This BUNDLE contains several sets of American Red Cross LIFEGUARDING Exam \/ Tests \/ Notes \/ Study Guide guaranteed for success in American Red Cross Lifeguard journey!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
American Red Cross Lifeguard Test
A&B
How can you protect yourself from possible blood borne pathogens transmission
when providing care?
Use PPE: Disposable Gloves, Breathing Barrier\/Mask
A child is wheezing and grabbing his chest. After obtaining consent from his
mother, she tells you he has asthma but does not have his inhaler nearby. What
care should you provide?
Summon EMS & Place victim in a position that helps breathing
While at the snack bar a child grabs his throat. You ask him if he is choking and he
nods yes. You activate the facility’s emergency action plan. You tell him you are a
life guard and get consent from his parents. What should you do next?
Stand behind the victim – Give 5 back blows followed by 5 abdominal thrusts until
the object is dislodged
You and another life guard find an unconscious adult on the floor in the locker
room. You activate EAP, size up the scene, and perform a primary assessment. You
find the victim is not breathing but has a pulse. You call 911 then?
Give 1 breath every 5 seconds
You come upon a scene where a patron appears to be injured. Before approaching
the victim what should you do to size up the scene?
Begin primary assessment<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When providing care during an emergency what should you do first?
Size up the scene
You were performing CPR on an adult, how deep should you compress the chest?
At least 2 inches
CPR should be performed on victims who are in?
Cardiac arrest\/ no pulse
What is the first step in the cardiac chain of survival?
Early recognition + access to EMS
You are providing care to a victim having a heart attack, what should you do first?
Summon EMS
Once you turn in the AED you should?
Apply pads and allow AED to analyze heart rhythms
To ensure effective chest compression during CPR you should?
Allow the chest to fully recoil between chest compressions
You are performing CPR on a victim and a second life guard arrives. What should
the second life guard do first?
Check whether EMS has been summoned
What should you use when giving ventilation to protect you and the victim from
disease transmission?
Use a CPR breathing barrier \/ mask<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Red Cross WSI Test Review
What are the steps in becoming an instructor aide?
Answer:
Basic-level certification OR skills and knowledge for the courses in which they will
help
Exhibit maturity and responsibility
As a WSI, what courses are you eligible to teach?
Answer:
6 levels of Learn to Swim
Parent and Child Aquatics
Water safety outreach- Water Safety today
Basic water rescue
Longfellow’s WHALE’s Tales
Why would you use the ARC swimming and diving skills video?
Answer:
For “students in level 5 or 6 or adults who are interested in learning to swim,
refining their strokes or learning more about aquatics”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How long is your initial WSI certification good?
Answer:
Your WSI certification is good for 2 years and is renewed by teaching at least 1 class
during that time
What are some of the safety techniques taught in the learn to swim courses?
Answer:
Buddy system
Safe entry and exit
Use of life jacket
Be cool follow the rules
Look before you leap
Think so you don’t sink\/Reach or throw- don’t go
Diving properly
obey posted rules
HELP position
Huddle Position
Compact jump with life jacket
Throwing assist
Care for conscious choking victim
Survival swimming
Rescue breathing
Survival float<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Red Cross WSI CERTIFICATION TEST
What is the age range for children in Parent and Child Aquatics classes?
Answer:
6 months to 3 years
What is the goal of Parent and Child Aquatics classes?
Answer:
For children to become comfortable in and around water so they’re ready to learn
how to swim
All submersions must be\u2026
Answer:
Voluntary
What indicates the initial phase of learning?
Answer:
Coughing, sputtering, or crying<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How many times in one lesson should you submerge someone in their initial phase
of learning?
Answer:
No more than 3 times
How can a WSI communicate with parents?
Answer:
Swim Lesson Achievement Booklet
Swim App
Brief in person
What is a benefit of educating parents about Water Safety?
Answer:
They can more safely supervise their children
What words should a WSI remember when teaching breaststroke?
Answer:
Pull & breathe, Kick & glide
What is the center of mass?
Answer:
The center of mass is an imaginary point around which an object’s mass is balanced.
(Hips)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Red Cross Water rescue skills
Your Responsibility in an Emergency
Answer:
The purpose of an EAP is to describe everyone’s responsibility in an emergency.
Aquatic facilities often have a general plan for water or land rescues, as well as
additional plans designed to address specific situations, such as:
-A person who is actively drowning.
-An unresponsive drowning victim.
-A spinal injury.
-A missing person.
-An injury or illness.
Activate your facility’s EAP whenever you recognize an emergency.
Emergency Action Plans
Answer:
Emergency action plans vary depending on the situation. Let’s get a closer look at
what emergency action plans are and how they can vary in water and land
situations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rescuer’s Responsibilities: Signal, Rescue and Provide Care
Answer:
In a water emergency, the rescuing lifeguard has the responsibility to signal, which
means to activate the EAP; rescue, which means performing an appropriate rescue
by following the general procedures for a water emergency; and provide care, which
is providing emergency care as needed.
