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Lifeguard Training

Instructions:

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. CPR adult
Submersion - Spinal - Unconsciousness - Breathing Emergencies - Cardiac Emergencies - and Severe Bleeding.
little/no foreward progress - no longer has ability to make it to safety - yelling & arms flailing
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 30&2
take one breath every 5 seconds - 10 second pulse check

2. Negligence
The total disorganized electrical currents of the heart.
not moving - head underwater
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.

3. Overexposure to the sun can cause...
not moving - head underwater
Positive
sunburn - skin cancer - dehydration - heat exaustion - and heat stroke.
not moving - completely underwater

4. RID Factors
Submersion - Spinal - Unconsciousness - Breathing Emergencies - Cardiac Emergencies - and Severe Bleeding.
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.
High Arm in Endangered Spine
airway - breathing - circulation

5. 1st good trait of a life guard.
Decide which solution is best
Knowledgeable
Courteous and Consistent
Responsible for ensuring the safety of facility patrons by preventing and responding to emergencies.

6. 5th good trait of a life guard.
Courteous and Consistent
Positive
airway - breathing - circulation
Decide which solution is best

7. Emphysema
A disease in which lungs lose their ability to exchange carbon dioxide and oxygen efficiently - causing a shortness of breath.
Face - Arm - Speech - Time
little/no foreward progress - no longer has ability to make it to safety - yelling & arms flailing
2 fingers - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2

8. ABC's
Bag Valve Mask resuscitators
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2
Professional
airway - breathing - circulation

9. How to stay healthy and fit
exercise - eat and hydrate properly - rest adequately - use sun protection - and refrain from using alcohol and other drugs.
take one breath every 5 seconds - 10 second pulse check
Submersion - Spinal - Unconsciousness - Breathing Emergencies - Cardiac Emergencies - and Severe Bleeding.
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.

10. Submerged
not moving - completely underwater
Mature
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.
Communication with Patrons - Facility Safety Checks - and Patron Surveillance.

11. Life-jackets: Type I
When making a desicion - but never in emergencies.
Flotation Aid
Offshore use
A severe allergic reaction where the air passage ways may swell and restrict breathing.

12. Characterisitcs of a Professional Lifeguard. Lifeguards must be...
knowledgable with appropriate skills - reliable - mature - couteous and consistent - positive - and professional.
Cut bleeds freely - bad.
Communication to help prevent injuries - victim recognition - rescue attempts - and emergency care according to level of training.
The two upper chambers of the heart.

13. When is the FIND model used?
sunburn - skin cancer - dehydration - heat exaustion - and heat stroke.
Bag Valve Mask resuscitators
Cut bleeds freely - bad.
When making a desicion - but never in emergencies.

14. Duty to act
Knowledgeable
Protection for people who help someone within their scope of training and w/o negligence while not being paid. Good people - do good things!
An electrical shock to the heart.
Your legal responsibility to do something in the case of an emergency

15. BVM
The two bottom chambers of the heart.
Name the pros and cons for each solution
Figure out the problem
Bag Valve Mask resuscitators

16. H.A.I.N.E.S.
Minor cut or scrape.
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.
Bag Valve Mask resuscitators
High Arm in Endangered Spine

17. Hypoxi
Minor cut or scrape.
A limb may fall or be torn off
condition in which insufficient oxygen reaches the cells (results in cardiac arrest/breathing emergency)
Positive

18. 6th good trait of a life guard.
Reliable
knowledgable with appropriate skills - reliable - mature - couteous and consistent - positive - and professional.
Professional
Special Use Device

19. Rescue breathing - child
take one breath every 3 seconds - 10 second pulse check
A limb may fall or be torn off
Minor cut or scrape.
2 fingers - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2

20. FIND - D
exercise - eat and hydrate properly - rest adequately - use sun protection - and refrain from using alcohol and other drugs.
Communication to help prevent injuries - victim recognition - rescue attempts - and emergency care according to level of training.
Decide which solution is best
Positive

21. 3rd good trait of a life guard.
Flotation Aid
Special Use Device
Mature
Courteous and Consistent

22. Life-jackets: Type II
The two upper chambers of the heart.
reaching pole - shepherd's pole - ring buoy - rescue board - rescue tube
High Arm in Endangered Spine
Near Shore Buoyant Vest

23. The three Emergency Prevention Strategies
Communication with Patrons - Facility Safety Checks - and Patron Surveillance.
Minor cut or scrape.
Arteries are clogged by cholesterol.
Bag Valve Mask resuscitators

24. FIND - F
not moving - completely underwater
airway - breathing - circulation
The quivering of the ventricles.
Figure out the problem

25. Anaphylactic Shock
little/no foreward progress - no longer has ability to make it to safety - yelling & arms flailing
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.
The rapid concentration of the ventricles.
A severe allergic reaction where the air passage ways may swell and restrict breathing.

