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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. Fibrillation
The quivering of the ventricles.
Mature
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.

2. ABC's
airway - breathing - circulation
A severe allergic reaction where the air passage ways may swell and restrict breathing.
The rapid concentration of the ventricles.
The quivering of the ventricles.

3. Rescue Equipment

4. Hypoxi
little/no foreward progress - no longer has ability to make it to safety - yelling & arms flailing
When making a desicion - but never in emergencies.
condition in which insufficient oxygen reaches the cells (results in cardiac arrest/breathing emergency)
not moving - head underwater

5. Life-jackets: Type IV
When making a desicion - but never in emergencies.
heimlich maneuver or baby back blows
Throwable devices
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 30&2

6. Active drowning
Submersion - Spinal - Unconsciousness - Breathing Emergencies - Cardiac Emergencies - and Severe Bleeding.
Courteous and Consistent
breathing/head back - vert. body - no leg power - arms flailing -> short struggle at surfact
When a person loses more fluids than he/she consumes.

7. 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
condition in which insufficient oxygen reaches the cells (results in cardiac arrest/breathing emergency)
Communication with Patrons - Facility Safety Checks - and Patron Surveillance.
Near Shore Buoyant Vest

8. CPR infant
not moving - head underwater
2 fingers - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2
Responsible for ensuring the safety of facility patrons by preventing and responding to emergencies.
When making a desicion - but never in emergencies.

9. FIND - I
not moving - head underwater
knowledgable with appropriate skills - reliable - mature - couteous and consistent - positive - and professional.
little/no foreward progress - no longer has ability to make it to safety - yelling & arms flailing
Identify possible solutions

10. 6th good trait of a life guard.
Submersion - Spinal - Unconsciousness - Breathing Emergencies - Cardiac Emergencies - and Severe Bleeding.
Professional
A severe allergic reaction where the air passage ways may swell and restrict breathing.
Face - Arm - Speech - Time

11. Distressed swimmer
little/no foreward progress - no longer has ability to make it to safety - yelling & arms flailing
Bag Valve Mask resuscitators
Pain in the chest.
not moving - completely underwater

12. RID Factors
Minor cut or scrape.
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.
Communication with Patrons - Facility Safety Checks - and Patron Surveillance.
Filling out records and reports - maintenance - and inspecting the facility.

13. Nonlife-Threatening
Preventing injuries - enforcing rules - recognizing and responding quickly to emergencies - administering first aid and CPR - and informing others when help is needed.
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2
Pain in the chest.
Fractures - dislocations - Abrasions - Sunburns(Superficial burns) - Muscle cramps - sprains - and strains.

14. Life-jackets: Type V
heimlich maneuver or baby back blows
Special Use Device
reaching pole - shepherd's pole - ring buoy - rescue board - rescue tube
Identify possible solutions

15. Rescue breathing - child
take one breath every 3 seconds - 10 second pulse check
Figure out the problem
knowledgable with appropriate skills - reliable - mature - couteous and consistent - positive - and professional.
A disease in which lungs lose their ability to exchange carbon dioxide and oxygen efficiently - causing a shortness of breath.

16. Life-jackets: Type II
Knowledgeable
Submersion - Spinal - Unconsciousness - Breathing Emergencies - Cardiac Emergencies - and Severe Bleeding.
Near Shore Buoyant Vest
Cut bleeds freely - bad.

17. Job Description
take one breath every 5 seconds - 10 second pulse check
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.
reaching pole - shepherd's pole - ring buoy - rescue board - rescue tube
Responsible for ensuring the safety of facility patrons by preventing and responding to emergencies.

18. FIND - D
little/no foreward progress - no longer has ability to make it to safety - yelling & arms flailing
Special Use Device
Decide which solution is best
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 30&2

19. How to stay healthy and fit
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)
The rapid concentration of the ventricles.
When a person loses more fluids than he/she consumes.

20. Submerged
not moving - completely underwater
active drownings have 20-60seconds before submerging - active drownings can be submerged or at surfact - distressed and active drownings look alike in water
Identify possible solutions
A disease in which lungs lose their ability to exchange carbon dioxide and oxygen efficiently - causing a shortness of breath.

21. Duty to act
Submersion - Spinal - Unconsciousness - Breathing Emergencies - Cardiac Emergencies - and Severe Bleeding.
High Arm in Endangered Spine
Your legal responsibility to do something in the case of an emergency
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.

22. Ventricles
not moving - head underwater
Filling out records and reports - maintenance - and inspecting the facility.
The two bottom chambers of the heart.
heimlich maneuver or baby back blows

23. 4th good trait of a life guard.
The two bottom chambers of the heart.
Courteous and Consistent
When making a desicion - but never in emergencies.
The quivering of the ventricles.

