Star guard Test Review 2024
Drowning can happen --- and --- to ---- at --- time - answer quickly and silently to anyone
at anytime
What does RWI stand for - answer recreational water illness
Swimmers should or should not be allowed to participate in breath holding contests or
swimming underwater - answer SHOULD NEVER
What will you do the majority of the time lifeguarding - answer Scanning and searching
the water
What should you always assume about people's blood and body fluids? - answer They
are potentially infectious
When cleaning poop or body fluids what is the ratio of bleach to water - answer1 part
bleach to 9 parts water
What should you do first thing when you have a break in the skin that comes in contact
with the fluids of another person? - answerWash the area with soap and water
What does universal precautions mean - answerAct as if all body fluids are infectious
What contains how many germs that can spread quickly through the water? -
answerDiarrhea contains millions of germs
What can survive up to 11 days in properly maintained pool water? - answerparasite
cryptosporidium
What determines whether water is shallow or not? - answera persons height
What are the greatest risk for permanent damage during drowning - answerthe heart
and the brain
What is non-fatal drowning? - answerWhen a person experiences a drowning incident
but was resuscitated and did not die
where can an unresponsive drowning person be found? - answerfloating near the
bottom of the pool, laying on the bottom of the pool, floating near the surface, just
underneath the surface
, What are important for an unresponsive and drowning person to minimize or prevent
brain damage - answerrescue breaths
What is the most important predictor of survival? - answerThe length of time a person is
submerged
How many initial rescue breaths should you give upon contact with an unresponsive
drowning person - answer5
what takes away from your professional image - answertwirling your whistle
what is the e-stop - answera button or switch that shuts down the wave action or water
flow
What can a drowning person do when they try to breathe? - answerThey can swallow
large amounts of water
What is the next critical link in the survival chain of an unresponsive drowning person
after early recognition - answerearly rescue breathing
What is scanning - answersearching the water in a systematic way
What is the most important thing when calling 9-1-1 - answerlisten carefully to the
disbatcher
What does a front rescue consist of - answerpushing the rescue tube firmly into the
person's chest
What is the method that has the lowest risk of back, leg, or foot injury? - answercompact
jump entry
what are the symptons of altered mental status - answerconfusion, slowed thinking, loss
of balance, impared vision
what are the two kinds of spinal and where can they happen? - answerActive and
passive spinals can happen on land or in the water
What is malfunction of the heart's electrical system - answersudden cardiac arrest or
SCA
what should rescuers do when the AED s analyzing the victim's heart rythm -
answerStand clear
What will raise in the air if you are giving during rescue breaths is going into the
person's lungs - answerchest
Drowning can happen --- and --- to ---- at --- time - answer quickly and silently to anyone
at anytime
What does RWI stand for - answer recreational water illness
Swimmers should or should not be allowed to participate in breath holding contests or
swimming underwater - answer SHOULD NEVER
What will you do the majority of the time lifeguarding - answer Scanning and searching
the water
What should you always assume about people's blood and body fluids? - answer They
are potentially infectious
When cleaning poop or body fluids what is the ratio of bleach to water - answer1 part
bleach to 9 parts water
What should you do first thing when you have a break in the skin that comes in contact
with the fluids of another person? - answerWash the area with soap and water
What does universal precautions mean - answerAct as if all body fluids are infectious
What contains how many germs that can spread quickly through the water? -
answerDiarrhea contains millions of germs
What can survive up to 11 days in properly maintained pool water? - answerparasite
cryptosporidium
What determines whether water is shallow or not? - answera persons height
What are the greatest risk for permanent damage during drowning - answerthe heart
and the brain
What is non-fatal drowning? - answerWhen a person experiences a drowning incident
but was resuscitated and did not die
where can an unresponsive drowning person be found? - answerfloating near the
bottom of the pool, laying on the bottom of the pool, floating near the surface, just
underneath the surface
, What are important for an unresponsive and drowning person to minimize or prevent
brain damage - answerrescue breaths
What is the most important predictor of survival? - answerThe length of time a person is
submerged
How many initial rescue breaths should you give upon contact with an unresponsive
drowning person - answer5
what takes away from your professional image - answertwirling your whistle
what is the e-stop - answera button or switch that shuts down the wave action or water
flow
What can a drowning person do when they try to breathe? - answerThey can swallow
large amounts of water
What is the next critical link in the survival chain of an unresponsive drowning person
after early recognition - answerearly rescue breathing
What is scanning - answersearching the water in a systematic way
What is the most important thing when calling 9-1-1 - answerlisten carefully to the
disbatcher
What does a front rescue consist of - answerpushing the rescue tube firmly into the
person's chest
What is the method that has the lowest risk of back, leg, or foot injury? - answercompact
jump entry
what are the symptons of altered mental status - answerconfusion, slowed thinking, loss
of balance, impared vision
what are the two kinds of spinal and where can they happen? - answerActive and
passive spinals can happen on land or in the water
What is malfunction of the heart's electrical system - answersudden cardiac arrest or
SCA
what should rescuers do when the AED s analyzing the victim's heart rythm -
answerStand clear
What will raise in the air if you are giving during rescue breaths is going into the
person's lungs - answerchest
