Lifeguard course

You are giving ventilations to a 5 year old child using a resuscitation mask. You should give 1 ventilation about every:

3 seconds

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

30 chest compressions and two ventilations

A patron has slurred speech, is unable to lift their right arm level with their left arm and is unable to smile without one side of their face drooping. You make note of the symptoms started. These are symptoms of:

A stroke

A patron has cut their leg at the end of the bleachers and is bleeding heavily. You think the patron is in shock because they:

Become 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 pause and state, "Victim has no pulse. Begin CPR." Which of the following should the other lifeguard do next?

Begin chest compressions

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?

Check to see whether EMS personnel have called

All the following are components of scene size-up EXCEPT:

Checking for responsiveness

Your initial impression reveals life-threatening bleeding in an adult victim who appears to be unresponsive. Your next step should be:

Control the bleeding with any available resources

Which of the following would you identify as a universal sign that a conscious person is choking?

Coughing

To ensure high-quality CPR and high quality chest compressions, you should:

Expose the victims chest to ensure proper hand placement and for chest recoil.

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

Gasping for breath

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

Give them glucose tablets

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

Give ventilations at the ratio of 1 about every 5-6 seconds

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

Heal of one hand on the center of the chest with the other hand on top

Which of the following should you do first when approaching the scene of an emergency?

Size-up the scene while forming an initial impression

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

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

Immediately begin CPR using cycles of 30 compressions followed by 2 ventilations

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

In recovery position

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

In the middle of the abdomen, just above the naval

You are providing care on a patron who is choking on some food. The victim becomes unresponsive. Which of the following should you do first?

Lower the victim to the ground and begin CPR with chest compressions

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 responsive. 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

An injured patron is responsive and is bleeding. 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 bandage

You are providing care to an adult who is unresponsive and not breathing as a result of a drowning. You give the first ventilation before performing CPR and noticed that the chest does not rise. Which of the following should you do next?

Re-tilt the victims head and then attempt another ventilation

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

Remove the victim from the source of the burns.

While preparing to use an automated external defibrillator (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

During a primary assessment, which of the following should you check first?

Responsiveness

Which of the following is more essential to use when giving ventilations to protect you and the victim from a disease transmission?

Resuscitation masks

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

Signs and symptoms

A 12-year-old child at a swim meet grabs their chest and begins to make wheezing noises. After you obtain consent to provide care, the child's parent informs you that the child has a history of asthma, but does not have an inhaler nearby. What care should you provide?

Summon more advanced medical personnel and place the victim into a position that helps breathing

If a victim is having a seizure in the water:

Support the victim with their head above the 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:

Swelling

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

Tell everyone to stand clear

You and a patron enter the locker room and find an unresponsive person lying on the floor. You size up the scene and perform an initial impression, and you begin performing a primary assessment. The patron asks, "should we move them 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 determined that an infant's airway is open and not obstructed?

The infant is crying uncontrollably

Which of the following statements about performing CPR with two or more rescuers is true?

To reduce rescuer fatigue, rescuers should change positions about every two minutes or when the AED is analyzing.

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

Turn the victim onto their side and clear the airway of the vomit immediately

You are providing care to a conscious infant who is choking. When giving chest thrusts, which of the following would you use?

Two or three fingers

How can you best protect yourself from bloodborne pathogen transmission when providing care?

Use protective equipment, such as disposable gloves and a breathing barrier, when providing care.

Which of the following statements about bag-valve-mask resuscitators (BVMs) is most accurate?

Ventilations are more effective when two rescuers operate the BVM.