Lifeguard Exam

As the only lifeguard performing CPR on a 7-year-old child, you would perform cycles of:

30 chest compressions and 2 ventilations.

As the only lifeguard performing CPR on a seven-year-old child, you would perform cycles of:

30 chest compressions and two ventilations

During a swim meet, the bleachers behind your guard station suddenly collapse. As you check the scene you notice several people who appear injured. Who should you approach first?

A man who appears unconscious.

A patron has cut her leg on the edge of the bleachers and is bleeding heavily. You think the patron is in shock because she:

Becomes restless and irritable.

You and another lifeguard are preparing for CPR on an adult who collapsed in the locker room. You determine that there is no breathing or pulse and state, "Victim has no pulse. Begin CPR." Which of the following should the other lifeguard do next?

Begin chest compressions.

Signs and symptoms of sudden illness do not include

Bruising or rigid need of the abdomen.

You have sized up the scene and determined the scene is safe. When performing a primary assessment, which of the following would you do next?

Check for responsiveness.

You are performing CPR on a victim, and a second lifeguard arrives. Which of the following is most appropriate for the second lifeguard to do first?

Check to see whether EMS personnel have been called.

When checking a victim during a secondary assessment, you notice changes in her LOC. What does the C stand for?

Consciousness

What does the E in SAMPLE stand for?

Events leading up to the incident.

You determine that a victim is unconscious but breathing. While waiting with the victim for EMS personnel, you would position the victim:

Face up

You and another lifeguard find an unconscious adult on the floor in the locker room. You activate your facilities EAP, size up the scene and perform a primary assessment. You find the victim is not moving or breathing, but has a pulse. You should summon EMS personnel, then:

Give 1 ventilation every 5 seconds.

You pull an unconscious adult from the water who is taking infrequent gasps. During the primary assessment, you find that the victim has a pulse. Which of the following should you do next?

Give 2 initial ventilations.

A patron seems to be having a diabetic emergency. You should:

Have the victim drink a fruit juice.

When giving chest compressions to an adult, how would you position your hands?

Heel of one hand on the center of the chest with the other hand on top.

The purpose of a secondary assessment is to:

Identify and care for conditions that are not life threatening.

When giving abdominal thrusts to an adult, where should you position your fist?

In the middle of the abdomen, just above the navel.

What does the L in sample stand for?

Last oral intake

When immobilizing an injured patron's arm:

Leave the arm in the position you find it or in the position the patron is holding it.

You are providing care to patron who started choking on some food. The victim becomes unconscious. Which of the following should you do first?

Lower the victim carefully to the ground and open his airways.

A way to remember the questions to ask when taking a brief history is to use the acronym samples. What does the M in sample stand for?

Medications

If there is a risk of the AED pads touching each other, such as with a small child or infant, you should:

Place one pad in the middle of the chest and the other on the back.

When using a resuscitation mask, which of the following should you do?

Place the broad end of the mask between the lower lip and chin.

When providing care to a conscious infant who is choking, which of the following is most appropriate?

Positioning the infant so the head is lower than the chest

An injured patron is conscious and bleeding severely. 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 apply bandage.

What is the first step you should take in caring for a victim with burns?

Remove the victim from the source of the burn.

While preparing to use an AED on a victim, you notice a medication patch on the victim's chest. Which action is most appropriate?

Removing the patch with a gloved hand

When caring for musculoskeletal injuries, what does RICE stand for?

Rest, immobilize, cold, elevate

A way to remember the questions to ask when taking a brief history is to use the acronym sample. What does the S sample stand for?

Signs and symptoms

You and a fellow lifeguard are giving ventilations using a BVM. You position the mask over the victim's mouth and nose. What should the other lifeguard do?

Squeeze the bag with both hands.

While having a concession area, child suddenly clutch is his throat with both hands. You ask him if he is choking if you frantically nods yes. You activate your facilities EAP. You identify your self as a lifeguard and obtain consent from the parents. What should you do next?

