RED CROSS LIFEGUARDING 2025
PRACTICE TEST
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION
QUESTION 1
How can you protect yourself from possible bloodborne pathogens when treating a
victim? - ANSWERS-Use Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) such as disposable
gloves and a breathing barrier.
QUESTION 2
Sudden illness can be identified by many things, including... - ANSWERS-Loss of
vision or blurred vision, changes in skin condition, or nausea/vomiting.
QUESTION 3
What is the universal sign that a person is choking? - ANSWERS-Clutching the
throat.
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QUESTION 4
You are performing CPR when a second lifeguard arrives. What is most
appropriate for the second lifeguard to do first? - ANSWERS-Check to see
whether EMS personell have been called.
QUESTION 5
What is the first step in the Cardiac Chain of Survival? - ANSWERS-Early
recognition and access to emergency medical services (EMS) system.
QUESTION 6
You must keep checking a victim's LOC in a secondary assessment. What does the
"C" in LOC stand for? - ANSWERS-Consciousness.
QUESTION 7
When providing care to a conscious infant who is choking, what part of the hand
would you use to give chest thrusts? - ANSWERS-Two or Three fingers.
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PRACTICE TEST
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION
QUESTION 1
How can you protect yourself from possible bloodborne pathogens when treating a
victim? - ANSWERS-Use Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) such as disposable
gloves and a breathing barrier.
QUESTION 2
Sudden illness can be identified by many things, including... - ANSWERS-Loss of
vision or blurred vision, changes in skin condition, or nausea/vomiting.
QUESTION 3
What is the universal sign that a person is choking? - ANSWERS-Clutching the
throat.
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PRACTICE TEST
QUESTION 4
You are performing CPR when a second lifeguard arrives. What is most
appropriate for the second lifeguard to do first? - ANSWERS-Check to see
whether EMS personell have been called.
QUESTION 5
What is the first step in the Cardiac Chain of Survival? - ANSWERS-Early
recognition and access to emergency medical services (EMS) system.
QUESTION 6
You must keep checking a victim's LOC in a secondary assessment. What does the
"C" in LOC stand for? - ANSWERS-Consciousness.
QUESTION 7
When providing care to a conscious infant who is choking, what part of the hand
would you use to give chest thrusts? - ANSWERS-Two or Three fingers.
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