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, To prevent drowning and other injuries from occurring at your aquatic facility -
ANSWERPrimary responsibility
1. Monitoring activities in and near the water through patron surveillance, 2.preventing
injuries by minimizing or illuminating hazardous situations or behaviors, 3. enforcing
rules and regulations, 4.recognizing in responding quickly to all emergencies 5.working
as a team with other lifeguards facility staff and supervisors - ANSWERPrimary
responsibilities include
1.Testing pool water 2.assisting patrons 3.cleaning - ANSWERSecondary
responsibilities include
You have the legal responsibility to act in an emergency - ANSWERLegal
considerations duty to act
You expect to meet a minimum standard of care these include communication to
prevent injuries recognition of someone in need of care attempt to rescue those who
need assistance and provide emergency care to your level of training - ANSWERLegal
considerations standard of care
When a person is injured or suffers additional horn because lifeguards failed to follow
the standard of care or fail to act at all - ANSWERLegal consideration negligence
Once care is initiated care must continue until someone with equal or greater training
arrives and takes over - ANSWERLegal considerations abandonment
All information received this confidential to the patient/victim - ANSWERLegal
considerations confidentiality
Properly document all injuries and incidents - ANSWERLegal considerations
documentation
You must ask permission to provide care do this state your name level of training ask to
help, explain what you plan to do. if the person is unable to respond or unconscious
consent is implied. if it is a child ask parental permission if a parent is not immediately
available consent is implied - ANSWERLegal consideration consent
If a victim refuses care after you explain why you think it's necessary document if you
deem situation potentially life-threatening call EMS to evaluate - ANSWERLegal
consideration refusal of care
Clean debris's from pool water raise CL2 level and maintain for 25 minutes -
ANSWERFecal and Vomit