Star Guard Test Questions and Answers
1. Safety benefit of leg-wrap rescue?
ANS no upper body contact
2. best way to get struggling swimmer to release you?
ANS submerge underwater
3. what to do when patron has seizure in water?
ANS hold head above water so patron can breathe
4. who to target for further assessment when scanning
ANS patrons underwater
5. technique that is best for communicating with large crowd
ANS loud and concise
6. RID factors
ANS Recognition, Intrusion, distraction
7. five components of star guard risk management model
ANS surveillance, prevention, response and rescue, emergency care, workplace
expectations
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, 8. RWI
ANS recreational water illness
9. Universal precaution
ANS always assume bodily functions are infectious
10. distress v drowning
ANS distress - can breathe drowning - can't breathe
11. where to look first
ANS bottom
12. 10/20 rule
ANS scan in 10 rescue in 20
13. In the US, what does legal principal duty to act mean for a
lifeguard?
ANS a lifeguard on duty has an obligation to provide emergency care
14. What technique for manual in-line stabilization of a person
floating on ser- vice?
ANS a vise grip
15. Which is an objective of manual in-line stabilization?
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1. Safety benefit of leg-wrap rescue?
ANS no upper body contact
2. best way to get struggling swimmer to release you?
ANS submerge underwater
3. what to do when patron has seizure in water?
ANS hold head above water so patron can breathe
4. who to target for further assessment when scanning
ANS patrons underwater
5. technique that is best for communicating with large crowd
ANS loud and concise
6. RID factors
ANS Recognition, Intrusion, distraction
7. five components of star guard risk management model
ANS surveillance, prevention, response and rescue, emergency care, workplace
expectations
1/
7
, 8. RWI
ANS recreational water illness
9. Universal precaution
ANS always assume bodily functions are infectious
10. distress v drowning
ANS distress - can breathe drowning - can't breathe
11. where to look first
ANS bottom
12. 10/20 rule
ANS scan in 10 rescue in 20
13. In the US, what does legal principal duty to act mean for a
lifeguard?
ANS a lifeguard on duty has an obligation to provide emergency care
14. What technique for manual in-line stabilization of a person
floating on ser- vice?
ANS a vise grip
15. Which is an objective of manual in-line stabilization?
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