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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. FIND - F
Figure out the problem
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.
Special Use Device

2. Avulsion
Knowledgeable
A limb may fall or be torn off
Courteous and Consistent
Filling out records and reports - maintenance - and inspecting the facility.

3. FIND - N
Cut bleeds freely - bad.
Name the pros and cons for each solution
The two bottom chambers of the heart.
Decide which solution is best

4. V-Tach
The rapid concentration of the ventricles.
breathing/head back - vert. body - no leg power - arms flailing -> short struggle at surfact
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 30&2
Cut bleeds freely - bad.

5. Submerged
An electrical shock to the heart.
Fractures - dislocations - Abrasions - Sunburns(Superficial burns) - Muscle cramps - sprains - and strains.
not moving - completely underwater
The quivering of the ventricles.

6. Angina Pectoris
Face - Arm - Speech - Time
Pain in the chest.
Professional
Offshore use

7. 4th good trait of a life guard.
little/no foreward progress - no longer has ability to make it to safety - yelling & arms flailing
Courteous and Consistent
The total disorganized electrical currents of the heart.
2 fingers - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2

8. Characterisitcs of a Professional Lifeguard. Lifeguards must be...
When making a desicion - but never in emergencies.
take one breath every 3 seconds - 10 second pulse check
knowledgable with appropriate skills - reliable - mature - couteous and consistent - positive - and professional.
High Arm in Endangered Spine

9. Good Samaritan Laws
take one breath every 3 seconds - 10 second pulse check
The two bottom chambers of the heart.
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2
Protection for people who help someone within their scope of training and w/o negligence while not being paid. Good people - do good things!

10. Overexposure to the sun can cause...
Offshore use
sunburn - skin cancer - dehydration - heat exaustion - and heat stroke.
An electrical shock to the heart.
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 30&2

11. V-Fib
condition in which insufficient oxygen reaches the cells (results in cardiac arrest/breathing emergency)
The total disorganized electrical currents of the heart.
Reliable
An electrical shock to the heart.

12. Job Description
Protection for people who help someone within their scope of training and w/o negligence while not being paid. Good people - do good things!
Responsible for ensuring the safety of facility patrons by preventing and responding to emergencies.
little/no foreward progress - no longer has ability to make it to safety - yelling & arms flailing
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 30&2

13. Rescue breathing - child
Near Shore Buoyant Vest
not moving - completely underwater
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.

14. Rescue Equipment

15. Primary Responsibilities
Name the pros and cons for each solution
airway - breathing - circulation
Preventing injuries - enforcing rules - recognizing and responding quickly to emergencies - administering first aid and CPR - and informing others when help is needed.
exercise - eat and hydrate properly - rest adequately - use sun protection - and refrain from using alcohol and other drugs.

16. Anaphylactic Shock
little/no foreward progress - no longer has ability to make it to safety - yelling & arms flailing
Throwable devices
A severe allergic reaction where the air passage ways may swell and restrict breathing.
Special Use Device

17. Active drowning
Reliable
Cut bleeds freely - bad.
breathing/head back - vert. body - no leg power - arms flailing -> short struggle at surfact
The rapid concentration of the ventricles.

18. Hypoxi
take one breath every 3 seconds - 10 second pulse check
Pain in the chest.
High Arm in Endangered Spine
condition in which insufficient oxygen reaches the cells (results in cardiac arrest/breathing emergency)

19. Life-jackets: Type V
2 fingers - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2
Knowledgeable
Special Use Device
Near Shore Buoyant Vest

20. When choking perform this...
take one breath every 5 seconds - 10 second pulse check
knowledgable with appropriate skills - reliable - mature - couteous and consistent - positive - and professional.
heimlich maneuver or baby back blows
Courteous and Consistent

21. 2nd good trait of a life guard.
Arteries are clogged by cholesterol.
Knowledgeable
Reliable
When a person loses more fluids than he/she consumes.

22. RID Factors
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.
airway - breathing - circulation
The quivering of the ventricles.
The rapid concentration of the ventricles.

23. Life-jackets: Type III
Flotation Aid
Minor cut or scrape.
Cut bleeds freely - bad.
Submersion - Spinal - Unconsciousness - Breathing Emergencies - Cardiac Emergencies - and Severe Bleeding.

24. Fibrillation
little/no foreward progress - no longer has ability to make it to safety - yelling & arms flailing
High Arm in Endangered Spine
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.
The quivering of the ventricles.

25. Rescue breathing - adult
knowledgable with appropriate skills - reliable - mature - couteous and consistent - positive - and professional.
take one breath every 5 seconds - 10 second pulse check
heimlich maneuver or baby back blows
Minor cut or scrape.

26. F.A.S.T.
Face - Arm - Speech - Time
The rapid concentration of the ventricles.
Knowledgeable
The quivering of the ventricles.

