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Lifeguard Training

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. When choking perform this...
active drownings have 20-60seconds before submerging - active drownings can be submerged or at surfact - distressed and active drownings look alike in water
Pain in the chest.
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 30&2
heimlich maneuver or baby back blows

2. CPR child
The quivering of the ventricles.
Near Shore Buoyant Vest
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2
airway - breathing - circulation

3. Standard of care
Throwable devices
A limb may fall or be torn off
Cut bleeds freely - bad.
Communication to help prevent injuries - victim recognition - rescue attempts - and emergency care according to level of training.

4. 5th good trait of a life guard.
Positive
Cut bleeds freely - bad.
Special Use Device
Reliable

5. Distressed swimmer
exercise - eat and hydrate properly - rest adequately - use sun protection - and refrain from using alcohol and other drugs.
Communication with Patrons - Facility Safety Checks - and Patron Surveillance.
The two upper chambers of the heart.
little/no foreward progress - no longer has ability to make it to safety - yelling & arms flailing

6. F.A.S.T.
Offshore use
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.
Face - Arm - Speech - Time
Special Use Device

7. When is the FIND model used?
not moving - head underwater
Communication with Patrons - Facility Safety Checks - and Patron Surveillance.
When making a desicion - but never in emergencies.
Protection for people who help someone within their scope of training and w/o negligence while not being paid. Good people - do good things!

8. Fibrillation
The quivering of the ventricles.
The total disorganized electrical currents of the heart.
take one breath every 5 seconds - 10 second pulse check
Arteries are clogged by cholesterol.

9. 1st good trait of a life guard.
Positive
Name the pros and cons for each solution
Knowledgeable
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. Dehydration
airway - breathing - circulation
When a person loses more fluids than he/she consumes.
2 fingers - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2
Communication with Patrons - Facility Safety Checks - and Patron Surveillance.

11. Life-jackets: Type IV
not moving - completely underwater
Name the pros and cons for each solution
Identify possible solutions
Throwable devices

12. Emphysema
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.
exercise - eat and hydrate properly - rest adequately - use sun protection - and refrain from using alcohol and other drugs.
The total disorganized electrical currents of the heart.

13. Abrasion
Identify possible solutions
Minor cut or scrape.
sunburn - skin cancer - dehydration - heat exaustion - and heat stroke.
Preventing injuries - enforcing rules - recognizing and responding quickly to emergencies - administering first aid and CPR - and informing others when help is needed.

14. Active drowning
breathing/head back - vert. body - no leg power - arms flailing -> short struggle at surfact
The two upper chambers of the heart.
Decide which solution is best
High Arm in Endangered Spine

15. Hypoxi
Offshore use
Mature
Face - Arm - Speech - Time
condition in which insufficient oxygen reaches the cells (results in cardiac arrest/breathing emergency)

16. Life-jackets: Type II
The quivering of the ventricles.
Throwable devices
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

17. H.A.I.N.E.S.
heimlich maneuver or baby back blows
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 30&2
High Arm in Endangered Spine

18. V-Tach
The two upper chambers of the heart.
The rapid concentration of the ventricles.
Figure out the problem
heimlich maneuver or baby back blows

19. Characterisitcs of a Professional Lifeguard. Lifeguards must be...
knowledgable with appropriate skills - reliable - mature - couteous and consistent - positive - and professional.
Protection for people who help someone within their scope of training and w/o negligence while not being paid. Good people - do good things!
Professional
little/no foreward progress - no longer has ability to make it to safety - yelling & arms flailing

20. How to stay healthy and fit
Protection for people who help someone within their scope of training and w/o negligence while not being paid. Good people - do good things!
Reliable
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.

21. Atria
The two upper chambers of the heart.
Arteries are clogged by cholesterol.
take one breath every 5 seconds - 10 second pulse check
take one breath every 3 seconds - 10 second pulse check

22. BVM
exercise - eat and hydrate properly - rest adequately - use sun protection - and refrain from using alcohol and other drugs.
Near Shore Buoyant Vest
A limb may fall or be torn off
Bag Valve Mask resuscitators

23. Ventricles
knowledgable with appropriate skills - reliable - mature - couteous and consistent - positive - and professional.
An electrical shock to the heart.
The two bottom chambers of the heart.
take one breath every 5 seconds - 10 second pulse check

24. RID Factors
Arteries are clogged by cholesterol.
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.
not moving - completely underwater

25. FIND - D
Decide which solution is best
Preventing injuries - enforcing rules - recognizing and responding quickly to emergencies - administering first aid and CPR - and informing others when help is needed.
Identify possible solutions
Near Shore Buoyant Vest

