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Lifeguard Training

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Life-Threatening Injuries
Fractures - dislocations - Abrasions - Sunburns(Superficial burns) - Muscle cramps - sprains - and strains.
Responsible for ensuring the safety of facility patrons by preventing and responding to emergencies.
Submersion - Spinal - Unconsciousness - Breathing Emergencies - Cardiac Emergencies - and Severe Bleeding.
condition in which insufficient oxygen reaches the cells (results in cardiac arrest/breathing emergency)

2. 6th good trait of a life guard.
Professional
Face - Arm - Speech - Time
Minor cut or scrape.
Identify possible solutions

3. Defibrillation
An electrical shock to the heart.
The total disorganized electrical currents of the heart.
Professional
knowledgable with appropriate skills - reliable - mature - couteous and consistent - positive - and professional.

4. Job Description
heimlich maneuver or baby back blows
2 fingers - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2
Responsible for ensuring the safety of facility patrons by preventing and responding to emergencies.
not moving - head underwater

5. Fibrillation
The quivering of the ventricles.
condition in which insufficient oxygen reaches the cells (results in cardiac arrest/breathing emergency)
Name the pros and cons for each solution
Knowledgeable

6. Duty to act
Submersion - Spinal - Unconsciousness - Breathing Emergencies - Cardiac Emergencies - and Severe Bleeding.
Your legal responsibility to do something in the case of an emergency
take one breath every 5 seconds - 10 second pulse check
Arteries are clogged by cholesterol.

7. Life-jackets: Type I
When a person loses more fluids than he/she consumes.
Flotation Aid
Offshore use
Courteous and Consistent

8. Life-jackets: Type V
Special Use Device
take one breath every 3 seconds - 10 second pulse check
The two upper chambers of the heart.
Positive

9. 2nd good trait of a life guard.
Flotation Aid
2 fingers - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2
Reliable
Arteries are clogged by cholesterol.

10. 4th good trait of a life guard.
exercise - eat and hydrate properly - rest adequately - use sun protection - and refrain from using alcohol and other drugs.
condition in which insufficient oxygen reaches the cells (results in cardiac arrest/breathing emergency)
Courteous and Consistent
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.

11. Anaphylactic Shock
Figure out the problem
Knowledgeable
reaching pole - shepherd's pole - ring buoy - rescue board - rescue tube
A severe allergic reaction where the air passage ways may swell and restrict breathing.

12. V-Fib
take one breath every 3 seconds - 10 second pulse check
Professional
The total disorganized electrical currents of the heart.
Decide which solution is best

13. Life-jackets: Type II
Cut bleeds freely - bad.
Communication with Patrons - Facility Safety Checks - and Patron Surveillance.
Bag Valve Mask resuscitators
Near Shore Buoyant Vest

14. Characterisitcs of a Professional Lifeguard. Lifeguards must be...
Arteries are clogged by cholesterol.
knowledgable with appropriate skills - reliable - mature - couteous and consistent - positive - and professional.
A limb may fall or be torn off
Knowledgeable

15. F.A.S.T.
Positive
Face - Arm - Speech - Time
Special Use Device
Protection for people who help someone within their scope of training and w/o negligence while not being paid. Good people - do good things!

16. How to stay healthy and fit
2 fingers - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2
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!
exercise - eat and hydrate properly - rest adequately - use sun protection - and refrain from using alcohol and other drugs.

17. CPR infant
The two bottom chambers of the heart.
A limb may fall or be torn off
condition in which insufficient oxygen reaches the cells (results in cardiac arrest/breathing emergency)
2 fingers - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2

18. Laceration
A limb may fall or be torn off
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.
Cut bleeds freely - bad.
little/no foreward progress - no longer has ability to make it to safety - yelling & arms flailing

19. V-Tach
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.
knowledgable with appropriate skills - reliable - mature - couteous and consistent - positive - and professional.
The rapid concentration of the ventricles.
sunburn - skin cancer - dehydration - heat exaustion - and heat stroke.

20. When is the FIND model used?
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2
An electrical shock to the heart.
When making a desicion - but never in emergencies.
Courteous and Consistent

21. RID Factors
Communication to help prevent injuries - victim recognition - rescue attempts - and emergency care according to level of training.
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.
Reliable
Near Shore Buoyant Vest

22. Passive drowning
not moving - head underwater
not moving - completely underwater
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

23. Dehydration
High Arm in Endangered Spine
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.
Submersion - Spinal - Unconsciousness - Breathing Emergencies - Cardiac Emergencies - and Severe Bleeding.