Rescuer’s Responsibilities: Report and Advise
Answer:
In addition, you must report and advise. This means that you should complete a
report of the incident and advise the victim of precautions they should take to
prevent the situation from occurring again.
Rescuer’s Responsibilities: Release
Answer:
Collect the information about the victim, such as name, address and contact
information, before you release the victim. If the victim is a minor, they should be
released to the parent or caregiver. After releasing the victim, you can continue
filling out the information regarding the rescue. The rescuing lifeguard should fill
out the form, recording only factual information of what was heard and seen and
any action taken.
Assisting in an Emergency
Answer:
Assisting lifeguards or other members of the safety team should:
-Provide back-up surveillance coverage or clear the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
American Red Cross
CPR \/ AED \/ First Aid
Final Written Exam –
Latest
What do you do if a shock is advised when using an AED?
Answer:
If shock is advised: “stand clear”\/Press shock button\/follow with two minutes of
CPR\/continue follow AED prompts
What do you do if a shock is not advised when using an AED?
Answer:
Shock is not advised: follow with two minutes of CPR\/continue AED prompts
When do you stop using an AED?
Answer:
When there’s obvious signs of life<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When giving ventilations what is the frequency for an adult and child?
Answer:
One ventilation every five seconds
When do you stop giving ventilations?
Answer:
When there’s obvious signs of life flash every two minutes recheck ABC’s
What are the ways to treat conscious choking victims?
Answer:
Back blows and thrusts
When giving ventilations what is the frequency for an infant?
Answer:
One ventilation every three seconds
When do you stop treating a conscious choking victim?
Answer:
The obstruction is dislodged\/victim goes unconscious<\/p>\n\n\n\n
American Red Cross
LIFEGUARDING TEST –
Latest
How can you protect yourself from possible bloodborne pathogens when treating a
victim?
Answer:
Use Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) such as disposable gloves and a
breathing barrier.
What is the universal sign that a person is choking?
Answer:
Clutching the throat.
Steps of the Chain of Survival?
Answer:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You must keep checking a victim’s LOC in a secondary assessment. What does LOC
stand for?
Answer:
Level of Consciousness
When providing care to a conscious infant who is choking, what part of the hand
would you use to give chest thrusts?
Answer:
Two or Three fingers.
When immobilizing an injured patron’s arm\u2026
Answer:
Leave the arm in the position you find it or in the position the victim is holding it.
A boy clutches at his chest and has problems breathing. After obtaining consent for
care, his mom informs you that he has asthma, but he does not have his inhaler
nearby. What care should you provide?
Answer:
Call EMS and place the victim in a position that helps breathing.
A patron cuts her leg on the bleachers and is bleeding severely. You can tell she
may be in shock because she may\u2026
Answer:
Becomes restless and irritable<\/p>\n\n\n\n
American Red Cross
LIFEGUARDING EXAM \u2013
Q & a STUDY GUIDE
What will American Red Cross Lifeguarding class teach you? (pg. 2)
Answer:
Teach you skills needed to prevent and respond to aquatic emergencies. 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<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(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 staff, 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 act 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<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Negligence (pg. 6)
Answer:
When a person receiving emergency care has additional harm because lifeguards
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
Resuscitation Masks (pg. 13)
Answer:
Transparent, flexible device that creates a tight seal over the victim\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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 Equipment: specialized clothing, equipment, and supplies used
to prevent you from coming into direct contact with a victim\u2019s body fluids
BVM (pg. 14)
Answer:
Bag-Valve-Mask Resuscitator: handheld device attached to a resuscitation mask
used to ventilate a victim 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
victim\u2019s heart rhythm and delivers electrical shock to re-establish proper rhythm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
American Red Cross
LIFEGUARDING TEST \u2013
LATEST
You are lifeguarding during a family swim session when you notice a swimmer
swimming full lengths of the pool underwater, what do you do?
Answer:
Immediately stop them from continuing the activity and explain the dangers of the
activity
After removing a conscious victim, you suspect has a spinal injury from the water
you should do all of the following except\u2026
Answer:
Dry the victim off and provide the pads of an AED
A mother and her son walk over to you. she states that he fell on the pool deck and
hit his head. you notice that he has blood and fluid running from his ear and he is
feeling dizzy. what steps do you take next?
Answer:
Tell him not to nod or shake his head, provide manual stabilization while the other
lifeguards prepare to backboard him<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2 lifeguards are on surveillance duty during a public swim, you are on a break. one
lifeguard activates the facilities AED for a submerged passive victim and enters the
water. which steps should you take next to assist the rescuer
Answer:
Bring the backboard to the lifeguard and assist them in removing the victim from
the water while the other lifeguard clears the pool
A lifeguard keeps an eye on the patrons of the pool checking the bottom, middle,
and surface of the water. he is demonstrating\u2026
Answer:
Effective scanning
The lifeguard supervisor expects the pool to be very busy in the afternoon. for
effective patron surveillance she sets up multiple lifeguard stations to reduce the
number of patrons watched by each lifeguard. this coverage is called\u2026
Answer:
Zone coverage
To effectively scan you MUST\u2026
Answer:
Move your head and eyes as you scan to look directly at each area rather in one
direction<\/p>\n\n\n\n
American Red Cross
LIFEGUARDING
Recertification Test
The objective of the facility safety team is to:
a. Provide emergency back-up coverage when lifeguards are performing a water
rescue.
b. Assist lifeguards in maintaining a safe environment and providing emergency
care.
c. Help lifeguards understand the facility’s EAP.
d. Perform patron surveillance when lifeguards need to take a break.
