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Lifeguard Training

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. FIND - F
Figure out the problem
Mature
condition in which insufficient oxygen reaches the cells (results in cardiac arrest/breathing emergency)
Knowledgeable

2. CPR adult
Face - Arm - Speech - Time
Throwable devices
knowledgable with appropriate skills - reliable - mature - couteous and consistent - positive - and professional.
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 30&2

3. Active drowning
Mature
Figure out the problem
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.
breathing/head back - vert. body - no leg power - arms flailing -> short struggle at surfact

4. F.A.S.T.
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 30&2
Fractures - dislocations - Abrasions - Sunburns(Superficial burns) - Muscle cramps - sprains - and strains.
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!

5. Standard of care
Communication to help prevent injuries - victim recognition - rescue attempts - and emergency care according to level of training.
sunburn - skin cancer - dehydration - heat exaustion - and heat stroke.
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2
Reliable

6. Avulsion
Decide which solution is best
A limb may fall or be torn off
heimlich maneuver or baby back blows
airway - breathing - circulation

7. ABC's
Arteries are clogged by cholesterol.
not moving - head underwater
2 fingers - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2
airway - breathing - circulation

8. Life-jackets: Type II
Near Shore Buoyant Vest
The two bottom chambers of the heart.
When making a desicion - but never in emergencies.
2 fingers - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2

9. Ventricles
The two bottom chambers of the heart.
take one breath every 5 seconds - 10 second pulse check
When making a desicion - but never in emergencies.
Positive

10. Fibrillation
not moving - completely underwater
When making a desicion - but never in emergencies.
not moving - head underwater
The quivering of the ventricles.

11. Rescue breathing - child
Professional
knowledgable with appropriate skills - reliable - mature - couteous and consistent - positive - and professional.
take one breath every 3 seconds - 10 second pulse check
Protection for people who help someone within their scope of training and w/o negligence while not being paid. Good people - do good things!

12. Characterisitcs of a Professional Lifeguard. Lifeguards must be...
exercise - eat and hydrate properly - rest adequately - use sun protection - and refrain from using alcohol and other drugs.
Professional
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2
knowledgable with appropriate skills - reliable - mature - couteous and consistent - positive - and professional.

13. V-Fib
Special Use Device
Fractures - dislocations - Abrasions - Sunburns(Superficial burns) - Muscle cramps - sprains - and strains.
knowledgable with appropriate skills - reliable - mature - couteous and consistent - positive - and professional.
The total disorganized electrical currents of the heart.

14. Duty to act
Submersion - Spinal - Unconsciousness - Breathing Emergencies - Cardiac Emergencies - and Severe Bleeding.
Arteries are clogged by cholesterol.
Your legal responsibility to do something in the case of an emergency
active drownings have 20-60seconds before submerging - active drownings can be submerged or at surfact - distressed and active drownings look alike in water

15. RID Factors
not moving - head underwater
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.
Name the pros and cons for each solution
Throwable devices

16. Overexposure to the sun can cause...
sunburn - skin cancer - dehydration - heat exaustion - and heat stroke.
The two bottom chambers of the heart.
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.
not moving - head underwater

17. RID Factors
2 fingers - 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!
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.
The two bottom chambers of the heart.

18. V-Tach
The rapid concentration of the ventricles.
Communication to help prevent injuries - victim recognition - rescue attempts - and emergency care according to level of training.
Submersion - Spinal - Unconsciousness - Breathing Emergencies - Cardiac Emergencies - and Severe Bleeding.
Communication with Patrons - Facility Safety Checks - and Patron Surveillance.

19. The three Emergency Prevention Strategies
Reliable
Communication with Patrons - Facility Safety Checks - and Patron Surveillance.
The two upper chambers of the heart.
Offshore use

20. Life-jackets: Type I
Offshore use
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.
Minor cut or scrape.
heimlich maneuver or baby back blows

21. Dehydration
Preventing injuries - enforcing rules - recognizing and responding quickly to emergencies - administering first aid and CPR - and informing others when help is needed.
Professional
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.
When a person loses more fluids than he/she consumes.

22. Defibrillation
knowledgable with appropriate skills - reliable - mature - couteous and consistent - positive - and professional.
not moving - completely underwater
Positive
An electrical shock to the heart.

23. Life-Threatening Injuries
2 fingers - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2
Submersion - Spinal - Unconsciousness - Breathing Emergencies - Cardiac Emergencies - and Severe Bleeding.
The quivering of the ventricles.
Protection for people who help someone within their scope of training and w/o negligence while not being paid. Good people - do good things!

24. 2nd good trait of a life guard.
Reliable
Minor cut or scrape.
reaching pole - shepherd's pole - ring buoy - rescue board - rescue tube
Positive

25. Passive drowning
An electrical shock to the heart.
Pain in the chest.
not moving - head underwater
The rapid concentration of the ventricles.

