ellis lifeguard training test (Questions & Answers) Passed!!

the standard of care expected of lifeguards who complete the ILP includes: "providing swimmer protection consistent with the ---- protection standard" - Answer-10/20 the standard of care expected of lifeguards who complete the ILP includes: "Maintaining a ----- image" - Answer-professional the standard of care expected of lifeguards who complete the ILP includes: "maintaining lifeguard ---- including rescues performed at a ---- level" - Answer-1. skills 2. rescue ready a typical audit may evaluate: "your --- and on duty-performance" - Answera typical audit may evaluate: "your ability to remain ---" - Answer-vigilant a typical audit may evaluate: "your ability to protect yourself from the ---" - Answer-environment a typical audit may evaluate: "your level of --- ---" - Answer-rescue readiness a typical audit may evaluate: your ability to function within your aquatic facilities --- - Answer-Emergency Action Plan or EAP What does the 10/20 standard mean? - Answer-when scanning, the guard has 10 seconds to recognize a guest in distress, and an additional 20 seconds to reach the guest and begin rendering aid To help fight fatigue during a shift, what do the guards change? - Answer-scanning pattern and body position how often should a guard change body position? - Answer-every five minutes a guard should change their position by either sitting, standing or strollingwhat is passive drowning? - Answer-also known as silent drowning: when a guest in distress slips quickly and silently beneath the surface what is active drowning? - Answer-a loud, floundering drowning what are the stages of drowning? - Answer-Surprise, respiratory arrest, Unconsciousness, Hypoxic Convulsions, cardiac arrest, Clinical Death what is a shallow water blackout - Answer-the practice of extended underwater breath-holding can result in a sudden loss of consciousness. this often contributes to drowning Hand signals: cover my zone of protection - Answer-tapping the top of your head Hand signals: lifeguard needs assistance - Answer-raised clenched fist Hand signals: stop dispatch/activity (generally used on slides, tube rides or other water attractions that dispatch riders) - Answer-crossed arms above the head Hand signals: bottoms clear/resume activity - Answer-thumbs up an assist - Answer-when you help a guest either from the deck or in the water while maintaining the 10/20 standard a rescue - Answer-when a guest would not be able to get to the pool surface of deck without lifeguard intervention, requiring the guard to break their 10/20 A lifeguard rotation occurs when one lifeguard assumes zone of protection area responsibilities from another lifeguard. these objectives are: to allow --- 10/20 protection standard scanning of a zone of the protection area - Answer-uninterruptedA lifeguard rotation occurs when one lifeguard assumes zone of protection area responsibilities from another lifeguard. these objectives are: for both incoming and outgoing lifeguards to perform a --- --- --- of the zone of protection - Answer-proactive bottom scan treat guests as you would like to be treated, with --- - Answer-respect what rescue is used when a guest is on the surface facing you - Answer-front dive what rescue is used when a guest is on the surface facing away from you - Answer-rear hug when is a two lifeguard rescue used - Answer-when a guest is extremely aggressive and flailing or when one guard can't do it on their own what rescue is used when it allows you to remain on the surface of the water with your rescue tube between you and the guest, while bringing the guest to the surface - Answer-duck pluck if you cannot reach a submerged guest from the water's surface (they are beyond arms reach), what rescue must you perform? - Answer-a deep water rescue what is agonal breathing? - Answer-an unresponsive guest may have occasional gasping breaths of agonal breaths, which occur in the first few minutes of cardiac arrest. they can be confused with adequate breathing what can be used to assist an unresponsive guest who begins to vomit and allows for passive drainage of fluids from the mouth - Answer-the recovery position in adults, rescue breathing or AR is what ratio - Answer-1 breath every 5 seconds, 24 times, or 2 minutes in children or infants, what is the rescue breathing or AR ratio - Answer-1 breath every 3 seconds, 40 times, or 2 minutes what does AR stand for? - Answer-artificial resuscitationwhat does CPR stand for - Answer-C- Cardio P- Pulmonary R- Resuscitation what are the 6 reasons that you would stop CPR? - Answer-weather, dangerous scene, ems arrives and takes over, decapitaiton, too tired to continue, guest shows signs of life what are the two most common problems rescuers face hen using a resuscitation mask - Answer-the inability to maintain both a proper seal and open an airway while providing breaths