ELLIS AND ASSOCIATES LIFEGUARD LATEST EXAMS
SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔A Rescue - ✔✔Occurs when you have to lose your 10/20 by jumping in to help the
guest reach the surface or pool deck
✔✔A lifeguard rotation occurs when - ✔✔When one lifeguard replaces and takes zone
responsibilities from another guard.
✔✔The objective of all lifeguard rotations are - ✔✔1. To allow uninterrupted scanning of
the zone
2. For incoming and outgoing lifeguards to perform a proactive bottom scan of the zone
✔✔The golden rule of guest relations - ✔✔"Treat guests as you would like to be treated
- with RESPECT"
✔✔When the guest is on the surface facing you - ✔✔Front Drive
✔✔When the guest is on the surface and facing away from you - ✔✔Rear Hug
✔✔When the guest is too active for one lifeguard to rescue safely, and another lifeguard
is able to assist - ✔✔Two-Guard Rescue
✔✔The Duck Pluck allows you to - ✔✔Remain on the surface of the water , with your
rescue tube between you and the guest, while brining a submerged guest to the surface
✔✔If you cannot reach a submerged guest from the surface of the water (they are
beyond arms reach) - ✔✔You will need to perform a Deep-Water Rescue
✔✔An unconscious guest may have occasional gasping breaths called - ✔✔Agonal
Breaths
, ✔✔Agonal Breaths - ✔✔Occasional gasping breaths that occur in the first few minutes
cardiac arrest - these ineffective breaths should not be confused with adequate
breathing
✔✔Used to assist an unconscious guest who begins to vomit - ✔✔Recovery Position
✔✔Recovery Position does what - ✔✔Allows for drainage of fluids from the mouth
✔✔To provide Rescue Breathing, How many breaths to an adult and how many for
infants and children - ✔✔1 breath for every 5 seconds for an adult and every 3 seconds
for infants and children
✔✔To perform the Heimlich Maneuver - ✔✔1. Stand behind the guest in a stance that
enables you to support them
2. Make a fist and place it just above the guest's belly button
3. Grasp the fist with your other hand and press into the guest's abdominal using quick
inward and upward thrusts (In a "J" motion)
✔✔The most common problem rescuers face when using a rescue mask is - ✔✔the
inability to maintain both a proper seal and an open airway while providing rescue
breaths
✔✔To care for a conscious infant with an obstructed airway - ✔✔Provide back blows
and chest thrusts
✔✔Device used to remove the fluid/vomit from a unconscious guest's mouth during care
- ✔✔Suction Device
✔✔BVM - ✔✔Bag-Valve-Mask
✔✔How do BMV's work - ✔✔Used to provide breaths to a non-breathing guest by
attaching a resuscitation mask to one end of a self-refilling bag and the other end of the
bag to the oxygen tank
✔✔Regardless of the size of the BMV used - ✔✔gently squeeze the bag enough to
provide visible chest rise
✔✔Refers to the heart - ✔✔Cardio
✔✔Refers to the lungs - ✔✔Pulmonary
✔✔CPR is a combination of what? - ✔✔Chest compressions and rescue breaths
SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔A Rescue - ✔✔Occurs when you have to lose your 10/20 by jumping in to help the
guest reach the surface or pool deck
✔✔A lifeguard rotation occurs when - ✔✔When one lifeguard replaces and takes zone
responsibilities from another guard.
✔✔The objective of all lifeguard rotations are - ✔✔1. To allow uninterrupted scanning of
the zone
2. For incoming and outgoing lifeguards to perform a proactive bottom scan of the zone
✔✔The golden rule of guest relations - ✔✔"Treat guests as you would like to be treated
- with RESPECT"
✔✔When the guest is on the surface facing you - ✔✔Front Drive
✔✔When the guest is on the surface and facing away from you - ✔✔Rear Hug
✔✔When the guest is too active for one lifeguard to rescue safely, and another lifeguard
is able to assist - ✔✔Two-Guard Rescue
✔✔The Duck Pluck allows you to - ✔✔Remain on the surface of the water , with your
rescue tube between you and the guest, while brining a submerged guest to the surface
✔✔If you cannot reach a submerged guest from the surface of the water (they are
beyond arms reach) - ✔✔You will need to perform a Deep-Water Rescue
✔✔An unconscious guest may have occasional gasping breaths called - ✔✔Agonal
Breaths
, ✔✔Agonal Breaths - ✔✔Occasional gasping breaths that occur in the first few minutes
cardiac arrest - these ineffective breaths should not be confused with adequate
breathing
✔✔Used to assist an unconscious guest who begins to vomit - ✔✔Recovery Position
✔✔Recovery Position does what - ✔✔Allows for drainage of fluids from the mouth
✔✔To provide Rescue Breathing, How many breaths to an adult and how many for
infants and children - ✔✔1 breath for every 5 seconds for an adult and every 3 seconds
for infants and children
✔✔To perform the Heimlich Maneuver - ✔✔1. Stand behind the guest in a stance that
enables you to support them
2. Make a fist and place it just above the guest's belly button
3. Grasp the fist with your other hand and press into the guest's abdominal using quick
inward and upward thrusts (In a "J" motion)
✔✔The most common problem rescuers face when using a rescue mask is - ✔✔the
inability to maintain both a proper seal and an open airway while providing rescue
breaths
✔✔To care for a conscious infant with an obstructed airway - ✔✔Provide back blows
and chest thrusts
✔✔Device used to remove the fluid/vomit from a unconscious guest's mouth during care
- ✔✔Suction Device
✔✔BVM - ✔✔Bag-Valve-Mask
✔✔How do BMV's work - ✔✔Used to provide breaths to a non-breathing guest by
attaching a resuscitation mask to one end of a self-refilling bag and the other end of the
bag to the oxygen tank
✔✔Regardless of the size of the BMV used - ✔✔gently squeeze the bag enough to
provide visible chest rise
✔✔Refers to the heart - ✔✔Cardio
✔✔Refers to the lungs - ✔✔Pulmonary
✔✔CPR is a combination of what? - ✔✔Chest compressions and rescue breaths
