Starguard Elite Lifeguard Practice
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
How deep the water is - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- depends on your height
Drowning chain of survival - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 1. Prevent drowning
2. Recognize distress and give 5 breaths ventilation
3. Provide flotation
4. Remove from water
5. Provide care as needed
What makes a good emergency reaction plan? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- it can be used in
realistic situations
Drowning without brain damage what symptoms should the person look for when the return
home? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Breathing issues, cough, fever
The red floaty is for... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- keeping the lifeguard safe/away from the
guest. Used as a protective barrier
The length of time that passes when someone is drowning is crucial to survival - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- 1. survival without brain damage when drowning
2. survival with damage
3. Death
RID (reasons for lifeguard not seeing drowning) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- R -
Recognition (lifeguard did not recognize something bad was happening)
I - Intrusion (lifeguard was not attentive to pool)
, D - distraction (lifeguard was distracted)
Pool zone - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 10 - 20
- 10 seconds to see emergency 20 seconds to get there (if not, zone is too big)
Zone assignments change every... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 20 minutes
Rescue (STAR) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Scan, Target, Access, Alert, Rescue
Laryngospasm - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- larynx closes as you're drowning and you start
swallowing water
INPUT - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 1. Intoxication
2. Numbness
3. Pain in the neck/back
4. Unusual mental status
5. Trauma around the body
SAMPLE (first aid scenario) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 1. Signs (you can see) and
symptoms (they tell you)
2. Allergies
3. Medications
4. Past pertinent medical history
5. Last oral intake
6. Events leading up to the situation
Passive spinal motion restriction - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- helping someone by not
touching them and just verbally walking them through what to do
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
How deep the water is - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- depends on your height
Drowning chain of survival - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 1. Prevent drowning
2. Recognize distress and give 5 breaths ventilation
3. Provide flotation
4. Remove from water
5. Provide care as needed
What makes a good emergency reaction plan? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- it can be used in
realistic situations
Drowning without brain damage what symptoms should the person look for when the return
home? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Breathing issues, cough, fever
The red floaty is for... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- keeping the lifeguard safe/away from the
guest. Used as a protective barrier
The length of time that passes when someone is drowning is crucial to survival - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- 1. survival without brain damage when drowning
2. survival with damage
3. Death
RID (reasons for lifeguard not seeing drowning) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- R -
Recognition (lifeguard did not recognize something bad was happening)
I - Intrusion (lifeguard was not attentive to pool)
, D - distraction (lifeguard was distracted)
Pool zone - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 10 - 20
- 10 seconds to see emergency 20 seconds to get there (if not, zone is too big)
Zone assignments change every... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 20 minutes
Rescue (STAR) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Scan, Target, Access, Alert, Rescue
Laryngospasm - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- larynx closes as you're drowning and you start
swallowing water
INPUT - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 1. Intoxication
2. Numbness
3. Pain in the neck/back
4. Unusual mental status
5. Trauma around the body
SAMPLE (first aid scenario) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 1. Signs (you can see) and
symptoms (they tell you)
2. Allergies
3. Medications
4. Past pertinent medical history
5. Last oral intake
6. Events leading up to the situation
Passive spinal motion restriction - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- helping someone by not
touching them and just verbally walking them through what to do
