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Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
What are the 5 points of Risk Management? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1) prevention 2)
surveillance 3) response and rescue 4) emergency care 5) workplace expectations
What is the term to explain being paralyzed from the waist down? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Paraplegia
What is the term to explain being paralyzed from the neck down? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Quadriplegia
What can cause lifelong paralysis? - CORRECT ANSWER - Diving headfirst into shallow
water
What is the term to explain passing out underwater due to lack of oxygen? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Sudden Underwater Blackout/ Hypoxic Blackout
The most common injury is what and what are examples? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Impact injuries - body hitting other riders or objects, slipping or falling
The most dangerous hazard in an aquatic facility is? - CORRECT ANSWER - The
behavior of people that use the facility
Risk of illness can come from? - CORRECT ANSWER - Bloodborne pathogens
What fluid carries a higher risk of infection than other bodily fluids? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Blood
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Infections bloodborne diseases include? - CORRECT ANSWER - Hepatitis B, Hepatitis
C, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
How is bloodborne disease transmitted? - CORRECT ANSWER - Direct contact or
entering your body through a wound etc.
What is PPE - CORRECT ANSWER - Personal Protective equipment- gloves, CPR mask,
glasses (eye protection), shoesHow
Anytime you encounter the bodily fluids of others you should use what to prevent contact? -
CORRECT ANSWER - PPE
How to remove contaminated gloves? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1) pinch glove at base and
pull inside out 2) take free hand and slide index and middle finger inside wristband and pull
inside out 3) trap glove inside the second
How to put gloves on with wet hands? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1) put glove in water and
scoop 2) put hand in filled up glove 3) push hand down and tilt hand up so water spills out
What is RWI? - CORRECT ANSWER - recreational water illness
What causes RWI? - CORRECT ANSWER - germs or chemicals in water that are
swallowed, contacted, or inhaled
How do germs get into the water? - CORRECT ANSWER - Fecal material (solid or
diarrhea)
What can fecal material contain? - CORRECT ANSWER - Cryptosporidium, giardia,
shigella, norovirus, E. coli
Vomit may contain? - CORRECT ANSWER - Norovirus
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What do you use to disinfect the area? - CORRECT ANSWER - Bleach and Water (1:9) (1
parts bleach and 9 parts water)
What causes diarrhea resulting in millions of germs that spread quickly through water? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Cryptosporidium
Distress vs Drowning - CORRECT ANSWER - Distress - bobbing motion, struggling to
remain on surface, head back, vertical, arms extended, minimal use of legs, showing signs of life
Drowning - starts when mouth and nose are covered w water, may or may not be responsive,
person cannot breathe, cannot keep head above water, may look like a shadow or blur, usually
facedown
What is Drowning? - CORRECT ANSWER - a process where large amounts of water are
swallowed and the stomach becomes distended (swollen), a lack of oxygen causes a person to
lose consciousness
How much water gets into the lungs during drowning? - CORRECT ANSWER - very little
- that small amount of water though makes a foam-like substance that may come out of nose or
mouth
When does the brain begin to suffer damage during drowning? - CORRECT ANSWER -
once unresponsive, the brain can be damaged within minutes
Drowning Diagram: - CORRECT ANSWER - 10 sec - distress starts
20 sec - drowning starts, person is without oxygen
60 sec - person becomes unresponsive
3 min - heart stops beating
4 min - brain damage begins
6+ min - organs stop functioning, death likely
SGE Portal review UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
What are the 5 points of Risk Management? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1) prevention 2)
surveillance 3) response and rescue 4) emergency care 5) workplace expectations
What is the term to explain being paralyzed from the waist down? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Paraplegia
What is the term to explain being paralyzed from the neck down? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Quadriplegia
What can cause lifelong paralysis? - CORRECT ANSWER - Diving headfirst into shallow
water
What is the term to explain passing out underwater due to lack of oxygen? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Sudden Underwater Blackout/ Hypoxic Blackout
The most common injury is what and what are examples? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Impact injuries - body hitting other riders or objects, slipping or falling
The most dangerous hazard in an aquatic facility is? - CORRECT ANSWER - The
behavior of people that use the facility
Risk of illness can come from? - CORRECT ANSWER - Bloodborne pathogens
What fluid carries a higher risk of infection than other bodily fluids? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Blood
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Infections bloodborne diseases include? - CORRECT ANSWER - Hepatitis B, Hepatitis
C, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
How is bloodborne disease transmitted? - CORRECT ANSWER - Direct contact or
entering your body through a wound etc.
What is PPE - CORRECT ANSWER - Personal Protective equipment- gloves, CPR mask,
glasses (eye protection), shoesHow
Anytime you encounter the bodily fluids of others you should use what to prevent contact? -
CORRECT ANSWER - PPE
How to remove contaminated gloves? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1) pinch glove at base and
pull inside out 2) take free hand and slide index and middle finger inside wristband and pull
inside out 3) trap glove inside the second
How to put gloves on with wet hands? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1) put glove in water and
scoop 2) put hand in filled up glove 3) push hand down and tilt hand up so water spills out
What is RWI? - CORRECT ANSWER - recreational water illness
What causes RWI? - CORRECT ANSWER - germs or chemicals in water that are
swallowed, contacted, or inhaled
How do germs get into the water? - CORRECT ANSWER - Fecal material (solid or
diarrhea)
What can fecal material contain? - CORRECT ANSWER - Cryptosporidium, giardia,
shigella, norovirus, E. coli
Vomit may contain? - CORRECT ANSWER - Norovirus
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What do you use to disinfect the area? - CORRECT ANSWER - Bleach and Water (1:9) (1
parts bleach and 9 parts water)
What causes diarrhea resulting in millions of germs that spread quickly through water? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Cryptosporidium
Distress vs Drowning - CORRECT ANSWER - Distress - bobbing motion, struggling to
remain on surface, head back, vertical, arms extended, minimal use of legs, showing signs of life
Drowning - starts when mouth and nose are covered w water, may or may not be responsive,
person cannot breathe, cannot keep head above water, may look like a shadow or blur, usually
facedown
What is Drowning? - CORRECT ANSWER - a process where large amounts of water are
swallowed and the stomach becomes distended (swollen), a lack of oxygen causes a person to
lose consciousness
How much water gets into the lungs during drowning? - CORRECT ANSWER - very little
- that small amount of water though makes a foam-like substance that may come out of nose or
mouth
When does the brain begin to suffer damage during drowning? - CORRECT ANSWER -
once unresponsive, the brain can be damaged within minutes
Drowning Diagram: - CORRECT ANSWER - 10 sec - distress starts
20 sec - drowning starts, person is without oxygen
60 sec - person becomes unresponsive
3 min - heart stops beating
4 min - brain damage begins
6+ min - organs stop functioning, death likely
