Starguard Test Review Exam
Questions with Answers
Drowning can happen --- and --- to ---- at --- time - -quickly and silently to
anyone at anytime
- What does RWI stand for - -recreational water illness
- Swimmers should or should not be allowed to participate in breath holding
contests or swimming underwater - -SHOULD NEVER
- What will you do the majority of the time lifeguarding - -Scanning and
searching the water
- What should you always assume about people's blood and body fluids? - -
They are potentially infectious
- When cleaning poop or body fluids what is the ratio of bleach to water - -1
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? - -Wash the area with
soap and water
- What does universal precautions mean - -Act as if all body fluids are
infectious
- What contains how many germs that can spread quickly through the
water? - -Diarrhea contains millions of germs
- What can survive up to 11 days in properly maintained pool water? - -
parasite cryptosporidium
- What determines whether water is shallow or not? - -a persons height
- What are the greatest risk for permanent damage during drowning - -the
heart and the brain
- What is non-fatal drowning? - -When a person experiences a drowning
incident but was resuscitated and did not die
- where can an unresponsive drowning person be found? - -floating 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 - -rescue breaths
- What is the most important predictor of survival? - -The length of time a
person is submerged
- How many initial rescue breaths should you give upon contact with an
unresponsive drowning person - -5
- what takes away from your professional image - -twirling your whistle
- what is the e-stop - -a button or switch that shuts down the wave action or
water flow
- What can a drowning person do when they try to breathe? - -They can
swallow large amounts of water
- What is the next critical link in the survival chain of an unresponsive
drowning person after early recognition - -early rescue breathing
- What is scanning - -searching the water in a systematic way
- What is the most important thing when calling 9-1-1 - -listen carefully to
the disbatcher
- What does a front rescue consist of - -pushing the rescue tube firmly into
the person's chest
- What is the method that has the lowest risk of back, leg, or foot injury? - -
compact jump entry
- what are the symptons of altered mental status - -confusion, slowed
thinking, loss of balance, impared vision
- what are the two kinds of spinal and where can they happen? - -Active and
passive spinals can happen on land or in the water
- What is malfunction of the heart's electrical system - -sudden cardiac
arrest or SCA
- what should rescuers do when the AED s analyzing the victim's heart
rythm - -Stand clear
- What will raise in the air if you are giving during rescue breaths is going
into the person's lungs - -chest
Questions with Answers
Drowning can happen --- and --- to ---- at --- time - -quickly and silently to
anyone at anytime
- What does RWI stand for - -recreational water illness
- Swimmers should or should not be allowed to participate in breath holding
contests or swimming underwater - -SHOULD NEVER
- What will you do the majority of the time lifeguarding - -Scanning and
searching the water
- What should you always assume about people's blood and body fluids? - -
They are potentially infectious
- When cleaning poop or body fluids what is the ratio of bleach to water - -1
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? - -Wash the area with
soap and water
- What does universal precautions mean - -Act as if all body fluids are
infectious
- What contains how many germs that can spread quickly through the
water? - -Diarrhea contains millions of germs
- What can survive up to 11 days in properly maintained pool water? - -
parasite cryptosporidium
- What determines whether water is shallow or not? - -a persons height
- What are the greatest risk for permanent damage during drowning - -the
heart and the brain
- What is non-fatal drowning? - -When a person experiences a drowning
incident but was resuscitated and did not die
- where can an unresponsive drowning person be found? - -floating 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 - -rescue breaths
- What is the most important predictor of survival? - -The length of time a
person is submerged
- How many initial rescue breaths should you give upon contact with an
unresponsive drowning person - -5
- what takes away from your professional image - -twirling your whistle
- what is the e-stop - -a button or switch that shuts down the wave action or
water flow
- What can a drowning person do when they try to breathe? - -They can
swallow large amounts of water
- What is the next critical link in the survival chain of an unresponsive
drowning person after early recognition - -early rescue breathing
- What is scanning - -searching the water in a systematic way
- What is the most important thing when calling 9-1-1 - -listen carefully to
the disbatcher
- What does a front rescue consist of - -pushing the rescue tube firmly into
the person's chest
- What is the method that has the lowest risk of back, leg, or foot injury? - -
compact jump entry
- what are the symptons of altered mental status - -confusion, slowed
thinking, loss of balance, impared vision
- what are the two kinds of spinal and where can they happen? - -Active and
passive spinals can happen on land or in the water
- What is malfunction of the heart's electrical system - -sudden cardiac
arrest or SCA
- what should rescuers do when the AED s analyzing the victim's heart
rythm - -Stand clear
- What will raise in the air if you are giving during rescue breaths is going
into the person's lungs - -chest
