NPLQ ACTUAL FINALS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
SET A+
✔✔What may a non-swimmer be doing? - ✔✔They may be:
Vertical in the water
Not shout or call for help
Bob up and down
Take a gulp of air them sink
✔✔State the medical emergencies which could cause someone to become a non-
swimmer? - ✔✔Asthma attack
Angina attack
Diabetic emergency
Heart attack
Stroke
Seizure
✔✔How do you recognise an unconscious casualty? - ✔✔Somebody who may be:
Face down with limp limbs
Be totally limp in water
✔✔State the types of lifeguard entry - ✔✔Slide-in
Step/walk in
Straddle
Shallow dive
Diving with torpedo buoy
✔✔What is a slide in entry? - ✔✔When you lower yourself into the pool quickly and
safely while maintaining sight of casulty
✔✔What is a step in entry? - ✔✔When you simply step or walk into water
,✔✔What is a straddle entry? - ✔✔This is when you jump into the water, your head stays
above water in order to keep eye contact with casualty
✔✔What is a shallow dive? - ✔✔When you dive into shallow water
✔✔Name the types of rescue equipment - ✔✔Torpedo buoys
Throwbags
Reaching poles
✔✔State the 3 types of rescues - ✔✔Poolside
In-water rescues
Special equipment rescue
✔✔What type of poolside rescues are there? - ✔✔Shout and signal
Reaching and throwing
✔✔What should you always do when doing a reach or throw rescue? - ✔✔Keep low to
ground (kneel on one knee) so casualty cannot pull you in
✔✔What types of In-water rescues are there? - ✔✔Wading
Non-contact tow
Contact tow
Support tow
✔✔What is a wading rescue? - ✔✔When a casualty is in shallow water you wan just
wade to them instead of swimming
✔✔What is a non-contact tow? - ✔✔When you use the torpedo buoy instead of having
direct contact
✔✔What is the contact tow? - ✔✔The extended arm tow
✔✔What support tows are there? - ✔✔Arm
Hip
Under shoulder
✔✔When should you use support tows? - ✔✔Only when you are a short distance from
poolside
✔✔How do you turn a casualty from front to back in the water? - ✔✔Push one shoulder
down while lifting other one up
✔✔What are they two types of surface dives? - ✔✔Head first
Feet first
, ✔✔What MUST you do when you reach the poolside with an unresponsive casualty? -
✔✔You MUST not let go of casualty, rest their head on arm that is holding the wall,
slide other arm under armpit and hold wall, repeat for other arm
✔✔State the chain of survival - ✔✔Early recognition
Early CPR
Early defibrillation
Post-resuscitation care
✔✔What is Early recognition? - ✔✔When you implement your EAP, call for help, alert
emergency services
✔✔What is early CPR? - ✔✔When those who are present when a casualty has a
cardiac arrest should start CPR ASAP
✔✔What is early defibrillation? - ✔✔When you use the AED before ambulance arrives
✔✔What is post-resuscitation care? - ✔✔This includes various medical and
paramedical procedures such as injecting drugs into a vein and using artificial
ventilation equipment
✔✔How do you turn a casualty onto the back on poolside? - ✔✔Put arm closest to you
outstretched
Put furthest away arm beside body
Grab shoulder and forearm and use knees to support body as you turn
At halfway stage support casualty`s head to the ground
Put outstretched arm beside body
✔✔How do you manage regurgitation of stomach contents? - ✔✔Use arm FURTHEST
from chin to support head and body (by using arm as a support running up torso)
Make sure head is tilted away from you
Tilt body, using arm as support, until regurgitation stops
✔✔Why do you put a casualty in the recovery position? - ✔✔To make sure if casualty
regurgitates stomach contents, they don`t choke
✔✔How do you put a casualty in the recovery position? - ✔✔Put closest arm to you at
90 degree angle
Put other hand on casualty cheek and hold it (so arm won`t slip)
Lift leg from BEHIND KNEE
Use leg as lever to turn body towards you
Tilt chin up