You are a lifeguard on surveillance duty during a busy family swim session. It is
important to:
a. Scan all areas in your assigned zone of coverage, wear your hip pack and carry
your rescue tube with you at all times.
b. Have a first aid kit, an automated external defibrillator (AED) and a backboard
immediately available to you on the pool deck next to your station.
c. Rope off and close all areas of the facility that have water over 5-feet deep.
d. Have enough lifejackets on hand and require all non-swimmers to use them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A head, neck or spinal injury rarely happens:
a. In deep water at a supervised facility.
b. When someone is running on the pool deck.
c. In shallow water that is clearly signed No Diving.
d. From collisions between swimmers.
Which of the following is true about accidental fecal releases (AFRs)?
a. Require water treatment, temporary pool closure and immediate lifeguard
attention.
b. AFRs do not require immediate attention.
c. Managers only need to be concerned with AFRs.
d. It is part of the routine daily operation of a pool that must be done for safety
Which of the following is a primary responsibility of a lifeguard?
a. Testing the pool water chemistry
b. Monitoring the performance of the other lifeguards on duty
c. Enforcing facility rules and regulations and educating patrons about them
d. Performing opening duties, closing duties or facility safety checks and inspections
After removing a responsive victim, you suspect has a spinal injury from the water,
you should do all the following except:
a. Make sure 911 or the local emergency number.
b. Dry the victim off and apply the pads of an AED.
c. Protect the victim from becoming cold.
d. Reassure the victim and perform a secondary assessment<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You are lifeguarding during a family swim session when you notice a swimmer
swimming full lengths of the pool under water. What should you do?
a. Activate the facility EAP, clear the pool and remove them from the pool.
b. Immediately stop them from continuing the activity and explain the dangers of
the activity.
c. Immediately get the attention of the swimmer and instruct them to leave the pool
for breaking pool rules.
d. Alert the pool manager of the situation once your shift is over and document the
event.
You enter the water to rescue a victim with a suspected spinal injury. You
determine that the victim is not breathing. What should you do next?
a. Delay removal from the water and provide 2 minutes of in-water ventilations.
b. Remove the victim water using a modified spinal backboarding procedure.
c. Remove the victim from the water using the Extrication Using a Backboard at the
Pool Edge technique.
d. Remove the victim from the water using the spinal backboarding procedure.
A lifeguard keeps an eye on the patrons of the pool, actively searching and checking
the bottom, middle and surface of the water. The lifeguard is demonstrating:
a. Effective communication.
b. Implied consent.
c. The RID factor.
d. Effective scanning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
American Red Cross
LIFEGUARDING
PRACTICE Test
How can you protect yourself from possible bloodborne pathogens when treating a
victim?
Answer:
Use Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) such as disposable gloves and a
breathing barrier.
Sudden illness can be identified by many things, including\u2026
Answer:
Loss of vision or blurred vision, changes in skin condition, or nausea\/vomiting.
What is the universal sign that a person is choking?
Answer:
Clutching the throat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You are performing CPR when a second lifeguard arrives. What is most appropriate
for the second lifeguard to do first?
Answer:
Check to see whether EMS personnel have been called.
What is the first step in the Cardiac Chain of Survival?
Answer:
Early recognition and access to emergency medical services (EMS) system.
You must keep checking a victim’s LOC in a secondary assessment. What does the
“C” in LOC stand for?
Answer:
Consciousness.
When providing care to a conscious infant who is choking, what part of the hand
would you use to give chest thrusts?
Answer:
Two or Three fingers.
When immobilizing an injured patron’s arm\u2026
Answer:
Leave the arm in the position you find it or in the position the patron is holding it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
American Red
Cross LIFEGUARDING
ONLINE TEST
If a victim is having a seizure in the water:
Answer
Support the victim with their head above water until the seizure ends.
You arrive on a scene where someone seems to be hurt. During the primary
assessment, you should check for all of the following EXCEPT:
Answer
Swelling
When using an AED, which of the following should you do immediately after
attaching the AED pads to the victim’s chest?
Answer
Tell everyone to stand clear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Which of the following should you do first when approaching the scene of an
emergency?
Answer
Size-up the scene while forming an initial impression.
You are providing care to a conscious infant who is choking. When giving chest
thrusts, which of the following would you see?
Answer
2 or 3 fingers
During a primary assessment, which of the following should you check first?
Answer
Responsiveness
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?
Answer
Check to see whether EMS personnel have been called.
When giving abdominal thrusts to an adult who is chocking, where should you
position your fist?
Answer
In the middle of the abdomen, just above the navel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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