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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.

1. Distressed swimmer
little/no foreward progress - no longer has ability to make it to safety - yelling & arms flailing
Special Use Device
breathing/head back - vert. body - no leg power - arms flailing -> short struggle at surfact
When making a desicion - but never in emergencies.

2. Good Samaritan Laws
Filling out records and reports - maintenance - and inspecting the facility.
Protection for people who help someone within their scope of training and w/o negligence while not being paid. Good people - do good things!
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2
Mature

3. RID Factors
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.
Near Shore Buoyant Vest
Reliable
knowledgable with appropriate skills - reliable - mature - couteous and consistent - positive - and professional.

4. Rescue breathing - adult
take one breath every 5 seconds - 10 second pulse check
sunburn - skin cancer - dehydration - heat exaustion - and heat stroke.
condition in which insufficient oxygen reaches the cells (results in cardiac arrest/breathing emergency)
The quivering of the ventricles.

5. 1st good trait of a 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.
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.
Knowledgeable
When making a desicion - but never in emergencies.

6. When is the FIND model used?
When making a desicion - but never in emergencies.
Knowledgeable
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.
not moving - completely underwater

7. BVM
Near Shore Buoyant Vest
The two bottom chambers of the heart.
Bag Valve Mask resuscitators
not moving - head underwater

8. 4th good trait of a life guard.
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
Courteous and Consistent
Decide which solution is best

9. Life-Threatening Injuries
condition in which insufficient oxygen reaches the cells (results in cardiac arrest/breathing emergency)
Filling out records and reports - maintenance - and inspecting the facility.
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.

10. 2nd good trait of a life guard.
Decide which solution is best
Knowledgeable
A limb may fall or be torn off
Reliable

11. Hypoxi
not moving - completely underwater
Professional
active drownings have 20-60seconds before submerging - active drownings can be submerged or at surfact - distressed and active drownings look alike in water
condition in which insufficient oxygen reaches the cells (results in cardiac arrest/breathing emergency)

12. Ventricles
exercise - eat and hydrate properly - rest adequately - use sun protection - and refrain from using alcohol and other drugs.
airway - breathing - circulation
The two bottom chambers of the heart.
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 30&2

13. H.A.I.N.E.S.
High Arm in Endangered Spine
not moving - completely underwater
Decide which solution is best
Positive

14. Life-jackets: Type V
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.
Near Shore Buoyant Vest
Special Use Device
take one breath every 5 seconds - 10 second pulse check

15. Primary Responsibilities
The rapid concentration of the ventricles.
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.
heimlich maneuver or baby back blows

16. Life-jackets: Type III
Flotation Aid
Reliable
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

17. Dehydration
Communication to help prevent injuries - victim recognition - rescue attempts - and emergency care according to level of training.
When a person loses more fluids than he/she consumes.
Pain in the chest.
The quivering of the ventricles.

18. Submerged
Communication with Patrons - Facility Safety Checks - and Patron Surveillance.
not moving - completely underwater
Preventing injuries - enforcing rules - recognizing and responding quickly to emergencies - administering first aid and CPR - and informing others when help is needed.
Knowledgeable

19. Angina Pectoris
A disease in which lungs lose their ability to exchange carbon dioxide and oxygen efficiently - causing a shortness of breath.
knowledgable with appropriate skills - reliable - mature - couteous and consistent - positive - and professional.
Identify possible solutions
Pain in the chest.

20. When choking perform this...
Positive
The two bottom chambers of the heart.
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 30&2
heimlich maneuver or baby back blows

21. Passive drowning
Professional
not moving - head underwater
The two upper chambers of the heart.
condition in which insufficient oxygen reaches the cells (results in cardiac arrest/breathing emergency)

22. Emphysema
When making a desicion - but never in emergencies.
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 30&2
Mature
A disease in which lungs lose their ability to exchange carbon dioxide and oxygen efficiently - causing a shortness of breath.

23. FIND - I
Filling out records and reports - maintenance - and inspecting the facility.
The two bottom chambers of the heart.
Identify possible solutions
heimlich maneuver or baby back blows

24. Avulsion
heimlich maneuver or baby back blows
Throwable devices
A limb may fall or be torn off
airway - breathing - circulation

25. 5th good trait of a life guard.
Communication to help prevent injuries - victim recognition - rescue attempts - and emergency care according to level of training.
Face - Arm - Speech - Time
High Arm in Endangered Spine
Positive

26. FIND - F
Decide which solution is best
Figure out the problem
When making a desicion - but never in emergencies.
airway - breathing - circulation

27. Atria
The two upper chambers of the heart.
Mature
Courteous and Consistent
Reliable

28. Secondary Responsibilities
take one breath every 3 seconds - 10 second pulse check
Filling out records and reports - maintenance - and inspecting the facility.
Offshore use
The total disorganized electrical currents of the heart.

