Red-Cross Lifeguard Notes Exam
Questions and Answers 100% Pass
E.A.P. or Emergency Action Plan - ✔✔-A plan of how to respond to an emergency.
-For land, water, and lost child situations.
-You are legally held responsible to follow accordingly to your facility.
Legal Responsibilities - ✔✔-Response
-Negligence:
-Abandonment
-Consent
-Documentation
Response - ✔✔You are required to respond to emergency while on duty.
Good Samaritan Law - ✔✔Does not apply while on duty, but protects any time else.
Negligence - ✔✔Providing care above or below our certified standard of care.
Abandonment - ✔✔When you stop providing care when you shouldn't.
Consent - ✔✔Always needed before providing care.
Documentation - ✔✔Always needed when providing care (accident report forms).
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, M.S.D.S or Material Safety Data Sheet - ✔✔List of chemicals in the pump room,
hazards, and what to do when someone is exposed.
Drowning - ✔✔-Begins when water enters victims airway.
-Distressed to Active to Passive (possibly agonal gasps).
Distressed Swimmer - ✔✔Able to keep themselves afloat, but not for very long.
Active Drowning - ✔✔When they can't keep their airway about the water.
Passive Drowning: - ✔✔-Submerged.
-Within 3 minutes, brain damage.
-Within 4-6 minutes, death.
Agonal Gasps - ✔✔-Not breathing, very spontaneous.
-Irregular, quiet, un-labored.
Water Emergency: EAP - ✔✔-Recognize someone is in need of help.
-Activate EAP
-Rescue Victim (according to facility plan).
-If life-threatening: Call 911, send someone to wait for EMS.
-Report
-Advise
-Release
Land Emergency: EAP - ✔✔-Recognize someone is in need of help.
-Signal for backup zone coverage.
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Questions and Answers 100% Pass
E.A.P. or Emergency Action Plan - ✔✔-A plan of how to respond to an emergency.
-For land, water, and lost child situations.
-You are legally held responsible to follow accordingly to your facility.
Legal Responsibilities - ✔✔-Response
-Negligence:
-Abandonment
-Consent
-Documentation
Response - ✔✔You are required to respond to emergency while on duty.
Good Samaritan Law - ✔✔Does not apply while on duty, but protects any time else.
Negligence - ✔✔Providing care above or below our certified standard of care.
Abandonment - ✔✔When you stop providing care when you shouldn't.
Consent - ✔✔Always needed before providing care.
Documentation - ✔✔Always needed when providing care (accident report forms).
© EMILY CHARLENE YEAR 2025-2026, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 1
, M.S.D.S or Material Safety Data Sheet - ✔✔List of chemicals in the pump room,
hazards, and what to do when someone is exposed.
Drowning - ✔✔-Begins when water enters victims airway.
-Distressed to Active to Passive (possibly agonal gasps).
Distressed Swimmer - ✔✔Able to keep themselves afloat, but not for very long.
Active Drowning - ✔✔When they can't keep their airway about the water.
Passive Drowning: - ✔✔-Submerged.
-Within 3 minutes, brain damage.
-Within 4-6 minutes, death.
Agonal Gasps - ✔✔-Not breathing, very spontaneous.
-Irregular, quiet, un-labored.
Water Emergency: EAP - ✔✔-Recognize someone is in need of help.
-Activate EAP
-Rescue Victim (according to facility plan).
-If life-threatening: Call 911, send someone to wait for EMS.
-Report
-Advise
-Release
Land Emergency: EAP - ✔✔-Recognize someone is in need of help.
-Signal for backup zone coverage.
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