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Star Guard Written Test ReviewQuestions with Correct Answers
What are the 5 components of the Star Guard risk management model? - Answer-1.
Prevention Strategy
2. Surveillance
3. Response & Rescue
4. Emergency Care
5. Workplace Expectations
What does RWI stand for? - Answer-Recreational Water Illness
What does it mean to Observe Universal Precaution? - Answer-Acting as though bodily
fluids are infected, whether you know if they are or aren't.
What is the difference between distress and drowning? - Answer-A distressed person
has their head above the water, a drowning person is completely below the water.
Where should you check first in 3-D triage scanning? - Answer-The bottom
What makes a zone the appropriate size? - Answer-10-20 Rule: You can scan it in 10
seconds, get to the farthest point in 20 seconds.
What is the Duty to Act? - Answer-A requirement to act towards the public with
watchfulness, attention, caution, and prudence.
What does the acronym STAAR stand for? - Answer-Scan, Target, Asses, Alert,
Rescue
What are the benefits of a leg-wrap rescue? - Answer-It limits torso-to-torso contact and
keeps the guard above water.
How do you get a struggling swimmer to release you? - Answer-Place your hands under
the person's upper arms and push firmly up and away (go beneath the water). SUCK
TUCK DUCK!
How do you begin the rescue of a swimmer having a seizure? - Answer-Keep their head
above the water.
When do you use in-line stabilization? - Answer-If a person has a suspected spinal
injury.
Why do we use in-line stabilization? - Answer-The objective is to minimize movement of
the head, neck and spine while keeping the head above water.
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