American Red Cross lifeguarding written Exam

American Red Cross lifeguarding written Exam What is the primary responsibility of a lifeguard? - to prevent drowning and other injuries from occurring at your aquatic facility. Provide three examples of how lifeguards fulfill their primary responsibility - monitoring activities in and near the water through patron servaliance, preventing injuries by minimizing or eliminating hazardous situations or behaviors, enforcing facility rules and regulations and educating patrons about them, recognizing and responding quickly and effectively to all the emergencies, administering first air and CPR including using an automated external defibrillator (AED) and if trained, administering emergency oxygen when needed, working as a team with other lifeguards, faculty, and staff management. list 5 examples of secondary responsibilities (other tasks) that should never interfere with patron serveillance - testing the pool water chemistry, assist patrons by performing safety orientations, administering swim tests, fitting life jackets and other duties, cleaning or performing maintenance, completing records and reports, performing opening duties, closing duties, or facility safety checks and inspections. list 5 characteristics of a professional lifeguard - knowledgable and skilled, reliable, mature, courteous and consistent, positive, professional, healthy and fit lifeguards should: - always be attentive and sit or stand upright when on surveillance duty a lifeguard is texting while on surveillance duty and fails to recognize a swimmer in distress. what legal principle could be a problem for this lifeguard? - negligence list the 5 steps that a lifeguard should take when obtaining consent from an injured or ill person before providing first air or emergency care - state your name, state your level of training, ask if you may help, explain that you would like to assess them to find out what you think may be wrong or what you can do to help, explain what you plan to do. what is the validity of an American Red Cross lifeguarding certification? how does an American Red Cross certified lifeguard get recertified? - (2 years.) annual certification training. why is it important to attend a pre-season orientation and training - to ensure lifeguards understand their responsibilities and know how to perform their job, to ensure that they get practice with their facilities safety and rescue equipment and emergency action plans, to ensure they understand codes, rules and regulations of their facility. what does EAP stand for - emergency action plan why is it important for lifeguards and other team members to understand and practice the EAP - to know what role you'll play, to know how you all work as a team what is the best practice for the frequency of in-service training participation at well-managed aquatic facilities - at least. hours of in service training each month what are the benefits of regular, frequent in-service training - gives you a chance to maintain your knowledge and skills at a professional level and practice with the lifeguards at your facility. list. topics that could be a discussed during in-service training - surveillance and recognition, water and land rescue skills, emergency response drills, decision making protocols, facility rules and regulations, customer service, records and reports and physical conditioning. what items are considered to be personal protective equipment for a lifeguard - resuscitation mask and gloves. (may also include gowns, masks, shields, protective eyewear) what equipment should be worn or carried by a lifeguard at all times while on duty? list at least two and include the reasons why this equipment should be worn or carried - rescue tube (keeping people afloat), resuscitation mask (one way mouth to mouth contact for oxygen) and gloves (protect yourself from infectious materials). (whistle: to signal other lifeguards) what safety equipment/items should be easily accessible for a lifeguard while on duty? list at least two and describe how/when each item is used - back boards (to remove victims from the water when they are unable to exit on their own), rescue buoy (to throw to a person to keep them afloat), other personal protective equipment (PPE), other resuscitation equipment, an automated external defibrillator (AED), first aid supplies and rescue boards. as a lifeguard you are responsible for? - consistently enforcing your facilities rules and regulations list 5 common rules and regulations often posted at an aquatic facility - swim only when a lifeguard is on duty, swim diapers are required for small children or people with incontience, no swimming with open or infected wounds, obey lifeguard instructions at all times, no hyperventilating before swimming, underwater or breath holding contests, no sitting of playing near or with drains or suction fittings, dive only in designated areas, no glass containers in the pool area and locker rooms, no alcoholic beverages or drugs allowed. explain what it means to be equipped and rescue ready - having like the proper things on you and being alert (not doing other things) list each type of swimmers in distress or growing victims with three observable characteristics for each - PAGE 63 DISTRESSED SWIMMER: above the water, trying to support self by holding or clinging to a lane, line, expression for concern for personal safety, is breathing, floating, sculling or treading water, might wave for help, horizontal, vertical, or diagonal, little or no forward moving progress, less and less able to support self, able to call for help but might not do so, at the surface of water. DROWNING VICTIM- ACTIVE: someone who is struggling to remain at the surface of the water, they are tying to keep their mouth above the water (instinctive drowning response). they may not be able to call out for help, works to keep their face above the water, may be horizontal face down position, has extended arms to the side or front pressing down for support, is positioned vertically in the water with an ineffective kick, might continued to struggle underwater once submerged, eventually will loose consciousness and stop moving. DROWNING VICTIM - PASSIVE: no struggle/slipping underwater due to a medical condition such as having a heart, seizure, head injury, heart related illness, hypothermia, hyperventilation/prolonged underwater breath holding. they might float face down or near the surface or bottom, might be limp or have little movement, have no body action/no breathing, might look like their floating, may be face down, on one side, face up or at the bottom. roving stations - when a facility is unusually crowded. a roving lifeguard is assigned to a specific zone, which is covered by another lifeguard on an elevated station. they walk around and are able to position themseleves where needed in the zone. elevated stations - most effective posistion for a broad view. single lifeguard. ground level stations - fixed location on a deck or in shallow water. quick response to be close to patrons so you can assist quickly and enforce safety rules. floating station - watching swimmers from a water craft (boat like at camp) patrol on the outer edge of the swimming area, can be quickly to the rescue. could be a knack, rowboat. a lifeguard on duty should be able to recognize and reach a drowning victim within? - 30 seconds the size of a zone should allow for a lifeguard to recognize an emergency, reach the victim, extricate and provide ventilations within___. explain why - 1 1/2 - 2 minutes total coverage - you are the only lifeguard while you are on duty, you have to scan the entire area, control the activities of patrons in and out of the water and recognize and respond to emergencies