American Red Cross: Lifeguarding Exam Questions And Answers. Verified and Updated.
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American Red Cross Lifeguard
American Red Cross: Lifeguarding Exam
Questions And Answers. Verified and
Updated.
What will American Red Cross Lifeguarding class teach you? (pg. 2) - answerTeach you
skills needed to prevent and respond to aquatic emergencies. Teach land and water rescue skills
plus first aid and CPR
Primar...
EXAM STUDY MATERIALS July 24, 2024 1:33:58 PM American Red Cross: Lifeguarding Exam Questions And Answers. Verified and Updated . What will American Red Cross Lifeguarding class teach you? (pg. 2) - answer✔✔Teach you skills needed to prevent and respond to aquatic emergen cies. Teach land and water rescue skills plus first aid and CPR Primary Responsibilities of Lifeguards (pg. 2) - answer✔✔Monitor activities in and near water, prevent injuries by minimalizing hazardous situations, enforce facility rules, recognize and respond quickly, administering first aid and CPR, work as a team with other facility employees Secondary Responsibilities of Lifeguards (pg. 2 -3) - answer✔✔test pool water chemistry, assisting patrons, cleaning/maintenance of pool area, completing records and reports (pg. 4) Professional Lifeguards SHOULD NOT - answer✔✔Leave your posted station or area while on duty, use mobile phones or other types of communication while on duty, slouch in chair, participate in conversation with other patrons or lifeguard staf f, eat on stand, use alcohol or drugs (any that could negatively impact your alertness) F.I.N.D (pg. 6) - answer✔✔F=Figure out the problem I= Identify possible solutions N= Name the pros and cons for each solution. D= Decide which solution is best, then ac t on it EAP (pg. 6) - answer✔✔Emergency Action Plan Duty to Act (pg. 6) - answer✔✔While on the job, you have legal responsibility to act in an emergency Negligence (pg. 6) - answer✔✔When a person receiving emergency care has additional harm because lifegua rds failed to follow the standard of care Consent (pg. 6) - answer✔✔All people giving medical care MUST obtain consent before helping an individual Rescue Tube (pg. 13) - answer✔✔45-54 inch vinyl, foam -filled tube with an attached tow line and shoulder strap capable of keeping victims afloat EXAM STUDY MATERIALS July 24, 2024 1:33:58 PM Resuscitation Masks (pg. 13) - answer✔✔Transparent, flexible device that creates a tight seal over the victims mouth and nose to allow you to breathe air into a victim without making mouth -
to-mouth contact. Gloves (pg. 13) - answer✔✔Disposable (single -use) gloves are used to protect employees that may be exposed to blood or other bodily fluids. Backboards (pg. 13) - answer✔✔Standard piece of equipment used at aquatics facilities to remove victims from water when they are unable to exit the water on their own. Backboards are also used during head, neck, or back injuries PPE (pg. 14) - answer✔✔Personal Protective Equi pment: specialized clothing, equipment, and supplies used to prevent you from coming into direct contact with a victims body fluids BVM (pg. 14) - answer✔✔Bag-Valve -Mask Resuscitator: handheld device attached to a resuscitation mask used to ventilate a vic tim in respiratory arrest when performing CPR. BVM REQUIRES TWO RESCUERS. Oxygen Cylinder and Delivery Device (pg. 14) - answer✔✔Breathing device used to administer emergency oxygen to a victim experiencing breathing or cardiac emergency AED (pg. 14) - answer✔✔Automated External Defibrillators: portable electronic device that analyzes a victims heart rhythm and delivers electrical shock to re -establich proper rhythm. RWI (pg. 24) - answer✔✔Recreational Water Illness: earaches, rashes, diarrhea that can caus e illness in aquatics facility Formed Stool Emergency (pg. 24) - answer✔✔1. Continue Operation of Filtration System 2. pH must be below 7.5 3. Free chlorine level to AT LEAST 2 ppm 4. Maintain those levels 25 minutes before re -opening pool Diarrheal Discha rge Emergency (pg. 24) - answer✔✔1. Continue operation of circulation system 2. pH must be below 7.5 3. Free chlorine level to AT LEAST 20 ppm 4. Maintain those levels for 13 hours 5. Backwash filter and return chlorine levels to normal levels before openi ng pool Lightening / Thunder in Area (pg. 25) - answer✔✔1. Clear Pool / Pool Area 2. Listen / Follow National Weather Service Reports 3. Wait for 30 minutes after the last sight or sound of thunder before resuming activity EXAM STUDY MATERIALS July 24, 2024 1:33:58 PM Common Rules (pg. 27) - answer✔✔Swim only when lifeguard on duty, swim diapers required, no swimming with open or infected wound, obey lifeguard instructions at all times, no running, pushing or horseplay, no hyperventilating or underwater breath holding, no sitting or playing near or wit h drains/suction fittings, dive only in designated areas Management and Safety (pg.30) - answer✔✔As a lifeguard, your job is to follow and enforce your facility's rules and regulations Addressing Unsafe Conditions (pg. 31) - answer✔✔Lifeguards experiencing any unsafe conditions should report all issues to management MSDS (pg. 31) - answer✔✔Material Safety Data Sheet: list of every chemical stored at facility listing the contents of the chemical Bloodborne Pathogens (pg. 32) - answer✔✔body fluids that may co ntain disease -causing bacteria and viruses Patron Surveillance (pg. 33) - answer✔✔keeping a close watch over the people in the facility and intervening when necessary (pg. 34) The process of drowning begins when... - answer✔✔water enters the victims airway Laryngospasm (pg. 34) - answer✔✔a sudden closure of the larynx or windpipe (air cannot reach the lungs when this occurs) (pg. 34) Cardiac Arrest can occur within... - answer✔✔3 minutes of being submerged (pg. 34) Brain Damage or Death can occur within... - answer✔✔4-6 minutes of being submerged Effective Surveillance (pg. 34) - answer✔✔recognition of dangerous behaviors, victim recognition, effective scanning, zone of surveillance responsibility, lifeguard stations Active Drowning Victim (pg. 37) - answer✔✔a drowning victim who is struggling to remain at the surface of the water (still conscious) Passive Drowning Victim (pg. 38) - answer✔✔a drowning victim who is not conscious. They do not struggle and slip under the water suddenly. RID Factor (pg. 44) - answer✔✔1. Recognition (fail to recognize victim) 2. Intrusion (secondary duties, like maintenance, intrudes on lifeguards primary duties) 3. Distraction (distracted from surveillance) Zone of Responsibility (pg.44) - answer✔✔a specific area that you are responsible for when lifeguarding one station.
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