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Lifeguard Training

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The three Emergency Prevention Strategies
A severe allergic reaction where the air passage ways may swell and restrict breathing.
Professional
Preventing injuries - enforcing rules - recognizing and responding quickly to emergencies - administering first aid and CPR - and informing others when help is needed.
Communication with Patrons - Facility Safety Checks - and Patron Surveillance.

2. 3rd good trait of a life guard.
The rapid concentration of the ventricles.
Mature
condition in which insufficient oxygen reaches the cells (results in cardiac arrest/breathing emergency)
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.

3. Active drowning
condition in which insufficient oxygen reaches the cells (results in cardiac arrest/breathing emergency)
High Arm in Endangered Spine
breathing/head back - vert. body - no leg power - arms flailing -> short struggle at surfact
airway - breathing - circulation

4. 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
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.
Figure out the problem
Special Use Device

5. CPR infant
2 fingers - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2
The rapid concentration of the ventricles.
Figure out the problem
Communication to help prevent injuries - victim recognition - rescue attempts - and emergency care according to level of training.

6. 4th good trait of a life guard.
2 fingers - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2
heimlich maneuver or baby back blows
Special Use Device
Courteous and Consistent

7. FIND - I
Responsible for ensuring the safety of facility patrons by preventing and responding to emergencies.
exercise - eat and hydrate properly - rest adequately - use sun protection - and refrain from using alcohol and other drugs.
High Arm in Endangered Spine
Identify possible solutions

8. Anaphylactic Shock
A severe allergic reaction where the air passage ways may swell and restrict breathing.
little/no foreward progress - no longer has ability to make it to safety - yelling & arms flailing
A limb may fall or be torn off
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.

9. Ventricles
2 fingers - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2
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.
condition in which insufficient oxygen reaches the cells (results in cardiac arrest/breathing emergency)

10. When choking perform this...
little/no foreward progress - no longer has ability to make it to safety - yelling & arms flailing
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.
Pain in the chest.
heimlich maneuver or baby back blows

11. Job Description
sunburn - skin cancer - dehydration - heat exaustion - and heat stroke.
Responsible for ensuring the safety of facility patrons by preventing and responding to emergencies.
Identify possible solutions
not moving - head underwater

12. Life-jackets: Type II
exercise - eat and hydrate properly - rest adequately - use sun protection - and refrain from using alcohol and other drugs.
Near Shore Buoyant Vest
Knowledgeable
condition in which insufficient oxygen reaches the cells (results in cardiac arrest/breathing emergency)

13. H.A.I.N.E.S.
When a person loses more fluids than he/she consumes.
Fractures - dislocations - Abrasions - Sunburns(Superficial burns) - Muscle cramps - sprains - and strains.
High Arm in Endangered Spine
Professional

14. Atria
Offshore use
take one breath every 5 seconds - 10 second pulse check
The two upper chambers of the heart.
Minor cut or scrape.

15. Life-Threatening Injuries
The total disorganized electrical currents of the heart.
A disease in which lungs lose their ability to exchange carbon dioxide and oxygen efficiently - causing a shortness of breath.
Offshore use
Submersion - Spinal - Unconsciousness - Breathing Emergencies - Cardiac Emergencies - and Severe Bleeding.

16. Primary Responsibilities
Preventing injuries - enforcing rules - recognizing and responding quickly to emergencies - administering first aid and CPR - and informing others when help is needed.
Name the pros and cons for each solution
The two upper chambers of the heart.
not moving - completely underwater

17. Abrasion
An electrical shock to the heart.
Positive
Minor cut or scrape.
not moving - completely underwater

18. Life-jackets: Type IV
Throwable devices
The two upper chambers of the heart.
Identify possible solutions
Submersion - Spinal - Unconsciousness - Breathing Emergencies - Cardiac Emergencies - and Severe Bleeding.

19. Dehydration
condition in which insufficient oxygen reaches the cells (results in cardiac arrest/breathing emergency)
When a person loses more fluids than he/she consumes.
Knowledgeable
The quivering of the ventricles.

20. How to stay healthy and fit
exercise - eat and hydrate properly - rest adequately - use sun protection - and refrain from using alcohol and other drugs.
Decide which solution is best
Figure out the problem
A severe allergic reaction where the air passage ways may swell and restrict breathing.

21. Good Samaritan Laws
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.
Face - Arm - Speech - Time
Protection for people who help someone within their scope of training and w/o negligence while not being paid. Good people - do good things!
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.

22. F.A.S.T.
The two bottom chambers of the heart.
Face - Arm - Speech - Time
A severe allergic reaction where the air passage ways may swell and restrict breathing.
airway - breathing - circulation

23. Laceration
Cut bleeds freely - bad.
active drownings have 20-60seconds before submerging - active drownings can be submerged or at surfact - distressed and active drownings look alike in water
exercise - eat and hydrate properly - rest adequately - use sun protection - and refrain from using alcohol and other drugs.
Offshore use

24. V-Tach
The rapid concentration of the ventricles.
breathing/head back - vert. body - no leg power - arms flailing -> short struggle at surfact
Flotation Aid
Offshore use

25. Negligence
Pain in the chest.
Minor cut or scrape.
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.
Professional

26. Passive drowning
breathing/head back - vert. body - no leg power - arms flailing -> short struggle at surfact
not moving - head underwater
take one breath every 3 seconds - 10 second pulse check
When making a desicion - but never in emergencies.

