PADI RESCUE DIVER COMPREHENSIVE ANSWERS
AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔The advantage(s) of a nonresuscitator demand valve oxygen system is/are (choose
all that apply): - ✔✔- delivers nearly 100% oxygen
- Waste less oxygen
✔✔What information should you collect (as available) to send with the injured diver and
EMS? (choose all that apply). - ✔✔- Diver's name and contact information
- Dive profile information
- Significant medical history
- Emergency care provided
- Local diver emergency system number & contact name
✔✔the steps for a lifeguard exit - ✔✔1. Place victim's hands on deck
2. Push out of water with one hand holding the victim's hands
3. grasp victim's wrists
4. stand and lift victim's waist to deck level
5. lower victim face down on deck
6. roll/drag victim clear of water
✔✔You're exiting the water onto shore through mild surf with an unresponsive victim
who isn't breathing. It will take more that five seconds to pull the person ashore. The
protocol for interrupting rescue breaths is to begin the interval with ______ breaths, then
resume with ___ breaths after no more than _______ seconds. - ✔✔2, 3, 30
✔✔ The most common cause of diver emergencies is - ✔✔poor judgement
✔✔You're on a boat and see a diver who needs help at the surface a short distance
away. Before entering the water to attempt a rescue, which of the following do you need
to assess? - ✔✔Do you need to enter the water at all?
Do you have the equipment and training you need for you and the victim's safety?
Can you reasonably accomplish the rescue without getting in trouble yourself?
, ✔✔Stress can cause - ✔✔- Temporary strength increase.
- Faster thinking.
- Pain tolerance.
- Perceptual narrowing.
- Panic.
- Reduced thinking.
✔✔True or False: The only benefit of a pocket mask is that it reduces disease
transmission risk - ✔✔False
✔✔Characteristics of non resuscitator demand value oxygen systems - ✔✔Oxygen
flows only when diver inhales
Can deliver nearly 100% oxygen
Used only with a breathing patient
✔✔Characteristics of continuous flow system - ✔✔Wastes more oxygen
May be used with non breathing patient
May be used with patient who has difficulty breathing
✔✔The basic steps for emergency management - ✔✔1. Asses the situation
2. Act on your plan
3. Delegate
4. Attend to injuries
5. Arrange evacuation to medical care
6. Control the scene
✔✔Which of the follow skills increase your self-rescue abilities? - ✔✔Underwater
navigation
Good buoyancy control
Airway control
Cramp removal
Handling air depletion
Responding to vertigo
✔✔While diving, you and your buddy suddenly start to get swept away in an
unexpectedly strong current. You first response(s) should be to - ✔✔Stop, breathe,
think, and act
✔✔Characteristics of a tired diver - ✔✔Signal for help
Respond to directions
Usually assists with your efforts
✔✔Characteristics of a panicked diver - ✔✔Reject equipment
High tread and excessive kicking
Will climb on anything or anyone
AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔The advantage(s) of a nonresuscitator demand valve oxygen system is/are (choose
all that apply): - ✔✔- delivers nearly 100% oxygen
- Waste less oxygen
✔✔What information should you collect (as available) to send with the injured diver and
EMS? (choose all that apply). - ✔✔- Diver's name and contact information
- Dive profile information
- Significant medical history
- Emergency care provided
- Local diver emergency system number & contact name
✔✔the steps for a lifeguard exit - ✔✔1. Place victim's hands on deck
2. Push out of water with one hand holding the victim's hands
3. grasp victim's wrists
4. stand and lift victim's waist to deck level
5. lower victim face down on deck
6. roll/drag victim clear of water
✔✔You're exiting the water onto shore through mild surf with an unresponsive victim
who isn't breathing. It will take more that five seconds to pull the person ashore. The
protocol for interrupting rescue breaths is to begin the interval with ______ breaths, then
resume with ___ breaths after no more than _______ seconds. - ✔✔2, 3, 30
✔✔ The most common cause of diver emergencies is - ✔✔poor judgement
✔✔You're on a boat and see a diver who needs help at the surface a short distance
away. Before entering the water to attempt a rescue, which of the following do you need
to assess? - ✔✔Do you need to enter the water at all?
Do you have the equipment and training you need for you and the victim's safety?
Can you reasonably accomplish the rescue without getting in trouble yourself?
, ✔✔Stress can cause - ✔✔- Temporary strength increase.
- Faster thinking.
- Pain tolerance.
- Perceptual narrowing.
- Panic.
- Reduced thinking.
✔✔True or False: The only benefit of a pocket mask is that it reduces disease
transmission risk - ✔✔False
✔✔Characteristics of non resuscitator demand value oxygen systems - ✔✔Oxygen
flows only when diver inhales
Can deliver nearly 100% oxygen
Used only with a breathing patient
✔✔Characteristics of continuous flow system - ✔✔Wastes more oxygen
May be used with non breathing patient
May be used with patient who has difficulty breathing
✔✔The basic steps for emergency management - ✔✔1. Asses the situation
2. Act on your plan
3. Delegate
4. Attend to injuries
5. Arrange evacuation to medical care
6. Control the scene
✔✔Which of the follow skills increase your self-rescue abilities? - ✔✔Underwater
navigation
Good buoyancy control
Airway control
Cramp removal
Handling air depletion
Responding to vertigo
✔✔While diving, you and your buddy suddenly start to get swept away in an
unexpectedly strong current. You first response(s) should be to - ✔✔Stop, breathe,
think, and act
✔✔Characteristics of a tired diver - ✔✔Signal for help
Respond to directions
Usually assists with your efforts
✔✔Characteristics of a panicked diver - ✔✔Reject equipment
High tread and excessive kicking
Will climb on anything or anyone