26. Good Samaritan Laws
Fractures - dislocations - Abrasions - Sunburns(Superficial burns) - Muscle cramps - sprains - and strains.
Identify possible solutions
Protection for people who help someone within their scope of training and w/o negligence while not being paid. Good people - do good things!
Offshore use

27. 4th good trait of a life guard.
The two bottom chambers of the heart.
Courteous and Consistent
reaching pole - shepherd's pole - ring buoy - rescue board - rescue tube
Throwable devices

28. FIND - I
take one breath every 5 seconds - 10 second pulse check
Identify possible solutions
Pain in the chest.
Fractures - dislocations - Abrasions - Sunburns(Superficial burns) - Muscle cramps - sprains - and strains.

29. Rescue Equipment

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30. H.A.I.N.E.S.
Courteous and Consistent
Submersion - Spinal - Unconsciousness - Breathing Emergencies - Cardiac Emergencies - and Severe Bleeding.
High Arm in Endangered Spine
An electrical shock to the heart.

31. Life-jackets: Type III
Name the pros and cons for each solution
Fractures - dislocations - Abrasions - Sunburns(Superficial burns) - Muscle cramps - sprains - and strains.
Flotation Aid
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.

32. Job Description
Courteous and Consistent
not moving - head underwater
Responsible for ensuring the safety of facility patrons by preventing and responding to emergencies.
breathing/head back - vert. body - no leg power - arms flailing -> short struggle at surfact

33. Abrasion
Minor cut or scrape.
The two upper chambers of the heart.
When a person loses more fluids than he/she consumes.
Knowledgeable

34. Angina Pectoris
little/no foreward progress - no longer has ability to make it to safety - yelling & arms flailing
Pain in the chest.
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 30&2
airway - breathing - circulation

35. When is the FIND model used?
Positive
Decide which solution is best
Flotation Aid
When making a desicion - but never in emergencies.

36. 3rd good trait of a life guard.
Decide which solution is best
Professional
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2
Mature

37. BVM
Bag Valve Mask resuscitators
active drownings have 20-60seconds before submerging - active drownings can be submerged or at surfact - distressed and active drownings look alike in water
heimlich maneuver or baby back blows
take one breath every 5 seconds - 10 second pulse check

38. 1st good trait of a life guard.
Knowledgeable
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2
A disease in which lungs lose their ability to exchange carbon dioxide and oxygen efficiently - causing a shortness of breath.
Cut bleeds freely - bad.

39. Submerged
Filling out records and reports - maintenance - and inspecting the facility.
sunburn - skin cancer - dehydration - heat exaustion - and heat stroke.
not moving - completely underwater
The two bottom chambers of the heart.

40. Negligence
not moving - head underwater
take one breath every 5 seconds - 10 second pulse check
Identify possible solutions
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.

41. FIND - D
Decide which solution is best
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.
Professional
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2

42. 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
Minor cut or scrape.
take one breath every 3 seconds - 10 second pulse check
Submersion - Spinal - Unconsciousness - Breathing Emergencies - Cardiac Emergencies - and Severe Bleeding.

43. Emphysema
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2
An electrical shock to the heart.
Face - Arm - Speech - Time
A disease in which lungs lose their ability to exchange carbon dioxide and oxygen efficiently - causing a shortness of breath.

44. CPR child
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2
reaching pole - shepherd's pole - ring buoy - rescue board - rescue tube
Face - Arm - Speech - Time
Preventing injuries - enforcing rules - recognizing and responding quickly to emergencies - administering first aid and CPR - and informing others when help is needed.

45. 5th 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.
Pain in the chest.
condition in which insufficient oxygen reaches the cells (results in cardiac arrest/breathing emergency)
Positive

46. Atria
The two upper chambers of the heart.
When a person loses more fluids than he/she consumes.
active drownings have 20-60seconds before submerging - active drownings can be submerged or at surfact - distressed and active drownings look alike in water
take one breath every 3 seconds - 10 second pulse check

47. Life-jackets: Type V
Mature
High Arm in Endangered Spine
active drownings have 20-60seconds before submerging - active drownings can be submerged or at surfact - distressed and active drownings look alike in water
Special Use Device

48. CPR infant
Your legal responsibility to do something in the case of an emergency
2 fingers - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2
Near Shore Buoyant Vest
Submersion - Spinal - Unconsciousness - Breathing Emergencies - Cardiac Emergencies - and Severe Bleeding.

49. Nonlife-Threatening
2 fingers - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2
Name the pros and cons for each solution
Fractures - dislocations - Abrasions - Sunburns(Superficial burns) - Muscle cramps - sprains - and strains.
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.

50. When choking perform this...
not moving - completely underwater
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2
heimlich maneuver or baby back blows
A disease in which lungs lose their ability to exchange carbon dioxide and oxygen efficiently - causing a shortness of breath.