26. FIND - I
reaching pole - shepherd's pole - ring buoy - rescue board - rescue tube
Name the pros and cons for each solution
Pain in the chest.
Identify possible solutions

27. Rescue Equipment

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28. Defibrillation
An electrical shock to the heart.
Figure out the problem
exercise - eat and hydrate properly - rest adequately - use sun protection - and refrain from using alcohol and other drugs.
breathing/head back - vert. body - no leg power - arms flailing -> short struggle at surfact

29. Rescue breathing - child
Cut bleeds freely - bad.
take one breath every 3 seconds - 10 second pulse check
Throwable devices
Courteous and Consistent

30. Life-jackets: Type V
The two upper chambers of the heart.
Special Use Device
not moving - completely underwater
Filling out records and reports - maintenance - and inspecting the facility.

31. Nonlife-Threatening
Fractures - dislocations - Abrasions - Sunburns(Superficial burns) - Muscle cramps - sprains - and strains.
knowledgable with appropriate skills - reliable - mature - couteous and consistent - positive - and professional.
exercise - eat and hydrate properly - rest adequately - use sun protection - and refrain from using alcohol and other drugs.
A severe allergic reaction where the air passage ways may swell and restrict breathing.

32. 2nd good trait of a life guard.
2 fingers - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2
little/no foreward progress - no longer has ability to make it to safety - yelling & arms flailing
airway - breathing - circulation
Reliable

33. 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!
Reliable
heimlich maneuver or baby back blows
Face - Arm - Speech - Time

34. Duty to act
Your legal responsibility to do something in the case of an emergency
Communication to help prevent injuries - victim recognition - rescue attempts - and emergency care according to level of training.
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

35. The three Emergency Prevention Strategies
Communication with Patrons - Facility Safety Checks - and Patron Surveillance.
exercise - eat and hydrate properly - rest adequately - use sun protection - and refrain from using alcohol and other drugs.
Courteous and Consistent
sunburn - skin cancer - dehydration - heat exaustion - and heat stroke.

36. Life-jackets: Type I
Offshore use
exercise - eat and hydrate properly - rest adequately - use sun protection - and refrain from using alcohol and other drugs.
heimlich maneuver or baby back blows
Positive

37. Job Description
An electrical shock to the heart.
The quivering of the ventricles.
Responsible for ensuring the safety of facility patrons by preventing and responding to emergencies.
condition in which insufficient oxygen reaches the cells (results in cardiac arrest/breathing emergency)

38. Secondary Responsibilities
Communication to help prevent injuries - victim recognition - rescue attempts - and emergency care according to level of training.
Filling out records and reports - maintenance - and inspecting the facility.
Face - Arm - Speech - Time
Pain in the chest.

39. 4th good trait of a life guard.
active drownings have 20-60seconds before submerging - active drownings can be submerged or at surfact - distressed and active drownings look alike in water
heimlich maneuver or baby back blows
Courteous and Consistent
Throwable devices

40. 3rd good trait of a life guard.
A limb may fall or be torn off
Professional
Positive
Mature

41. 6th good trait of a life guard.
Professional
Decide which solution is best
Minor cut or scrape.
Near Shore Buoyant Vest

42. Overexposure to the sun can cause...
not moving - head underwater
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!
When making a desicion - but never in emergencies.

43. CPR infant
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
2 fingers - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2
When making a desicion - but never in emergencies.

44. RID Factors
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.
Identify possible solutions
Courteous and Consistent
The two bottom chambers of the heart.

45. Submerged
not moving - completely underwater
Minor cut or scrape.
Filling out records and reports - maintenance - and inspecting the facility.
Bag Valve Mask resuscitators

46. Laceration
Cut bleeds freely - bad.
The quivering of the ventricles.
take one breath every 5 seconds - 10 second pulse check
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.

47. Life-jackets: Type III
Arteries are clogged by cholesterol.
Flotation Aid
An electrical shock to the heart.
Offshore use

48. Avulsion
A limb may fall or be torn off
When a person loses more fluids than he/she consumes.
Face - Arm - Speech - Time
A severe allergic reaction where the air passage ways may swell and restrict breathing.

49. Negligence
Decide which solution is best
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.
Face - Arm - Speech - Time
Courteous and Consistent

50. V-Fib
little/no foreward progress - no longer has ability to make it to safety - yelling & arms flailing
Face - Arm - Speech - Time
Offshore use
The total disorganized electrical currents of the heart.