings have 20-60seconds before submerging - active drownings can be submerged or at surfact - distressed and active drownings look alike in water
Name the pros and cons for each solution
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.

10. Laceration
Preventing injuries - enforcing rules - recognizing and responding quickly to emergencies - administering first aid and CPR - and informing others when help is needed.
take one breath every 3 seconds - 10 second pulse check
Offshore use
Cut bleeds freely - bad.

11. F.A.S.T.
Face - Arm - Speech - Time
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 30&2
Reliable
Filling out records and reports - maintenance - and inspecting the facility.

12. Defibrillation
A disease in which lungs lose their ability to exchange carbon dioxide and oxygen efficiently - causing a shortness of breath.
An electrical shock to the heart.
knowledgable with appropriate skills - reliable - mature - couteous and consistent - positive - and professional.
not moving - head underwater

13. Hypoxi
Name the pros and cons for each solution
Knowledgeable
Offshore use
condition in which insufficient oxygen reaches the cells (results in cardiac arrest/breathing emergency)

14. H.A.I.N.E.S.
Cut bleeds freely - bad.
Positive
High Arm in Endangered Spine
condition in which insufficient oxygen reaches the cells (results in cardiac arrest/breathing emergency)

15. Active drowning
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 30&2
Near Shore Buoyant Vest
breathing/head back - vert. body - no leg power - arms flailing -> short struggle at surfact
Positive

16. V-Tach
Your legal responsibility to do something in the case of an emergency
The rapid concentration of the ventricles.
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2
Face - Arm - Speech - Time

17. Duty to act
Your legal responsibility to do something in the case of an emergency
A limb may fall or be torn off
Protection for people who help someone within their scope of training and w/o negligence while not being paid. Good people - do good things!
Courteous and Consistent

18. Dehydration
Special Use Device
An electrical shock to the heart.
When a person loses more fluids than he/she consumes.
The rapid concentration of the ventricles.

19. Distressed swimmer
Special Use Device
little/no foreward progress - no longer has ability to make it to safety - yelling & arms flailing
Positive
The two upper chambers of the heart.

20. Job Description
Filling out records and reports - maintenance - and inspecting the facility.
reaching pole - shepherd's pole - ring buoy - rescue board - rescue tube
Responsible for ensuring the safety of facility patrons by preventing and responding to emergencies.
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2

21. FIND - F
Your legal responsibility to do something in the case of an emergency
Figure out the problem
Cut bleeds freely - bad.
not moving - head underwater

22. 5th good trait of a life guard.
A disease in which lungs lose their ability to exchange carbon dioxide and oxygen efficiently - causing a shortness of breath.
active drownings have 20-60seconds before submerging - active drownings can be submerged or at surfact - distressed and active drownings look alike in water
Fractures - dislocations - Abrasions - Sunburns(Superficial burns) - Muscle cramps - sprains - and strains.
Positive

23. ABC's
The two bottom chambers of the heart.
Preventing injuries - enforcing rules - recognizing and responding quickly to emergencies - administering first aid and CPR - and informing others when help is needed.
airway - breathing - circulation
Minor cut or scrape.

24. Atherosclerosis
Reliable
Professional
Special Use Device
Arteries are clogged by cholesterol.

25. BVM
take one breath every 5 seconds - 10 second pulse check
Bag Valve Mask resuscitators
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.

26. Overexposure to the sun can cause...
breathing/head back - vert. body - no leg power - arms flailing -> short struggle at surfact
not moving - head underwater
condition in which insufficient oxygen reaches the cells (results in cardiac arrest/breathing emergency)
sunburn - skin cancer - dehydration - heat exaustion - and heat stroke.

27. Standard of care
Bag Valve Mask resuscitators
Mature
Figure out the problem
Communication to help prevent injuries - victim recognition - rescue attempts - and emergency care according to level of training.

28. Good Samaritan Laws
reaching pole - shepherd's pole - ring buoy - rescue board - rescue tube
Positive
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!