26. Atria
Arteries are clogged by cholesterol.
Pain in the chest.
Bag Valve Mask resuscitators
The two upper chambers of the heart.

27. FIND - N
Bag Valve Mask resuscitators
Offshore use
Name the pros and cons for each solution
Protection for people who help someone within their scope of training and w/o negligence while not being paid. Good people - do good things!

28. Secondary Responsibilities
Figure out the problem
airway - breathing - circulation
Throwable devices
Filling out records and reports - maintenance - and inspecting the facility.

29. Fibrillation
Throwable devices
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 total disorganized electrical currents of the heart.
The quivering of the ventricles.

30. Defibrillation
Responsible for ensuring the safety of facility patrons by preventing and responding to emergencies.
Minor cut or scrape.
The rapid concentration of the ventricles.
An electrical shock to the heart.

31. Ventricles
Name the pros and cons for each solution
airway - breathing - circulation
The two bottom chambers of the heart.
When making a desicion - but never in emergencies.

32. RID Factors
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.
Submersion - Spinal - Unconsciousness - Breathing Emergencies - Cardiac Emergencies - and Severe Bleeding.
A severe allergic reaction where the air passage ways may swell and restrict breathing.

33. Facts about drownings
Offshore use
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.
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2

34. Atherosclerosis
Flotation Aid
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.
Arteries are clogged by cholesterol.
Special Use Device

35. V-Fib
A limb may fall or be torn off
The total disorganized electrical currents of the heart.
little/no foreward progress - no longer has ability to make it to safety - yelling & arms flailing
Identify possible solutions

36. 2nd good trait of a life guard.
Face - Arm - Speech - Time
The quivering of the ventricles.
Reliable
Communication with Patrons - Facility Safety Checks - and Patron Surveillance.

37. Rescue Equipment

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38. V-Tach
Your legal responsibility to do something in the case of an emergency
Arteries are clogged by cholesterol.
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.
The rapid concentration of the ventricles.

39. Angina Pectoris
2 fingers - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2
Near Shore Buoyant Vest
Pain in the chest.
take one breath every 5 seconds - 10 second pulse check

40. Standard of care
A disease in which lungs lose their ability to exchange carbon dioxide and oxygen efficiently - causing a shortness of breath.
Professional
Communication to help prevent injuries - victim recognition - rescue attempts - and emergency care according to level of training.
Pain in the chest.

41. CPR child
reaching pole - shepherd's pole - ring buoy - rescue board - rescue tube
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2
Communication with Patrons - Facility Safety Checks - and Patron Surveillance.
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.

42. Nonlife-Threatening
Cut bleeds freely - bad.
A severe allergic reaction where the air passage ways may swell and restrict breathing.
Your legal responsibility to do something in the case of an emergency
Fractures - dislocations - Abrasions - Sunburns(Superficial burns) - Muscle cramps - sprains - and strains.

43. Rescue breathing - adult
airway - breathing - circulation
take one breath every 5 seconds - 10 second pulse check
A disease in which lungs lose their ability to exchange carbon dioxide and oxygen efficiently - causing a shortness of breath.
Arteries are clogged by cholesterol.

44. 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!
Minor cut or scrape.
Figure out the problem
The total disorganized electrical currents of the heart.

45. Primary Responsibilities
Offshore use
Special Use Device
Preventing injuries - enforcing rules - recognizing and responding quickly to emergencies - administering first aid and CPR - and informing others when help is needed.
condition in which insufficient oxygen reaches the cells (results in cardiac arrest/breathing emergency)

46. CPR infant
2 fingers - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2
Fractures - dislocations - Abrasions - Sunburns(Superficial burns) - Muscle cramps - sprains - and strains.
airway - breathing - circulation
The total disorganized electrical currents of the heart.

47. Passive drowning
The two upper chambers of the heart.
A limb may fall or be torn off
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2
not moving - head underwater

48. Life-jackets: Type IV
Throwable devices
Figure out the problem
Special Use Device
The two upper chambers of the heart.

49. Life-jackets: Type III
Communication with Patrons - Facility Safety Checks - and Patron Surveillance.
Flotation Aid
The quivering of the ventricles.
little/no foreward progress - no longer has ability to make it to safety - yelling & arms flailing

50. 4th good trait of a life guard.
breathing/head back - vert. body - no leg power - arms flailing -> short struggle at surfact
Courteous and Consistent
Professional
The two bottom chambers of the heart.