Lifeguard Test (YMCA) Test with Answers Graded A+
1. What is a manual suction device used for? Remove foreign objects
from the throat
2. What do you do if the AED says "no shock ad-
vised"?
3. What are the steps for a simple rescue in a wave
pool?
Continue CPR in inter-
vals of 2 mins or un...
Lifeguard Test (YMCA) Test with Answers Graded A+
1. What is a manual suction device used for? Remove foreign objects
from the throat
2. What do you do if the AED says "no shock ad- Continue CPR in inter-
vised"? vals of 2 mins or until
help arrives.
3. What are the steps for a simple rescue in a wave don't evacuate, stay
pool? calm, activate eap
4. Define negligence. failing to control or stop
behavior that could result
in harm or injury
-failing to provide care
-providing inappropriate
care
-providing care beyond
your skills // from a le-
gal standpoint: a plain-
tiff must prove all el-
ements of negligence
(duty, breach, proximate
cause, and damages) in
order to prevail in a law-
suit against an individual
or pool facility
5. Name the 3 stages of a tornado warning. Watch
Warning
Siren
6. How do you get out of a rip-current? swim with the current in
a diagonal towards the
shore
7. What is the Leadership Competency model? - Mission Advancement
- Collaboration
- Operational Effective-
ness
, Lifeguard Test (YMCA) Test with Answers Graded A+
- Personal Growth
• Organized into four lev-
els of
leadership:
- Leader
- Team Leader
- Multi-Team or
Branch Leader
- Organizational Leader
8. We follow our EAP & complete reports to avoid lawsuits
after an emergency?
9. What are the causes of hypothermia? Hypothermia is a poten-
tially dangerous drop in
body temperature, usual-
ly caused by prolonged
exposure to cold temper-
atures. The risk of cold
exposure increases as
the winter months arrive.
10. How do you care for a heat related emergency? give them water, put a
wet towel on them
11. How do you stabilize a standing spinal victim? activate EAP and get a
chair so they don't fall
protect from further in-
jury and comfort them
until more advanced help
arrives. if victim's con-
dition becomes unsta-
ble (dizziness, LOC, etc),
and chair not available,
slowly lower victim to
ground with the assis-
tance of other lifeguards.
limit excessive move-
ment while lowering
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