✔✔What is asphyxia? - ✔✔Suffocation
SET A+
✔✔What may a non-swimmer be doing? - ✔✔They may be:
Vertical in the water
Not shout or call for help
Bob up and down
Take a gulp of air them sink
✔✔State the medical emergencies which could cause someone to become a non-
swimmer? - ✔✔Asthma attack
Angina attack
Diabetic emergency
Heart attack
Stroke
Seizure
✔✔How do you recognise an unconscious casualty? - ✔✔Somebody who may be:
Face down with limp limbs
Be totally limp in water
✔✔State the types of lifeguard entry - ✔✔Slide-in
Step/walk in
Straddle
Shallow dive
Diving with torpedo buoy
✔✔What is a slide in entry? - ✔✔When you lower yourself into the pool quickly and
safely while maintaining sight of casulty
✔✔What is a step in entry? - ✔✔When you simply step or walk into water
,✔✔What is a straddle entry? - ✔✔This is when you jump into the water, your head stays
above water in order to keep eye contact with casualty
✔✔What is a shallow dive? - ✔✔When you dive into shallow water
✔✔Name the types of rescue equipment - ✔✔Torpedo buoys
Throwbags
Reaching poles
✔✔State the 3 types of rescues - ✔✔Poolside
In-water rescues
Special equipment rescue
✔✔What type of poolside rescues are there? - ✔✔Shout and signal
Reaching and throwing
✔✔What should you always do when doing a reach or throw rescue? - ✔✔Keep low to
ground (kneel on one knee) so casualty cannot pull you in
✔✔What types of In-water rescues are there? - ✔✔Wading
Non-contact tow
Contact tow
Support tow
✔✔What is a wading rescue? - ✔✔When a casualty is in shallow water you wan just
wade to them instead of swimming
✔✔What is a non-contact tow? - ✔✔When you use the torpedo buoy instead of having
direct contact
✔✔What is the contact tow? - ✔✔The extended arm tow
✔✔What support tows are there? - ✔✔Arm
Hip
Under shoulder
✔✔When should you use support tows? - ✔✔Only when you are a short distance from
poolside
✔✔How do you turn a casualty from front to back in the water? - ✔✔Push one shoulder
down while lifting other one up
✔✔What are they two types of surface dives? - ✔✔Head first
Feet first
, ✔✔What MUST you do when you reach the poolside with an unresponsive casualty? -
✔✔You MUST not let go of casualty, rest their head on arm that is holding the wall,
slide other arm under armpit and hold wall, repeat for other arm
✔✔State the chain of survival - ✔✔Early recognition
Early CPR
Early defibrillation
Post-resuscitation care
✔✔What is Early recognition? - ✔✔When you implement your EAP, call for help, alert
emergency services
✔✔What is early CPR? - ✔✔When those who are present when a casualty has a
cardiac arrest should start CPR ASAP
✔✔What is early defibrillation? - ✔✔When you use the AED before ambulance arrives
✔✔What is post-resuscitation care? - ✔✔This includes various medical and
paramedical procedures such as injecting drugs into a vein and using artificial
ventilation equipment
✔✔How do you turn a casualty onto the back on poolside? - ✔✔Put arm closest to you
outstretched
Put furthest away arm beside body
Grab shoulder and forearm and use knees to support body as you turn
At halfway stage support casualty`s head to the ground
Put outstretched arm beside body
✔✔How do you manage regurgitation of stomach contents? - ✔✔Use arm FURTHEST
from chin to support head and body (by using arm as a support running up torso)
Make sure head is tilted away from you
Tilt body, using arm as support, until regurgitation stops
✔✔Why do you put a casualty in the recovery position? - ✔✔To make sure if casualty
regurgitates stomach contents, they don`t choke
✔✔How do you put a casualty in the recovery position? - ✔✔Put closest arm to you at
90 degree angle
Put other hand on casualty cheek and hold it (so arm won`t slip)
Lift leg from BEHIND KNEE
Use leg as lever to turn body towards you
Tilt chin up
✔✔What is asphyxia? - ✔✔Suffocation
