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Star Guard Chapter 4, 5, 7, 9Behaviors of a person in distress - answer1. Head back, body low in water
2. Arsm extended from the side moving up and down
3. Minimal use of legs
4. Bobbing up and down
Whats a laryngospasm? - answer Physical reaction to water droplets at the back of the
throats that causes the top of the wand pipe to close
Drowning fatality - answer Someone who dies from drowning
When is a person drowning? - answer When the face and airway is covered by water
and the head cannot be lifted or brought to the surface to breath
When do brain damage or death occur? - answer Within several minutes after the
person submerged under water and starts drowning
A person in distress can still breath and may look like he or she is... - answer1.
Struggling to stay on the surface, mouth at water level
2. Making back-and-forth or up-and-down movements just under the water
3. Trying to swim but not moving
4. Scared, with a wide-eyed panic-stricken look or with the eyes squeezed shut
5. Bobbing, alternatively at or below the surface
6. Gasping for air with the head back
7. Struggling to get to the side of the pool
8. Struggling to stay afloat
A person who is drowning cannot breathe and may look like he or she is... - answer1.
Bobbing
2. Floating on or near the surface of the water, either horizontal or vertical
3. Floating underwater or near the bottom
4. Laying on the bottom
To recognize drowning, you need to continuously perform three crucial observation
skills... - answerScan, target, and assess
Scanning means to... - answerSearch the water to identify anything unusual
To target means to... - answerLook more closly
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