29. Active drowning
breathing/head back - vert. body - no leg power - arms flailing -> short struggle at surfact
Figure out the problem
Special Use Device
Knowledgeable

30. Life-jackets: Type I
Pain in the chest.
The two bottom chambers of the heart.
Offshore use
Near Shore Buoyant Vest

31. FIND - N
airway - breathing - circulation
Throwable devices
Positive
Name the pros and cons for each solution

32. RID Factors
Flotation Aid
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
Communication to help prevent injuries - victim recognition - rescue attempts - and emergency care according to level of training.

33. FIND - D
not moving - head underwater
Decide which solution is best
Face - Arm - Speech - Time
sunburn - skin cancer - dehydration - heat exaustion - and heat stroke.

34. Job Description
take one breath every 3 seconds - 10 second pulse check
Responsible for ensuring the safety of facility patrons by preventing and responding to emergencies.
not moving - completely underwater
2 fingers - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2

35. Rescue breathing - child
not moving - head underwater
Minor cut or scrape.
The rapid concentration of the ventricles.
take one breath every 3 seconds - 10 second pulse check

36. Nonlife-Threatening
Throwable devices
Responsible for ensuring the safety of facility patrons by preventing and responding to emergencies.
Fractures - dislocations - Abrasions - Sunburns(Superficial burns) - Muscle cramps - sprains - and strains.
exercise - eat and hydrate properly - rest adequately - use sun protection - and refrain from using alcohol and other drugs.

37. Anaphylactic Shock
Decide which solution is best
When making a desicion - but never in emergencies.
A severe allergic reaction where the air passage ways may swell and restrict breathing.
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 30&2

38. Defibrillation
An electrical shock to the heart.
The two upper chambers of the heart.
Protection for people who help someone within their scope of training and w/o negligence while not being paid. Good people - do good things!
A limb may fall or be torn off

39. V-Fib
Bag Valve Mask resuscitators
airway - breathing - circulation
Face - Arm - Speech - Time
The total disorganized electrical currents of the heart.

40. Standard of care
Communication to help prevent injuries - victim recognition - rescue attempts - and emergency care according to level of training.
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.
Flotation Aid
The total disorganized electrical currents of the heart.

41. 6th good trait of a life guard.
Communication with Patrons - Facility Safety Checks - and Patron Surveillance.
The two upper chambers of the heart.
Professional
Knowledgeable

42. ABC's
airway - breathing - circulation
The two upper chambers of the heart.
sunburn - skin cancer - dehydration - heat exaustion - and heat stroke.
Near Shore Buoyant Vest

43. Overexposure to the sun can cause...
The total disorganized electrical currents of the heart.
sunburn - skin cancer - dehydration - heat exaustion - and heat stroke.
Mature
Preventing injuries - enforcing rules - recognizing and responding quickly to emergencies - administering first aid and CPR - and informing others when help is needed.

44. Laceration
The two upper chambers of the heart.
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2
Arteries are clogged by cholesterol.
Cut bleeds freely - bad.

45. Abrasion
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2
Minor cut or scrape.
Protection for people who help someone within their scope of training and w/o negligence while not being paid. Good people - do good things!
take one breath every 3 seconds - 10 second pulse check

46. 3rd good trait of a life guard.
Your legal responsibility to do something in the case of an emergency
Communication with Patrons - Facility Safety Checks - and Patron Surveillance.
Preventing injuries - enforcing rules - recognizing and responding quickly to emergencies - administering first aid and CPR - and informing others when help is needed.
Mature

47. How to stay healthy and fit
Minor cut or scrape.
Special Use Device
exercise - eat and hydrate properly - rest adequately - use sun protection - and refrain from using alcohol and other drugs.
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.

48. Life-jackets: Type II
Near Shore Buoyant Vest
Identify possible solutions
Pain in the chest.
airway - breathing - circulation

49. The three Emergency Prevention Strategies
Mature
Communication with Patrons - Facility Safety Checks - and Patron Surveillance.
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.
Near Shore Buoyant Vest

50. Fibrillation
Figure out the problem
Special Use Device
not moving - completely underwater
The quivering of the ventricles.

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