Stand or kneel behind the victim and give five back blows and five abdominal thrusts.

You are performing CPR on the victim and you notice that the victim's chest begins to rise and fall. Which of the following would you do first?

Stop CPR and reassess the victim's condition, including breathing and pulse. If breathing is not regular, continue CPR as though breathing were not present.

You are providing care to victim having a heart attack. Which of the following would you do first?

Summon EMS personnel

A 12-year-old boy at a swim meet grabs his chest and begins to make wheezing noises. After you obtain consent to provide care, his mother informs you that he has a history of asthma , but does not have his inhaler nearby. What care should you provide?

Summon EMS personnel and place the victim into a position that helps breathing.

A victim is having a seizure in the water. What should you do?

Support the victim with his or her head above water until the seizure ends.

You are walking on the deck when the swim team coach suddenly collapses in front of you. During your primary assessment, you do not find a pulse so you should:

Suspect he is in cardiac arrest and immediately begin CPR.

When using an AED, which of the following should you do immediately after attaching the AED pads to the victims chest?

Tell everyone to stand clear

In ADD has advised that a shock should be given. Which of the following is appropriate?

Tell everyone to stand clear of the victim.

You and a patron enter the locker room and find an unconscious person lying on the floor. You size-up the scene and then you begin performing a primary assessment. The patron asks, "Should we move him 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.

Which of the following findings would lead you to determine that an infant's airway is open?

The infant is crying uncontrollably.

As you are giving ventilations with a resuscitation mask, the victim vomits. Which of the following would you do first?

Turn the victim in the his or her side.

Which of the following statements about the bag-valve-mask resuscitator a (BVMs) is most accurate? Monitoring the victim for full exhalation is not required BVMs are readily available at all emergency scenes. When used by a single rescuer, BVMs allow easy coordination with chest compressions. Two rescuers need to operate BVMs

Two rescuers need to operate the BVM

The cycle of chest compressions and ventilations in two-rescuer CPR for an infant is:

15 chest compressions and 2 ventilations.

When compressing a child's chest during CPR, you should compress at a rate of at least how many compressions per minute?

100

A way to remember the questions to ask while taking a brief history is to use the acronym SAMPLE. What does the A stand for?

Allergies

To ensure effective chest compressions during CPR, which of the following is most appropriate?

Allowing the chest to fully recoil between compressions.

Once you have turned on the AED, you should:

Apply the pads and allow the AED to analyze the heart rhythm.

You are about to apply AED pads to a victim's chest when you notice that the victim has several body piercings with jewelry on his chest. Which of the following should you do?

Apply the pads to the chest, making sure to avoid the jewelry.

As the first lifeguard on the scene, you are performing CPR on an adult. When performing chest compressions, how deeply should you compress the chest?

At least 2 inches

Based on which of the following signs and symptoms would you determine that a victim is experiencing respiratory distress?

Audible high pitched gurgling

Where should you place your hands when giving chest compressions to an infant during CPR?

One hand on the forehead and two or three fingers on the center of the chest.

CPR should be performed on which of the following victim's? One who is in cardiac arrest. One who responds to painful stimuli. One who is conscious and has an airway obstruction. One who is experiencing difficulty breathing.

One who is in cardiac arrest

You and another lifeguard find an unconscious adult on the locker room floor. The other lifeguard goes to summon EMS personnel. You complete a primary assessment and find that the victim has a pulse but is not breathing. Which of the following should you do next?

Perform 1 ventilation every 5 seconds.

An AED indicates that "No shock is advised." Which of the following is most appropriate to do next?

Perform CPR for about 2 minutes.

A person has been injured and is conscious. You obtain consent to check the victim for life-threatening conditions. What life-threatening condition would require you to immediately summon EMS personnel?

Persistent Chest Pain

What does the P in sample stand for?

Pertinent Past History