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Signs and symptoms of a person you suspect of a head, neck or spinal injury include:

Back pain or tingling

You find a patron lying on the locker room floor. You suspect she has a head, neck or spinal injury because she has:

Blood in the ears and nose.

You notice a patron who is swimming laps suddenly slips under water without a struggle and does not resurface. This person is probably:

A passive victim who needs help.

While scanning your zone, you notice a person motionless in the water. The steps you follow in a water emergency are performed in the following order:

Activate the EAP, enter the water, perform an appropriate rescue, move the victim to a safe exit point, remove the victim from the water and provide emergency care as needed.

A mother walks her son over to you stating that he fell on the pool deck and hit his head. You notice he has blood and fluid running from his ear and he is feeling dizzy. What steps should you take next?

Provide manual stabilization while the other lifeguards prepare to backboard him.

You can remain alert and reduce fatigue during your shift by:

Rotating from station to station.

It is the primary responsibility of the facility management to provide all but which of the following?

Educating patrons about and enforcing facility rules

A shallow water lifeguard keeps an eye on the and surface of the water. He is demonstrating: patrons of the pool, checking the bottom, middle

Effective scanning.

A child is in distress and is near the side of the pool. When using the reaching assist with a rescue tube to help the child, you should:

Extend a rescue tube to the child and pull the child to safety.

During an in-service training, lifeguards practice the steps of an emergency action plan, such as:

Following rescue procedures, informing management and conducting staff debriefings.

Which of the following pieces of equipment must a lifeguard have instantly accessible at all times?

Gloves, resuscitation mask, rescue tube

A technique used for a victim with a suspected head, neck or spinal injury who is face-down, at the surface and in water less than 4feet deep is the:

Head splint technique.

You are the lifeguard on duty pool when you notice a patron holding her breath at the spa therapy repeatedly for extended periods of time. What should you do?

Immediately stop her from continuing the activity and explain the dangers of the activity.

You enter the mechanical room and find a maintenance worker lying on his back on the floor next to a ladder. During your primary assessment, you find the victim unconscious but breathing. You must leave to get help. What should you do?

The recovery position

If three shallow water lifeguards are on duty, emergency backup coverage takes place:

When a lifeguard enters the water for a rescue.

While you are conducting a safety check, you find a section of the pool gutter cover is missing. You should:

close off the area and tell the lifeguard supervisor right away