STARGUARD Exam Study Guide | 100% Correct Answers | Verified | Latest 2024 Version

STARGUARD Exam Study Guide | 100% Correct Answers | Verified | Latest 2024 Version What is the difference between a rule and a policy? - ✔✔A rule applies to every person using an aquatic facility. A policy is for specific circumstances or situations that may not apply to everyone. To be effective, rules should be - ✔✔Written in a clear, concise language, enforced the same way each time, and posted in a visible location. Which of the layers of protection helps guide decisions and serves as a rule for specific circumstances? - ✔✔Policies and procedures. A policy that requires non -swimmers to stay in waist -deep water may reduce the risk of drowning. - ✔✔True What are three ways to minimize the risk of injury in an aquatic facility? - ✔✔Inspect for hazards, eliminate known hazards, and enforce rules. Swimmers should not be allowed to participate in breath -holding or underwater swimming contests. - ✔✔True In an aquatic facility, slipping and falling is usually caused by - ✔✔running. The StarGuard Risk Management Model consists of the following: - ✔✔prevention, surveillance, respond and rescue, emergency care, workplace expectations. What is a good course of action if the behavior of another person is suspicious enough for you to be concerned? - ✔✔Notify your supervisor and call for police assistance. What does RWI stand for? - ✔✔Recreational Water Illness. Personal protection equipment (PPE) should, at a minimum, include which items? - ✔✔Disposable gloves, barrier (CPR) mask, protective eyewear, and footwear. Why is disease more likely to be transmitted through loose stools (diarrhea), rather than a solid stool? - ✔✔If a person is ill with diarrhea, the stool can contain millions of germs that spread quickly through the water. What would you do if you were using standard (universal) precautions? - ✔✔Consider and treat all bodily fluids and bodily substances as through they were contaminated. What is the proper ratio of bleach to water for a solution that will be used to clean up bodily fluids and fecal matter on surfaces around the pool? - ✔✔1 part bleach to 9 parts water If a break in your skin is directly exposed to a patron's bodily fluids, what is the first thing you should do? - ✔✔Wash the area with soap and water. Which of the following are germs that can cause recreational water illness? - ✔✔Norovirus, cryptosporidium, E. coli, and giardia. Occupational exposure to blood or the bodily fluids from another person puts you at risk for which diseases? - ✔✔HIV/AIDS, hepatitis B (HBV), and hepatitis C (HCV) What should you assume about blood and other body fluids from all persons? - ✔✔The fluids are potentially infectious. How long has the parasite cryptosporidium been known to survive, even in properly maintained swimming pool water? - ✔✔Up to 11 days. What is the difference between distress and drowning? - ✔✔A person is drowning if the face and airway (mouth and nose) are covered with water and the head cannot be lifted or brought to the surface to breathe. How quickly a person progresses from distress to drowning varies depending on many circumstances. - ✔✔True What happens when a drowning person tries to breathe? - ✔✔The person may swallow large amounts of water. What determines whether water is "shallow" or not? - ✔✔A person's height Which is the correct description of drowning? - ✔✔Drowning is a process with three possible outcomes: survival without brain damage, survival with brain damage, or death. Which organs are at greatest risk for permanent damage during drowning? - ✔✔Brain and heart It is correct to say that a person had a "near drowning" if he or she survives. - ✔✔False Why is it important to get air to a person who is drowning as quickly as possible? - ✔✔To prevent or minimize brain damage, to prevent the heart from stopping, and to keep the organs functioning. The length of time that a person is submerged is the most important predictor of survival. - ✔✔True You can interrupt the drowning process by - ✔✔bringing the person's face and airway above the water and giving rescue breaths if the person is not breathing normally. A person always exhibits instinctive responses on the surface during the drowning process. - ✔✔False Where might a drowning person be located in the water? - ✔✔Floating on the surface, floating just beneath the surface, floating near the bottom, and lying on the bottom. In what position might you find a drowning person in the water? - ✔✔Faceup, facedown, vertical, and/or horizontal.