ELLIS AND ASSOCIATES LIFEGUARD ACTUAL
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
SURE A+
✔✔When using an AED, make sure the guests chest is - ✔✔Bare and Dry
✔✔Tools in the AED's "ready kit" - ✔✔Scissors, towel, and razor
✔✔For every minute ___________ is delayed while a guest is in cardiac arrest, the
guest's chances of survival decreases from 7% to ____ - ✔✔Defibrillation
10%
✔✔Can be used when a guest is found unresponsive on the surface of the water -
✔✔Unresponsive Rear Hug
✔✔For the Unresponsive Duck Pluck - ✔✔Grab the guest's arm or hand and pull the
guest to the surface onto the tube. Carefully roll the guest onto his or her back while
maintaining control of the tube
✔✔For an unconscious guest, once you have placed the guest on to tube - ✔✔Activate
your EAP and clear the pool
✔✔After you activate EAP and clear the pool - ✔✔Determine if the guest is not
breathing with a spontaneous breath check
✔✔After you perform the spontaneous breath check - ✔✔Seal your mask to the guests
face, open the airway, and give 2 rescue breaths. Then start rescue breathing until the
guest can be removed from the water
, ✔✔The process of using a backboard and trained rescuers to quickly remove an
unconscious guest from the water - ✔✔Rapid Extrication
✔✔Care for a spinal injury involves - ✔✔Spinal Motion Restriction
✔✔SMR - ✔✔Spinal Motion Restriction; "I HAVE SMR!"
✔✔Spinal Motion Restriction - ✔✔Restricting movement of the guest's head, neck, back
and pelvis to prevent possible further damage to the spine or spinal chord
✔✔One method that is used in the water to maintain SMR - ✔✔The vise grip
✔✔The Vise Grip is accomplished by - ✔✔Placing the guest's arms against his or her
head
✔✔First step when dealing with open wounds - ✔✔Take standard safety precautions
before touching the guest
✔✔How to treat open wounds - ✔✔1. Place a gauze pad over the open wound and
apply pressure.
2. Use a gauze roll to bandage the wound holding the dressing in place. This will
maintain pressure and help keep the wound clean
✔✔To care for burns - ✔✔1. Stop the burning process!! Can be done by applying cool
water.
2. Remove any jewelry or smoldering clothes
3. Do NOT pop blisters
✔✔To care for nosebleeds - ✔✔1. Have guest sit down and lean slightly forward
2. Have guest pinch the nostrils together at the bridge of their own nose for 5-10
minutes
3. Activate you EAP to summon EMS if the bleeding cannot be controlled or if guest has
a related medical condition
✔✔Signs/symptoms of Muscle, Bone and Joint injuries - ✔✔Pain
Tenderness
Inability to move the affected area
Deformity
Swelling
Bruising
Exposed bone ends
✔✔A heart attack occurs when - ✔✔the blood supply to the heart is severely reduced or
stopped, and the heart tissue dies
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
SURE A+
✔✔When using an AED, make sure the guests chest is - ✔✔Bare and Dry
✔✔Tools in the AED's "ready kit" - ✔✔Scissors, towel, and razor
✔✔For every minute ___________ is delayed while a guest is in cardiac arrest, the
guest's chances of survival decreases from 7% to ____ - ✔✔Defibrillation
10%
✔✔Can be used when a guest is found unresponsive on the surface of the water -
✔✔Unresponsive Rear Hug
✔✔For the Unresponsive Duck Pluck - ✔✔Grab the guest's arm or hand and pull the
guest to the surface onto the tube. Carefully roll the guest onto his or her back while
maintaining control of the tube
✔✔For an unconscious guest, once you have placed the guest on to tube - ✔✔Activate
your EAP and clear the pool
✔✔After you activate EAP and clear the pool - ✔✔Determine if the guest is not
breathing with a spontaneous breath check
✔✔After you perform the spontaneous breath check - ✔✔Seal your mask to the guests
face, open the airway, and give 2 rescue breaths. Then start rescue breathing until the
guest can be removed from the water
, ✔✔The process of using a backboard and trained rescuers to quickly remove an
unconscious guest from the water - ✔✔Rapid Extrication
✔✔Care for a spinal injury involves - ✔✔Spinal Motion Restriction
✔✔SMR - ✔✔Spinal Motion Restriction; "I HAVE SMR!"
✔✔Spinal Motion Restriction - ✔✔Restricting movement of the guest's head, neck, back
and pelvis to prevent possible further damage to the spine or spinal chord
✔✔One method that is used in the water to maintain SMR - ✔✔The vise grip
✔✔The Vise Grip is accomplished by - ✔✔Placing the guest's arms against his or her
head
✔✔First step when dealing with open wounds - ✔✔Take standard safety precautions
before touching the guest
✔✔How to treat open wounds - ✔✔1. Place a gauze pad over the open wound and
apply pressure.
2. Use a gauze roll to bandage the wound holding the dressing in place. This will
maintain pressure and help keep the wound clean
✔✔To care for burns - ✔✔1. Stop the burning process!! Can be done by applying cool
water.
2. Remove any jewelry or smoldering clothes
3. Do NOT pop blisters
✔✔To care for nosebleeds - ✔✔1. Have guest sit down and lean slightly forward
2. Have guest pinch the nostrils together at the bridge of their own nose for 5-10
minutes
3. Activate you EAP to summon EMS if the bleeding cannot be controlled or if guest has
a related medical condition
✔✔Signs/symptoms of Muscle, Bone and Joint injuries - ✔✔Pain
Tenderness
Inability to move the affected area
Deformity
Swelling
Bruising
Exposed bone ends
✔✔A heart attack occurs when - ✔✔the blood supply to the heart is severely reduced or
stopped, and the heart tissue dies