29. Anaphylactic Shock
breathing/head back - vert. body - no leg power - arms flailing -> short struggle at surfact
A severe allergic reaction where the air passage ways may swell and restrict breathing.
take one breath every 3 seconds - 10 second pulse check
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.

30. CPR child
not moving - completely underwater
Near Shore Buoyant Vest
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2
Reliable

31. Abrasion
The quivering of the ventricles.
Minor cut or scrape.
heimlich maneuver or baby back blows
not moving - completely underwater

32. Characterisitcs of a Professional Lifeguard. Lifeguards must be...
knowledgable with appropriate skills - reliable - mature - couteous and consistent - positive - and professional.
Face - Arm - Speech - Time
High Arm in Endangered Spine
An electrical shock to the heart.

33. FIND - I
2 fingers - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2
Identify possible solutions
Reliable
When a person loses more fluids than he/she consumes.

34. Ventricles
Flotation Aid
Face - Arm - Speech - Time
airway - breathing - circulation
The two bottom chambers of the heart.

35. Negligence
Throwable devices
Knowledgeable
The two bottom chambers of the heart.
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.

36. 6th good trait of a life guard.
Responsible for ensuring the safety of facility patrons by preventing and responding to emergencies.
Mature
Pain in the chest.
Professional

37. Life-jackets: Type IV
Decide which solution is best
A limb may fall or be torn off
Throwable devices
Your legal responsibility to do something in the case of an emergency

38. Rescue breathing - child
exercise - eat and hydrate properly - rest adequately - use sun protection - and refrain from using alcohol and other drugs.
take one breath every 3 seconds - 10 second pulse check
An electrical shock to the heart.
Name the pros and cons for each solution

39. How to stay healthy and fit
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.
A limb may fall or be torn off
Offshore use
exercise - eat and hydrate properly - rest adequately - use sun protection - and refrain from using alcohol and other drugs.

40. Rescue breathing - adult
take one breath every 5 seconds - 10 second pulse check
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2
Flotation Aid
Offshore use

41. 1st good trait of a life guard.
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.
Identify possible solutions
Knowledgeable
breathing/head back - vert. body - no leg power - arms flailing -> short struggle at surfact

42. Angina Pectoris
Preventing injuries - enforcing rules - recognizing and responding quickly to emergencies - administering first aid and CPR - and informing others when help is needed.
Pain in the chest.
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.
take one breath every 3 seconds - 10 second pulse check

43. 4th good trait of a life guard.
Throwable devices
exercise - eat and hydrate properly - rest adequately - use sun protection - and refrain from using alcohol and other drugs.
Courteous and Consistent
2 fingers - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2

44. Nonlife-Threatening
The two bottom chambers of the heart.
Communication with Patrons - Facility Safety Checks - and Patron Surveillance.
Fractures - dislocations - Abrasions - Sunburns(Superficial burns) - Muscle cramps - sprains - and strains.
Name the pros and cons for each solution

45. FIND - D
Decide which solution is best
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.
The two upper chambers of the heart.
Minor cut or scrape.

46. CPR infant
Mature
Preventing injuries - enforcing rules - recognizing and responding quickly to emergencies - administering first aid and CPR - and informing others when help is needed.
Filling out records and reports - maintenance - and inspecting the facility.
2 fingers - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2

47. RID Factors
Reliable
not moving - completely underwater
sunburn - skin cancer - dehydration - heat exaustion - and heat stroke.
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.

48. The three Emergency Prevention Strategies
Communication with Patrons - Facility Safety Checks - and Patron Surveillance.
Reliable
Flotation Aid
take one breath every 5 seconds - 10 second pulse check

49. V-Fib
The total disorganized electrical currents of the heart.
heimlich maneuver or baby back blows
condition in which insufficient oxygen reaches the cells (results in cardiac arrest/breathing emergency)
take one breath every 5 seconds - 10 second pulse check

50. Submerged
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2
not moving - completely underwater
airway - breathing - circulation
Protection for people who help someone within their scope of training and w/o negligence while not being paid. Good people - do good things!