24. FIND - I
sunburn - skin cancer - dehydration - heat exaustion - and heat stroke.
Identify possible solutions
take one breath every 3 seconds - 10 second pulse check
The rapid concentration of the ventricles.

25. Rescue Equipment

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26. RID Factors
not moving - completely underwater
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.
The rapid concentration of the ventricles.
Knowledgeable

27. Angina Pectoris
Pain in the chest.
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.
Mature

28. ABC's
Communication with Patrons - Facility Safety Checks - and Patron Surveillance.
Your legal responsibility to do something in the case of an emergency
airway - breathing - circulation
Figure out the problem

29. Rescue breathing - child
take one breath every 3 seconds - 10 second pulse check
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2
not moving - head underwater
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.

30. Emphysema
A disease in which lungs lose their ability to exchange carbon dioxide and oxygen efficiently - causing a shortness of breath.
Offshore use
When a person loses more fluids than he/she consumes.
Courteous and Consistent

31. FIND - D
Decide which solution is best
not moving - completely underwater
Knowledgeable
Minor cut or scrape.

32. Distressed swimmer
Courteous and Consistent
little/no foreward progress - no longer has ability to make it to safety - yelling & arms flailing
An electrical shock to the heart.
exercise - eat and hydrate properly - rest adequately - use sun protection - and refrain from using alcohol and other drugs.

33. When choking perform this...
Minor cut or scrape.
heimlich maneuver or baby back blows
Filling out records and reports - maintenance - and inspecting the facility.
Offshore use

34. Active drowning
When making a desicion - but never in emergencies.
Face - Arm - Speech - Time
breathing/head back - vert. body - no leg power - arms flailing -> short struggle at surfact
Fractures - dislocations - Abrasions - Sunburns(Superficial burns) - Muscle cramps - sprains - and strains.

35. Secondary Responsibilities
Filling out records and reports - maintenance - and inspecting the facility.
Communication to help prevent injuries - victim recognition - rescue attempts - and emergency care according to level of training.
Your legal responsibility to do something in the case of an emergency
High Arm in Endangered Spine

36. Standard of care
2 fingers - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2
When making a desicion - but never in emergencies.
Communication to help prevent injuries - victim recognition - rescue attempts - and emergency care according to level of training.
not moving - completely underwater

37. Abrasion
not moving - completely underwater
airway - breathing - circulation
Minor cut or scrape.
Filling out records and reports - maintenance - and inspecting the facility.

38. CPR child
Knowledgeable
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2
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

39. Overexposure to the sun can cause...
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.
When making a desicion - but never in emergencies.
Knowledgeable

40. Ventricles
Professional
Decide which solution is best
not moving - completely underwater
The two bottom chambers of the heart.

41. Avulsion
A severe allergic reaction where the air passage ways may swell and restrict breathing.
The rapid concentration of the ventricles.
Submersion - Spinal - Unconsciousness - Breathing Emergencies - Cardiac Emergencies - and Severe Bleeding.
A limb may fall or be torn off

42. Atherosclerosis
The two bottom chambers of the heart.
Pain in the chest.
Arteries are clogged by cholesterol.
Mature

43. 1st good trait of a life guard.
Figure out the problem
Knowledgeable
Preventing injuries - enforcing rules - recognizing and responding quickly to emergencies - administering first aid and CPR - and informing others when help is needed.
Submersion - Spinal - Unconsciousness - Breathing Emergencies - Cardiac Emergencies - and Severe Bleeding.

44. 5th good trait of a life guard.
take one breath every 5 seconds - 10 second pulse check
Special Use Device
Positive
An electrical shock to the heart.

45. Negligence
Decide which solution is best
Reliable
airway - breathing - circulation
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.

46. FIND - N
The two bottom chambers of the heart.
Face - Arm - Speech - Time
Throwable devices
Name the pros and cons for each solution

47. Facts about drownings
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the 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
Your legal responsibility to do something in the case of an emergency
High Arm in Endangered Spine

48. 3rd good trait of a life guard.
Minor cut or scrape.
Figure out the problem
Mature
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.

49. FIND - F
Submersion - Spinal - Unconsciousness - Breathing Emergencies - Cardiac Emergencies - and Severe Bleeding.
2 fingers - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2
Figure out the problem
not moving - head underwater

50. H.A.I.N.E.S.
2 fingers - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2
condition in which insufficient oxygen reaches the cells (results in cardiac arrest/breathing emergency)
Knowledgeable
High Arm in Endangered Spine