27. FIND - N
Name the pros and cons for each solution
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 30&2
Special Use Device
The two upper chambers of the heart.

28. Rescue breathing - child
Positive
Communication with Patrons - Facility Safety Checks - and Patron Surveillance.
take one breath every 3 seconds - 10 second pulse check
Mature

29. Secondary Responsibilities
Filling out records and reports - maintenance - and inspecting the facility.
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.
exercise - eat and hydrate properly - rest adequately - use sun protection - and refrain from using alcohol and other drugs.

30. Duty to act
Decide which solution is best
Submersion - Spinal - Unconsciousness - Breathing Emergencies - Cardiac Emergencies - and Severe Bleeding.
Your legal responsibility to do something in the case of an emergency
Throwable devices

31. Fibrillation
2 fingers - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2
Figure out the problem
The quivering of the ventricles.
heimlich maneuver or baby back blows

32. Overexposure to the sun can cause...
The two upper chambers of the heart.
reaching pole - shepherd's pole - ring buoy - rescue board - rescue tube
The rapid concentration of the ventricles.
sunburn - skin cancer - dehydration - heat exaustion - and heat stroke.

33. Life-jackets: Type V
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.
Special Use Device
Name the pros and cons for each solution
Courteous and Consistent

34. Life-jackets: Type III
not moving - completely underwater
An electrical shock to the heart.
Flotation Aid
airway - breathing - circulation

35. V-Fib
exercise - eat and hydrate properly - rest adequately - use sun protection - and refrain from using alcohol and other drugs.
Minor cut or scrape.
The total disorganized electrical currents of the heart.
reaching pole - shepherd's pole - ring buoy - rescue board - rescue tube

36. Emphysema
Submersion - Spinal - Unconsciousness - Breathing Emergencies - Cardiac Emergencies - and Severe Bleeding.
Near Shore Buoyant Vest
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 disease in which lungs lose their ability to exchange carbon dioxide and oxygen efficiently - causing a shortness of breath.

37. Standard of care
The two upper chambers of the heart.
Communication to help prevent injuries - victim recognition - rescue attempts - and emergency care according to level of training.
take one breath every 3 seconds - 10 second pulse check
Communication with Patrons - Facility Safety Checks - and Patron Surveillance.

38. Life-jackets: Type I
Fractures - dislocations - Abrasions - Sunburns(Superficial burns) - Muscle cramps - sprains - and strains.
Filling out records and reports - maintenance - and inspecting the facility.
2 fingers - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2
Offshore use

39. Distressed swimmer
little/no foreward progress - no longer has ability to make it to safety - yelling & arms flailing
2 fingers - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2
take one breath every 5 seconds - 10 second pulse check
Flotation Aid

40. CPR adult
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 30&2
Reliable
Identify possible solutions
take one breath every 5 seconds - 10 second pulse check

41. Nonlife-Threatening
Communication with Patrons - Facility Safety Checks - and Patron Surveillance.
The two upper 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.
Fractures - dislocations - Abrasions - Sunburns(Superficial burns) - Muscle cramps - sprains - and strains.

42. 5th good trait of a life guard.
Positive
little/no foreward progress - no longer has ability to make it to safety - yelling & arms flailing
take one breath every 5 seconds - 10 second pulse check
airway - breathing - circulation

43. 1st good trait of a life guard.
Filling out records and reports - maintenance - and inspecting the facility.
A severe allergic reaction where the air passage ways may swell and restrict breathing.
Knowledgeable
Decide which solution is best

44. FIND - D
Name the pros and cons for each solution
The rapid concentration of the ventricles.
Decide which solution is best
exercise - eat and hydrate properly - rest adequately - use sun protection - and refrain from using alcohol and other drugs.

45. 6th good trait of a life guard.
little/no foreward progress - no longer has ability to make it to safety - yelling & arms flailing
exercise - eat and hydrate properly - rest adequately - use sun protection - and refrain from using alcohol and other drugs.
Pain in the chest.
Professional

46. Hypoxi
Bag Valve Mask resuscitators
breathing/head back - vert. body - no leg power - arms flailing -> short struggle at surfact
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)

47. Rescue breathing - adult
take one breath every 5 seconds - 10 second pulse check
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2
Mature
Identify possible solutions

48. Rescue Equipment

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49. BVM
Knowledgeable
Bag Valve Mask resuscitators
Communication with Patrons - Facility Safety Checks - and Patron Surveillance.
Protection for people who help someone within their scope of training and w/o negligence while not being paid. Good people - do good things!

50. FIND - F
When a person loses more fluids than he/she consumes.
The two upper chambers of the heart.
Positive
Figure out the problem