Kalahari Star Guard Exam Questions
and Answers
RWI - Answer-Recreational Water Illnesses
SOP - Answer-Standard Operating Procedure
Where can passive and active spinal motion restriction be performed? - Answer-on land
and in water
What is sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) - Answer-malfunction of the heart's electrical
system
How many initial rescue breaths should be given upon contact with an unresponsive
drowning person? - Answer-5 initial rescue breaths
What does three points of contact refer to? - Answer-maintaining contact with two hands
and one foot or two feet and one hand when climbing up or down from a lifeguard
station
What is a good strategy when communicating with a person with a disability at your
facility? - Answer-Don't make assumptions, and talk to the person the way you would
want someone to talk to you.
What is secondary cardiac arrest - Answer-Heart stoppage resulting from lack of oxygen
Which term may be used to describe a person who is experiencing any or all of these
symptoms: confusion, slowed thinking, loss of balance, impaired vision? - Answer-
altered mental status
Based on current evidence, which statement is true if a persons neck or spine has been
injured? - Answer-The injury occurred at the time of impact and it is unlikely to be made
worse through subsequent movement
In addition to head, neck, or back pain; altered mental status; and numbness or tingling,
which additional symptoms indicates the potential for spinal injury? - Answer-serious
trauma anywhere on the body
Why is it important to begin rescue breathing for an unresponsive drowning person as
quickly as possible? - Answer-to prevent or minimize brain damage
What is scanning? - Answer-searching the water in a systematic way
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