RED CROSS CPR/AED AND
LIFEGUARDING SKILL TEST
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
How can you best protect yourself from possible bloodborne pathogen transmission
when providing care? - Correct Answers -Use personal protective equipment (PPE),
such as disposable gloves and a breathing barrier, when providing care
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? - Correct Answers -Summon more advanced medical personnel and place
the victim into a position that helps breathing
Your initial impression of a victim is based on: - Correct Answers -*How the victim
appears to you as you size up the scene
You and another lifeguard find an unresponsive adult on the floor in the locker room.
You activate your facility's EAP, size-up the scene, form an initial impression and
perform a primary assessment. You should summon EMS personnel, then: - Correct
Answers -Give ventilations at a rate of 1 about every 5-6 seconds
You arrive on the scene where a patron appears to be injured. Before approaching the
victim, which of the following will you NOT do as you size-up the scene? - Correct
Answers -*Begin performing the primary assessment
When providing care during an emergency, which of the following should you do first? -
Correct Answers -*Size-up the scene while forming an initial impression
As the first rescuer on the scene, you are performing CPR on an adult. When
performing chest compression, how deeply should you compress the chest? - Correct
Answers -At least 2 inches but no more than 2.4 inches
CPR should be performed on which of the following victims? - Correct Answers -One
who is in cardiac arrest
What is the first step of the Adult Cardiac Chain of Survival? - Correct Answers -
Recognition of a cardiac emergency and activation of the emergency response system
, You are providing care to a victim suspected of having a heart attack. Which of the
following would you do first. - Correct Answers -Summon EMS personnel
Once you have turned on the automated external defibrillator (AED) you should: -
Correct Answers -Apply the pads and allow the AED to analyze the heart rhythm
To ensure high-quality CPR and high-quality chest compression, you should: - Correct
Answers -Expose the victim's chest to ensure proper head and placement and full chest
recoil
You are performing CPR on a victim and an assisting res ponder arrives. Which of the
following is most appropriate for the assisting res ponder to do first? - Correct Answers -
Check to see whether EMS personnel have been called
Which of the following is most essential to use when giving ventilation to protect you
and the victim from disease transmission? - Correct Answers -Resuscitation masks
You are providing care to a facility maintenance worker who has fallen off the top of the
ladder. The victim is responsive. Which of the following should you do first? - Correct
Answers -Check the victim's pulse
For which of the following should you summon EMS personnel? - Correct Answers -A
victim with an open leg wound with the bone protruding
While performing a primary assessment on an unresponsive adult who has been
rescued from he water, you find that they have only occasional gasps, no pulse and no
severe life-threatening bleeding. Which of the following should you do next. - Correct
Answers -Give 2 ventilations and begin CPR
If there is a risk of the AED pads touching each other, such as with a small child or an
infant, you should: - Correct Answers -Place one pad in the middle of the chest and the
other on the back
You have sized up the scene, formed an initial impression and determined the scene is
safe. When starting the primary assessment, which of the following would you do first? -
Correct Answers -*Check for responsiveness
Which of the following statements about bag-valve-mask resuscitators (BVMs) is most
accurate? - Correct Answers -Ventilations are more effective when two rescuers
operate the BVM
You are preparing to give ventilation's to a 5-year-old child using a resuscitation mask,
you should give 1 ventilation about every: - Correct Answers -3 seconds
LIFEGUARDING SKILL TEST
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
How can you best protect yourself from possible bloodborne pathogen transmission
when providing care? - Correct Answers -Use personal protective equipment (PPE),
such as disposable gloves and a breathing barrier, when providing care
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? - Correct Answers -Summon more advanced medical personnel and place
the victim into a position that helps breathing
Your initial impression of a victim is based on: - Correct Answers -*How the victim
appears to you as you size up the scene
You and another lifeguard find an unresponsive adult on the floor in the locker room.
You activate your facility's EAP, size-up the scene, form an initial impression and
perform a primary assessment. You should summon EMS personnel, then: - Correct
Answers -Give ventilations at a rate of 1 about every 5-6 seconds
You arrive on the scene where a patron appears to be injured. Before approaching the
victim, which of the following will you NOT do as you size-up the scene? - Correct
Answers -*Begin performing the primary assessment
When providing care during an emergency, which of the following should you do first? -
Correct Answers -*Size-up the scene while forming an initial impression
As the first rescuer on the scene, you are performing CPR on an adult. When
performing chest compression, how deeply should you compress the chest? - Correct
Answers -At least 2 inches but no more than 2.4 inches
CPR should be performed on which of the following victims? - Correct Answers -One
who is in cardiac arrest
What is the first step of the Adult Cardiac Chain of Survival? - Correct Answers -
Recognition of a cardiac emergency and activation of the emergency response system
, You are providing care to a victim suspected of having a heart attack. Which of the
following would you do first. - Correct Answers -Summon EMS personnel
Once you have turned on the automated external defibrillator (AED) you should: -
Correct Answers -Apply the pads and allow the AED to analyze the heart rhythm
To ensure high-quality CPR and high-quality chest compression, you should: - Correct
Answers -Expose the victim's chest to ensure proper head and placement and full chest
recoil
You are performing CPR on a victim and an assisting res ponder arrives. Which of the
following is most appropriate for the assisting res ponder to do first? - Correct Answers -
Check to see whether EMS personnel have been called
Which of the following is most essential to use when giving ventilation to protect you
and the victim from disease transmission? - Correct Answers -Resuscitation masks
You are providing care to a facility maintenance worker who has fallen off the top of the
ladder. The victim is responsive. Which of the following should you do first? - Correct
Answers -Check the victim's pulse
For which of the following should you summon EMS personnel? - Correct Answers -A
victim with an open leg wound with the bone protruding
While performing a primary assessment on an unresponsive adult who has been
rescued from he water, you find that they have only occasional gasps, no pulse and no
severe life-threatening bleeding. Which of the following should you do next. - Correct
Answers -Give 2 ventilations and begin CPR
If there is a risk of the AED pads touching each other, such as with a small child or an
infant, you should: - Correct Answers -Place one pad in the middle of the chest and the
other on the back
You have sized up the scene, formed an initial impression and determined the scene is
safe. When starting the primary assessment, which of the following would you do first? -
Correct Answers -*Check for responsiveness
Which of the following statements about bag-valve-mask resuscitators (BVMs) is most
accurate? - Correct Answers -Ventilations are more effective when two rescuers
operate the BVM
You are preparing to give ventilation's to a 5-year-old child using a resuscitation mask,
you should give 1 ventilation about every: - Correct Answers -3 seconds
