AMERICAN RED CROSS LIFEGUARDING TEST (CPR & FIRST AID) QUESTIONS WITH 100% VERIFIED ANSWERS.

AMERICAN RED CROSS LIFEGUARDING TEST (CPR/FIRST AID)
QUESTIONS WITH 100% VERIFIED ANSWERS.


1) A victim has slurred speech, cannot lift their right arm level with the left, is unable to
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smile and half her face is drooping. What would you assume has happened?- Correct
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Answer ✔✔ A stroke.
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2) As the only lifeguard performing CPR on a 7-year old, you would perform cycles of...-
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Correct Answer ✔✔ 30 chest compressions and 2 ventilations.
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3) The cycle of chest compressions and ventilations in two-rescuer CPR for an infant
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is...- Correct Answer ✔✔ 15 chest compressions and 2 ventilations.
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4) A victim is having a seizure in the water. What should you do? - Correct Answer ✔✔
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Support the victim with his or her head above water until the seizure ends.
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5) How can you protect yourself from possible bloodborne pathogens when treating a
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victim? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Use Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) such as
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disposable gloves and a breathing barrier.
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6) Sudden illness can be identified by many things, including... - Correct Answer ✔✔ Loss
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of vision or blurred vision, changes in skin condition, or nausea/vomiting.
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7) What is the universal sign that a person is choking? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Clutching
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the throat.
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8) You are performing CPR when a second lifeguard arrives. What is most appropriate
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for the second lifeguard to do first? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Check to see whether
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EMS personnel have been called.
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9) The purpose of a secondary assessment is to...- Correct Answer ✔✔ Identify and care
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for conditions that are not life threatening.
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, 10) When giving primary ventilation to an adult who is unconscious and not breathing, you
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d.notice the chest is not rising. What should you do next? - Correct Answer ✔ ️ ✔ ️ Re-
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tilt the head and attempt another ventilation.
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11) After summoning EMS for a victim who is conscious and bleeding severely, and after
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obtaining consent and putting on gloves, what should you do next?- Correct Answer
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✔✔ Press firmly against the wound with a sterile dressing and apply bandaging.
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12) The bleachers at a swim meet suddenly collapse. Out of all the symptoms in the
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crowd, you should first care for...- Correct Answer ✔✔ An unconscious victim.
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13) You notice a child is choking on food at the concession stand. After activating your
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EAP and getting consent from the parents, what should you do next? - Correct
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Answer ✔ ️ ✔ ️ If conscious: Encourage children to cough food out. Not conscious:
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Stand or kneel behind the victim and give 5 back blows and 5 abdominal thrusts.
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14) If there is a risk of the AED pads touching each other on a small child or infant, you
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d.should...- Correct Answer ✔✔ Place one pad in the middle of the chest and the other
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d.on the back.
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15) Where should you place your hands when giving CPR to an infant?- Correct Answer
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✔✔ One hand on the forehead and two or three fingers on the center of the chest.
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16) How deep should you compress the chest when giving CPR to an adult?- Correct
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Answer ✔✔ At least 2 inches. (2 inches or more)
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17) To ensure effective chest compressions during CPR, what should be noted?- Correct
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Answer ✔✔ The chest is able to fully recoil between compressions.
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18) If you have a victim that is an adult and is unconscious with a pulse but is not breathing,
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d.what rate should you perform rescue breathing at? Child/Infant? - Correct Answer
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d.✔✔ ️ Adult: 1 ventilation every 5 seconds. Child: 1 every 3 seconds
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19) CPR Should be performed on a victim who is... - Correct Answer ✔✔ ️ In Cardiac
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Arrest or unconscious with an obstructed airway.
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