YMCA LIFEGUARDING UPDATED TESTED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Use of a surface dive - ✔✔To reach a submerged victim.
✔✔Every lifeguard must have - ✔✔Whistle, rescue tube, pack, walkie-talkie.
✔✔Submerged defense - ✔✔Take breath, submerge, push tube upward.
✔✔Use of reaching and extension assists - ✔✔For swimmers close enough to reach
from the side.
✔✔If distance is too far for an extension assist - ✔✔Use throwing assist.
✔✔Entry used from a height - ✔✔Stride jump.
✔✔Head-splint technique - ✔✔Stabilizes the head using Lifeguard's hands, head
immobilizer, kickboard, or swimmer's arms.
✔✔Nonswimming rescue guideline - ✔✔Establish a firm base, always enter water first,
never use equipment, or keep distance.
✔✔Rescue breathing on a spinal victim - ✔✔Uses head tilt-chin lift, mouth-to-mouth,
nose pinch, or jaw thrust.
✔✔Device that analyzes heart rhythm - ✔✔AED (Automated External Defibrillator).
✔✔Device for positive pressure ventilation - ✔✔Bag-valve mask (BVM).
✔✔Procedures protecting responders from fluids - ✔✔Standard precautions.
✔✔Embedded object treatment - ✔✔Do not remove it.
✔✔Common cause of hypothermia - ✔✔Being in cold water too long.
✔✔Not recommended for heat illness - ✔✔Leave the person alone to rest.
✔✔Not in a first aid kit - ✔✔Walkie-talkies.
✔✔AED says 'Do not shock.' - ✔✔Continue CPR and follow AED prompts.
✔✔Stabilizing a standing person with neck injury - ✔✔Hands on each side of face near
ears.
ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Use of a surface dive - ✔✔To reach a submerged victim.
✔✔Every lifeguard must have - ✔✔Whistle, rescue tube, pack, walkie-talkie.
✔✔Submerged defense - ✔✔Take breath, submerge, push tube upward.
✔✔Use of reaching and extension assists - ✔✔For swimmers close enough to reach
from the side.
✔✔If distance is too far for an extension assist - ✔✔Use throwing assist.
✔✔Entry used from a height - ✔✔Stride jump.
✔✔Head-splint technique - ✔✔Stabilizes the head using Lifeguard's hands, head
immobilizer, kickboard, or swimmer's arms.
✔✔Nonswimming rescue guideline - ✔✔Establish a firm base, always enter water first,
never use equipment, or keep distance.
✔✔Rescue breathing on a spinal victim - ✔✔Uses head tilt-chin lift, mouth-to-mouth,
nose pinch, or jaw thrust.
✔✔Device that analyzes heart rhythm - ✔✔AED (Automated External Defibrillator).
✔✔Device for positive pressure ventilation - ✔✔Bag-valve mask (BVM).
✔✔Procedures protecting responders from fluids - ✔✔Standard precautions.
✔✔Embedded object treatment - ✔✔Do not remove it.
✔✔Common cause of hypothermia - ✔✔Being in cold water too long.
✔✔Not recommended for heat illness - ✔✔Leave the person alone to rest.
✔✔Not in a first aid kit - ✔✔Walkie-talkies.
✔✔AED says 'Do not shock.' - ✔✔Continue CPR and follow AED prompts.
✔✔Stabilizing a standing person with neck injury - ✔✔Hands on each side of face near
ears.
