Emergency Preparedness and Response
Course Question
Drowning - ✔✔Occurs from respiratory impairment due to water submersion
Brain Damage - ✔✔Can start within 4-6 mins of oxygen deprivation
Unsupervised Children - ✔✔Susceptible to water emergencies
Alcohol/Drugs - ✔✔Increase susceptibility to emergencies
Traumatic Injury - ✔✔May result from diving into shallow water
Neuromuscular Disorder - ✔✔Can cause sudden weakness or unresponsiveness
Distressed Swimmer - ✔✔too tired to get ashore but able to stay afloat and breathe, can
breathe; might call for help, floating, treading or sculling;might wave for help, horizontal,
vertical diagonal body position depending on means of support, makes little or no forward
progress in motion; less and less able to support self
Drowning Victim - Active - ✔✔could be at surface or sinking; all energy is going into the struggle
to breathe, they struggle to breathe and cannot call for help, they hold arms to sides with no
supporting kick, vertical, body position leaning back slightly, no locomotion and usually lasts 20-
60 seconds before submerging
Drowning Victim - Passive - ✔✔limp or convulsive like movements, not breathing, no arm and
leg action, horizontal/veritcal; face up/down or submerged, no locomotion
, Rhythmic Breathing - ✔✔Characteristic of a swimmer
Non-Swimming Rescues - ✔✔Include reaching, throwing assists, and wading
Submerged Reach Assist - ✔✔Involves guiding a submerged person upward
Throwing Assist - ✔✔Involves throwing a floating object with a line
Beach Drag - ✔✔Method to move an unresponsive person to dry land
Check-Call-Care - ✔✔Steps to follow for a responsive person with suspected HNS injury
Preventing Water Emergencies - ✔✔Includes learning to swim and never leaving children
unattended
Buddy System - ✔✔Always swim with a buddy, never alone
CPR Initiation - ✔✔Required for an unresponsive person with no normal breathing
Water Environment Knowledge - ✔✔Understanding potential hazards in the water
Head Splint Technique - ✔✔Used to stabilize a victim's head in water emergencies
Diving Safety - ✔✔Involves not diving into shallow or murky water
Blood in vomit or stool - ✔✔Presence of blood in vomit or stool, indicating a potential medical
issue.
Course Question
Drowning - ✔✔Occurs from respiratory impairment due to water submersion
Brain Damage - ✔✔Can start within 4-6 mins of oxygen deprivation
Unsupervised Children - ✔✔Susceptible to water emergencies
Alcohol/Drugs - ✔✔Increase susceptibility to emergencies
Traumatic Injury - ✔✔May result from diving into shallow water
Neuromuscular Disorder - ✔✔Can cause sudden weakness or unresponsiveness
Distressed Swimmer - ✔✔too tired to get ashore but able to stay afloat and breathe, can
breathe; might call for help, floating, treading or sculling;might wave for help, horizontal,
vertical diagonal body position depending on means of support, makes little or no forward
progress in motion; less and less able to support self
Drowning Victim - Active - ✔✔could be at surface or sinking; all energy is going into the struggle
to breathe, they struggle to breathe and cannot call for help, they hold arms to sides with no
supporting kick, vertical, body position leaning back slightly, no locomotion and usually lasts 20-
60 seconds before submerging
Drowning Victim - Passive - ✔✔limp or convulsive like movements, not breathing, no arm and
leg action, horizontal/veritcal; face up/down or submerged, no locomotion
, Rhythmic Breathing - ✔✔Characteristic of a swimmer
Non-Swimming Rescues - ✔✔Include reaching, throwing assists, and wading
Submerged Reach Assist - ✔✔Involves guiding a submerged person upward
Throwing Assist - ✔✔Involves throwing a floating object with a line
Beach Drag - ✔✔Method to move an unresponsive person to dry land
Check-Call-Care - ✔✔Steps to follow for a responsive person with suspected HNS injury
Preventing Water Emergencies - ✔✔Includes learning to swim and never leaving children
unattended
Buddy System - ✔✔Always swim with a buddy, never alone
CPR Initiation - ✔✔Required for an unresponsive person with no normal breathing
Water Environment Knowledge - ✔✔Understanding potential hazards in the water
Head Splint Technique - ✔✔Used to stabilize a victim's head in water emergencies
Diving Safety - ✔✔Involves not diving into shallow or murky water
Blood in vomit or stool - ✔✔Presence of blood in vomit or stool, indicating a potential medical
issue.