27. BVM
not moving - completely underwater
knowledgable with appropriate skills - reliable - mature - couteous and consistent - positive - and professional.
Bag Valve Mask resuscitators
When a person loses more fluids than he/she consumes.

28. H.A.I.N.E.S.
High Arm in Endangered Spine
not moving - completely underwater
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.
A severe allergic reaction where the air passage ways may swell and restrict breathing.

29. 6th good trait of a life guard.
2 fingers - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2
Professional
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!

30. Distressed swimmer
Submersion - Spinal - Unconsciousness - Breathing Emergencies - Cardiac Emergencies - and Severe Bleeding.
The rapid concentration of the ventricles.
Pain in the chest.
little/no foreward progress - no longer has ability to make it to safety - yelling & arms flailing

31. Dehydration
When a person loses more fluids than he/she consumes.
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.
Courteous and Consistent
A disease in which lungs lose their ability to exchange carbon dioxide and oxygen efficiently - causing a shortness of breath.

32. Standard of care
sunburn - skin cancer - dehydration - heat exaustion - and heat stroke.
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
Bag Valve Mask resuscitators

33. 5th good trait of a life guard.
Positive
take one breath every 5 seconds - 10 second pulse check
The rapid concentration of the ventricles.
little/no foreward progress - no longer has ability to make it to safety - yelling & arms flailing

34. Secondary Responsibilities
Filling out records and reports - maintenance - and inspecting the facility.
Submersion - Spinal - Unconsciousness - Breathing Emergencies - Cardiac Emergencies - and Severe Bleeding.
take one breath every 5 seconds - 10 second pulse check
heimlich maneuver or baby back blows

35. Life-jackets: Type IV
Throwable devices
Your legal responsibility to do something in the case of an emergency
Minor cut or scrape.
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.

36. Ventricles
The two bottom chambers of the heart.
Offshore use
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2
take one breath every 5 seconds - 10 second pulse check

37. When is the FIND model used?
When making a desicion - but never in emergencies.
Professional
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.
A severe allergic reaction where the air passage ways may swell and restrict breathing.

38. 3rd good trait of a life guard.
Mature
Cut bleeds freely - bad.
The quivering of the ventricles.
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2

39. ABC's
airway - breathing - circulation
The quivering of the ventricles.
Communication to help prevent injuries - victim recognition - rescue attempts - and emergency care according to level of training.
not moving - completely underwater

40. Life-Threatening Injuries
Submersion - Spinal - Unconsciousness - Breathing Emergencies - Cardiac Emergencies - and Severe Bleeding.
A severe allergic reaction where the air passage ways may swell and restrict breathing.
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2
Communication with Patrons - Facility Safety Checks - and Patron Surveillance.

41. How to stay healthy and fit
Cut bleeds freely - bad.
Arteries are clogged by cholesterol.
Throwable devices
exercise - eat and hydrate properly - rest adequately - use sun protection - and refrain from using alcohol and other drugs.

42. Laceration
Reliable
Cut bleeds freely - bad.
Arteries are clogged by cholesterol.
knowledgable with appropriate skills - reliable - mature - couteous and consistent - positive - and professional.

43. Life-jackets: Type II
Near Shore Buoyant Vest
knowledgable with appropriate skills - reliable - mature - couteous and consistent - positive - and professional.
reaching pole - shepherd's pole - ring buoy - rescue board - rescue tube
Positive

44. Life-jackets: Type I
active drownings have 20-60seconds before submerging - active drownings can be submerged or at surfact - distressed and active drownings look alike in water
Communication with Patrons - Facility Safety Checks - and Patron Surveillance.
take one breath every 3 seconds - 10 second pulse check
Offshore use

45. 1st 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.
Knowledgeable
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2
Courteous and Consistent

46. FIND - D
Decide which solution is best
Protection for people who help someone within their scope of training and w/o negligence while not being paid. Good people - do good things!
High Arm in Endangered Spine
Throwable devices

47. Abrasion
Submersion - Spinal - Unconsciousness - Breathing Emergencies - Cardiac Emergencies - and Severe Bleeding.
When making a desicion - but never in emergencies.
condition in which insufficient oxygen reaches the cells (results in cardiac arrest/breathing emergency)
Minor cut or scrape.

48. Facts about drownings
A disease in which lungs lose their ability to exchange carbon dioxide and oxygen efficiently - causing a shortness of breath.
The two bottom chambers of the heart.
active drownings have 20-60seconds before submerging - active drownings can be submerged or at surfact - distressed and active drownings look alike in water
Near Shore Buoyant Vest

49. Atria
The two upper chambers of the heart.
take one breath every 5 seconds - 10 second pulse check
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 30&2
breathing/head back - vert. body - no leg power - arms flailing -> short struggle at surfact

50. CPR infant
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2
2 fingers - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2
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.