American Red Cross Lifeguarding Online Test 2025: 100 Questions & Answers

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American Red Cross LIFEGUARDING ONLINE TEST

100% Correct and Verified Answers - Latest 2025

During a primary assessment, which of the following should you

check first? .....ANSWER.....Responsiveness

You are providing care to a patron who started choking on some

food. The victim becomes unresponsive. Which of the following

should you do first? .....ANSWER.....Lower the victim to the ground

and being CPR starting with chest compressions.

When using an AED, which of the following should you do

immediately after attaching the AED pads to the victim's chest?

.....ANSWER.....Tell everyone to stand clear.

As you are giving ventilations with a resuscitation mask, the victim

vomits. Which of the following would you do first?

.....ANSWER.....Turn the victim onto their side and clear the

airway of vomit immediately

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You and another lifeguard find an unresponsive adult on the

locker room floor. The other lifeguard goes to summon EMS

personnel. You form an initial impression, complete a primary

assessment and find the victim has a pulse but is not breathing.

Which of the following should you do next? .....ANSWER.....Give

ventilations at a rate of 1 about every 5-6 seconds.

What is the first step you should take in caring for a victim with

burns? .....ANSWER.....Remove the victim from the source of the

burn.

Which of the following should you do first when approaching the

scene of an emergency? .....ANSWER.....Size-up the scene while

forming an initial impression.

You are giving ventilations to a 5-year-old child using a

resuscitation mask. You should give 1 ventilation about every:

.....ANSWER.....3 seconds

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You arrive on a scene where someone seems to be hurt. During

the primary assessment, you should check for all of the following

EXCEPT: .....ANSWER.....Swelling.

You and a patron enter the locker room and find an unresponsive

person lying on the floor. You size up the scene and form an

initial impression, and then you begin performing a primary

assessment. The patron asks, "Should we move them to the first

aid room?" What should you do next? .....ANSWER.....Tell the

patron the victim should not be moved since there is no

immediate danger.

A patron seems to be having a diabetic emergency. You should:

.....ANSWER.....Give them glucose tablets.

When giving chest compressions to an adult, how would you

position your hands? .....ANSWER.....Heel of one hand on the

center of the chest with the other hand on top.

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All of the following are components of scene size-up EXCEPT:

.....ANSWER.....Checking for responsiveness.

You determine that a victim is unresponsive but breathing. While

waiting with the victim for EMS personnel, you would position the

victim: .....ANSWER.....In a recovery position.

While preparing to use an automated external defibrillator

(AED) on a victim, you notice a medication patch on the victim's

chest. Which action is most appropriate? .....ANSWER.....Removing

the patch with a gloved hand.

As the only lifeguard performing CPR on a 7-year-old child, you

would perform cycles of: .....ANSWER.....30 chest compressions

and 2 ventilations.

Which of the following statements about performing CPR with

two or more rescuers is true? .....ANSWER.....To reduce rescuer

fatigue, rescuers should should switch positions about every two

minutes or when the AED is analyzing.