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American Red Cross - Shallow Water Lifeguarding Skills - Final Exam B Exam Study Guide Questions and Answers 100% Pass A child falls backwards from a water play structure in extremely shallow water. She can not stand up. If you suspect a head, neck or spinal injury, you should: - ANSWER-Provi...

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American Red Cross - Shallow Water
Lifeguarding Skills - Final Exam B
Exam Study Guide Questions and
Answers 100% Pass

A child falls backwards from a water play structure in extremely shallow water. She

can not stand up. If you suspect a head, neck or spinal injury, you should: -

ANSWER✔✔-Provide manual stabilization placing your hands on either side of her

head until more help arrives.


A child is in distress and is near the side of the pool. When using the reaching assist

with a rescue tube to help the child, you should: - ANSWER✔✔-Extend a rescue tube to

the child and pull the child to safety.


A head, neck or spinal injury rarely happens: - ANSWER✔✔-In deep water at a

supervised facility.


A shallow water lifeguard keeps an eye on the and surface of the water. He is

demonstrating: patrons of the pool, checking the bottom, middle - ANSWER✔✔-

Effective scanning.



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, A mother walks her son over to you stating that he fell on the pool deck and hit his

head. You notice he has blood and fluid running from his ear and he is feeling dizzy.

What steps should you take next? - ANSWER✔✔-Provide manual stabilization while

the other lifeguards prepare to backboard him.


A shallow water lifeguard may expect to have total coverage surveillance responsibility

assigned when: - ANSWER✔✔-There is a winding river with a current with adults

walking and children using lifejackets.


A simple assist may be used by a shallow water lifeguard when: - ANSWER✔✔-A

passive victim is submerged in 2 feet of water.


A technique used for a victim with a suspected head, neck or spinal injury who is face-

down, at the surface and in water less than 3 feet deep is the: - ANSWER✔✔-Head

splint technique.


During an in-service training, lifeguards practice the steps of an emergency action plan,

such as: - ANSWER✔✔-Following rescue procedures, informing management and

conducting staff debriefings.


While scanning your zone, you notice a person motionless in the water. The steps you

follow in a water emergency are performed in the following order: - ANSWER✔✔-

Activate the EAP, enter the water, perform an appropriate rescue, move the victim to a

safe exit point, remove the victim from the water and provide emergency care as

needed.

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