24. 3rd good trait of a life guard.
airway - breathing - circulation
Figure out the problem
The rapid concentration of the ventricles.
Mature

25. Primary Responsibilities
Figure out the problem
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.
The quivering of the ventricles.

26. Defibrillation
The total disorganized electrical currents of the heart.
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.
An electrical shock to the heart.
Responsible for ensuring the safety of facility patrons by preventing and responding to emergencies.

27. V-Fib
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.
Special Use Device
Knowledgeable
The total disorganized electrical currents of the heart.

28. Overexposure to the sun can cause...
Arteries are clogged by cholesterol.
sunburn - skin cancer - dehydration - heat exaustion - and heat stroke.
The two upper chambers of the heart.
Face - Arm - Speech - Time

29. 1st good trait of a life guard.
Flotation Aid
Knowledgeable
Pain in the chest.
A severe allergic reaction where the air passage ways may swell and restrict breathing.

30. FIND - F
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.
exercise - eat and hydrate properly - rest adequately - use sun protection - and refrain from using alcohol and other drugs.
Figure out the problem
High Arm in Endangered Spine

31. 2nd good trait of a life guard.
Reliable
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!
Professional

32. When is the FIND model used?
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.
When making a desicion - but never in emergencies.
Offshore use
not moving - head underwater

33. 5th good trait of a life guard.
The quivering of the ventricles.
Preventing injuries - enforcing rules - recognizing and responding quickly to emergencies - administering first aid and CPR - and informing others when help is needed.
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.
Positive

34. Laceration
Cut bleeds freely - bad.
take one breath every 3 seconds - 10 second pulse check
little/no foreward progress - no longer has ability to make it to safety - yelling & arms flailing
Special Use Device

35. Rescue breathing - adult
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2
Filling out records and reports - maintenance - and inspecting the facility.
take one breath every 5 seconds - 10 second pulse check
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.

36. The three Emergency Prevention Strategies
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2
Throwable devices
Communication with Patrons - Facility Safety Checks - and Patron Surveillance.
airway - breathing - circulation

37. Life-Threatening Injuries
Special Use Device
Communication to help prevent injuries - victim recognition - rescue attempts - and emergency care according to level of training.
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 30&2
Submersion - Spinal - Unconsciousness - Breathing Emergencies - Cardiac Emergencies - and Severe Bleeding.

38. Negligence
When a person loses more fluids than he/she consumes.
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.
active drownings have 20-60seconds before submerging - active drownings can be submerged or at surfact - distressed and active drownings look alike in water
knowledgable with appropriate skills - reliable - mature - couteous and consistent - positive - and professional.

39. Good Samaritan Laws
Knowledgeable
An electrical shock to 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!
Professional

40. Life-jackets: Type I
Positive
Offshore use
A limb may fall or be torn off
reaching pole - shepherd's pole - ring buoy - rescue board - rescue tube

41. CPR adult
Responsible for ensuring the safety of facility patrons by preventing and responding to emergencies.
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 30&2
High Arm in Endangered Spine
not moving - completely underwater

42. Avulsion
Recognizing that someone needs help - Intrusion of secondary duties - and Distractions to the life guard.
A limb may fall or be torn off
Name the pros and cons for each solution
Submersion - Spinal - Unconsciousness - Breathing Emergencies - Cardiac Emergencies - and Severe Bleeding.

43. Dehydration
not moving - completely underwater
Responsible for ensuring the safety of facility patrons by preventing and responding to emergencies.
When a person loses more fluids than he/she consumes.
Figure out the problem

44. Abrasion
Cut bleeds freely - bad.
Figure out the problem
Minor cut or scrape.
Your legal responsibility to do something in the case of an emergency

45. Angina Pectoris
not moving - completely underwater
Pain in the chest.
A limb may fall or be torn off
Special Use Device

46. Emphysema
When a person loses more fluids than he/she consumes.
A disease in which lungs lose their ability to exchange carbon dioxide and oxygen efficiently - causing a shortness of breath.
take one breath every 3 seconds - 10 second pulse check
Your legal responsibility to do something in the case of an emergency

47. F.A.S.T.
Face - Arm - Speech - Time
take one breath every 5 seconds - 10 second pulse check
The quivering of the ventricles.
Courteous and Consistent

48. When choking perform this...
airway - breathing - circulation
heimlich maneuver or baby back blows
A severe allergic reaction where the air passage ways may swell and restrict breathing.
When making a desicion - but never in emergencies.

49. RID Factors
Figure out the problem
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.
Preventing injuries - enforcing rules - recognizing and responding quickly to emergencies - administering first aid and CPR - and informing others when help is needed.

50. V-Tach
breathing/head back - vert. body - no leg power - arms flailing -> short struggle at surfact
Mature
2 hands - 30 compressions 2 breaths - 15&2
The rapid concentration of the ventricles.