American Redcross Lifeguard Exam-Questions with Correct Answers/ Verified
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American Redcross Lifeguard
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American Redcross Lifeguard
Which of the following statements about bag-valve-mask resuscitators (BVMs) is most accurate?
Two rescuers need to operate the BVM
You and a patron enter the locker room and find an unresponsive person lying on the floor. You
size up the scene and form an initial impression, and then you begin p...
American Redcross Lifeguard Exam-Questions with
Correct Answers/ Verified
Which of the following statements about bag-valve-mask resuscitators (BVMs) is most accurate?
Two rescuers need to operate the BVM
You and a patron enter the locker room and find an unresponsive person lying on the floor. You
size up the scene and form an initial impression, and then you begin performing a primary
assessment. The patron asks, “Should we move them to the first aid room?” What should you do
next?
Tell the patron the victim should not be moved since there is no immediate danger.
An injured patron is responsive and bleeding. After summoning EMS personnel, obtaining consent
and putting on disposable gloves, what is your next care step?
Press firmly against the wound with a sterile dressing and bandage
As you are giving ventilations with a resuscitation mask, the victim vomits. Which of the following
would you do first?
Turn the victim onto their side and clear the airway of the vomit immediately
A patron has cut their leg on the edge of the bleachers and is bleeding heavily. You think the
patron is in shock because they:
Become reckless and irritable
Which of the following should you do first when approaching the scene of an emergency?
Size-up the scene while forming an initial impression
You are providing care to a patron who started choking on some food. The victim becomes
unresponsive. Which of the following should you do first?
Lower the victim to the ground and begin CPR starting with chest compressions
Which of the following statements about performing CPR with two or more rescuers is true?
To reduce rescuer fatigue, rescuers should switch positions as soon as another rescuer arrives on
scene
You are performing CPR on a victim and an assisting responder arrives. Which of the following is
most appropriate for the assisting responder to do first?
Check to see whether EMS personnel have been called
Based on which of the following signs and symptoms would you determine that a victim is
experiencing respiratory distress?
Gasping for breath
As the only lifeguard performing CPR on a 7-year-old child, you would perform cycles of:
30 chest compressions and 2 ventilations
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