American Red Cross Lifeguard Written Test Questions and
Answers (2022/2023) (Verified Answers)
1. The
primary responsibility of a lifeguard is to ensure
and to
protect ✔✔ patron safety and protect lives
2. In what ways should a professional lifeguard be prepared for his or
her job✔✔ Knowledgeable and skilled , reliable, mature, courteous
and consistent, positive, professional
3. What different environments employ lifeguards✔✔ lakes, beaches,
coves, pool clubs, community pools
4. The certificates you earn in this class will prepare you for working in
which environment(s)✔✔ *very environment that hires red cross
certified lifeguards
5. List one decision that a lifeguard may have to make✔✔ F.I.N.D
6. The FIND model stands for✔✔✔✔ Figure out the problem, identify the
possible solutions, name the pros and cons for each solution, decide
which solutions is best
7. Duty to act ✔✔ A legal responsibility to respond to an
emergency while on the job.
,8. Standard of care✔✔ The benchmark by which the actions of a
caregiver with similar training and experience is measured.
9. Negligence ✔✔ A failure to act or to use reasonable care
that results in injury or that causes further harm.
10.Good Samaritan laws ✔✔ Statutes that generally provide legal
protection to
people who willingly (without a duty to act)
give emergency care without being negligent
or accepting anything in return
11.Consent ✔✔ Permission to provide care given by an
injured adult or the parent of an injured child to a rescuer or
caregiver.
This permission is implied when the
adult is unresponsive or the child is
unattended.
12.Refusal of care ✔✔ An unwillingness to receive first aid
or medical treatment expressed by a victim (or the victim's
parent
or guardian) who must give consent.
13.Abandonment ✔✔ The failure to continue care once it has
been initiated.
14.Confidentiality ✔✔ The safeguarding of a victim's right to
privacy as it concerns his or her medical condition, etc.
, 15.Documentation ✔✔ A form, like an accident report, that
describes what was
seen, heard, and done during an emergency.
16. As you keep in mind the legal considerations explained in this
chapter, read the following
scenario and answer the related questions✔✔ A female patron slips and
falls on the deck. She hits
her head, and it is lightly bleeding. You ask for consent, but the patron
refuses. She says she will
get dressed and go home.
a. What should you do?
A few minutes after the patron enters the locker room, another patron
comes out and says the
woman is now unconscious in the locker room.
b. Should you help the patron now? Why or why not✔✔ A- fill out a
report and ask her to sign if not, write that down on the
documentations.B- Then you would help her because she is
unconscious it is called implied consent
17.What is the importance of the lifeguard team✔✔ working together,
following rules and regulations, acting fast when it comes to an
emergency, and understand- ing how to wok like a team
18. The
lifeguard team is part of a larger team - the
team✔✔ the lifeguard team and the safety team
Answers (2022/2023) (Verified Answers)
1. The
primary responsibility of a lifeguard is to ensure
and to
protect ✔✔ patron safety and protect lives
2. In what ways should a professional lifeguard be prepared for his or
her job✔✔ Knowledgeable and skilled , reliable, mature, courteous
and consistent, positive, professional
3. What different environments employ lifeguards✔✔ lakes, beaches,
coves, pool clubs, community pools
4. The certificates you earn in this class will prepare you for working in
which environment(s)✔✔ *very environment that hires red cross
certified lifeguards
5. List one decision that a lifeguard may have to make✔✔ F.I.N.D
6. The FIND model stands for✔✔✔✔ Figure out the problem, identify the
possible solutions, name the pros and cons for each solution, decide
which solutions is best
7. Duty to act ✔✔ A legal responsibility to respond to an
emergency while on the job.
,8. Standard of care✔✔ The benchmark by which the actions of a
caregiver with similar training and experience is measured.
9. Negligence ✔✔ A failure to act or to use reasonable care
that results in injury or that causes further harm.
10.Good Samaritan laws ✔✔ Statutes that generally provide legal
protection to
people who willingly (without a duty to act)
give emergency care without being negligent
or accepting anything in return
11.Consent ✔✔ Permission to provide care given by an
injured adult or the parent of an injured child to a rescuer or
caregiver.
This permission is implied when the
adult is unresponsive or the child is
unattended.
12.Refusal of care ✔✔ An unwillingness to receive first aid
or medical treatment expressed by a victim (or the victim's
parent
or guardian) who must give consent.
13.Abandonment ✔✔ The failure to continue care once it has
been initiated.
14.Confidentiality ✔✔ The safeguarding of a victim's right to
privacy as it concerns his or her medical condition, etc.
, 15.Documentation ✔✔ A form, like an accident report, that
describes what was
seen, heard, and done during an emergency.
16. As you keep in mind the legal considerations explained in this
chapter, read the following
scenario and answer the related questions✔✔ A female patron slips and
falls on the deck. She hits
her head, and it is lightly bleeding. You ask for consent, but the patron
refuses. She says she will
get dressed and go home.
a. What should you do?
A few minutes after the patron enters the locker room, another patron
comes out and says the
woman is now unconscious in the locker room.
b. Should you help the patron now? Why or why not✔✔ A- fill out a
report and ask her to sign if not, write that down on the
documentations.B- Then you would help her because she is
unconscious it is called implied consent
17.What is the importance of the lifeguard team✔✔ working together,
following rules and regulations, acting fast when it comes to an
emergency, and understand- ing how to wok like a team
18. The
lifeguard team is part of a larger team - the
team✔✔ the lifeguard team and the safety team
