Section 2-Lifeguard Skills Exam A Jere16 terms ct6 Practice questions for this set Learn 1 / 7 Study with Learn a. A passive victim who needs help Choose matching term 1. You notice a patron that is swimming laps who 1 suddenly slips u

Section 2-Lifeguard Skills Exam A Jere16 terms ct6 Practice questions for this set Learn 1 / 7 Study with Learn a. A passive victim who needs help Choose matching term 1. You notice a patron that is swimming laps who 1 suddenly slips under water without a struggle and does not resurface. This person is probably: 3. A child accidentally falls from the deck into the water and is in distress. After you activate the 2 emergency action plan (EAP), what steps should you take next? 22. A patron collides with another swimmer while diving into the pool and asks the lifeguard for help. Without performing an assessment, the lifeguard tells the patron that they can continue swimming. 3 The patron leaves the facility and seeks medical attention from the hospital after they begin to feel tingling sensations in their arms and legs. The lifeguard maybe: 9. When caring for a suspected head, neck or spinal injury in the water, proper manual inline 4 stabilization is: Don't know? Section 2-Lifeguard Skills Exam A Terms in this set (35) 1. You notice a patron that is swimming laps who suddenly slips under water without a struggle and does not resurface. This person is probably: a. A passive victim who needs help 2. Primary responsibilities of a lifeguard include: a. Inspecting the pool and rescue equipment before the facility opens and paying close attention to patrons in the water by actively scanning the assigned area. 3. A child accidentally falls from the deck into the water and is in distress. After you activate the emergency action plan (EAP), what steps should you take next? c. Enter the water, approach the victim and bring them to a safe exit point. 4. the size and shape of a lifeguard's zone should allow them to recognize and reach a victim in the furthest and deepest part of their zone within: c. 30 seconds 5. While searching your zone, you notice a person motionless in the water. The steps you follow in a water emergency are performed in the following order: d. Activate EAP, enter the water, perform an appropriate rescue, move the victim to a safe exit point, remove the victim from the water and provide emergency care as needed. 6. While searching your zone, you witness a patron struggling while swimming and then go under water. Which of the following applies? c. You have a duty to act and perform the appropriate rescue. 7. A lifeguard can no longer see some of the patrons at one side of the swimming area from their station because of glare from the afternoon sun. to maintain effective surveillance, the lifeguard should: b. Adjust there position slightly to remove the glare from surveillance area. 8. a couple of patrons start running on the pool deck. you blow your whistle to get there attention. Next, you enforce the rules and regulations by: c. Telling them they could slip or fall and must walk on the deck. 9. When caring for a suspected head, neck or spinal injury in the water, proper manual inline stabilization is: a. Provided using the head splint technique 10. the objective of the facility safety team is to: b. assist lifeguards in maintaining a safe environment and providing emergency care. 11. You are a lifeguard working on surveillance duty during a busy family swim session. It is important to: a. Scan all areas in your assigned zone of coverage, wear your hip pack and carry your rescue tube with you at all times. 12. A head neck spinal injury rarely happens: a. In deep water at a supervised facility. 13. Which of the following is true about accidental fecal releases (AFRs)? a. Require water treatment, temporary pool closure and immediate lifeguard attention. 14. Which of the following is a primary c. Enforcing facility rules and regulations and educating patrons about them. Section 2-Lifeguard Skills Exam A 15. You are a lifeguard during a family swim session when you notice a swimmer swimming full lengths of the pool under water. what should you do? b. Immediately stop them from continuing the activity and explain the dangers of the activity. 16. after removing a responsive victim you suspect has a spinal injury from the water, you should do all the following except: b. Dry the victim off and apply the pads of an AED 17. You enter the water to rescue a victim with a suspected spinal injury. You determine that the victim is not breathing. What should you do next? c. Remove the victim from the water using the extraction using a backboard at the pool edge technique. 18. A life guard keeps and eye on the patrons of the pool, actively searching and checking the bottom, middle and surface of the water. The lifeguard is demonstrating: d. effective scanning 19. A parent and child walk over to you; the parent states that the child fell on the pool deck and hit their head. You notice there is blood and fluid running from the child's ear and they are feeling dizzy. You activate EAP and summon EMS personnel. What steps should you take next? a. bring the child a chair, ask them to sit down and tell them not to move. Perform a secondary assessment while waiting for EMS personnel to arrive. 20. The lifeguard supervisor expects the pool to be very busy in the afternoon. For effective patron survellance, the supervisor sets up multiple lifeguard stations to reduce the number of patrons watched by each lifeguard. This type of coverage is called: c. zone coverage 21. The following statements describe appropriate rescue techniques for a victim with a suspected spinal injury, EXCEPT: c. If the victim is small and is in shallow water, you do not need a backboard to extricate the victim. 22. A patron collides with another swimmer while diving into the pool and asks the lifeguard for help. Without performing an assessment, the lifeguard tells the patron that they can continue swimming. The patron leaves the facility and seeks medical attention from the hospital after they begin to feel tingling sensations in their arms and legs. The lifeguard maybe: b. Negligent. 23. Why is it important to attend a pre- season orientation and training? d. All of the above. 24. During weather-related power failure at a facility, you should: a. Clear everyone from the pool. 25. During in-service training, lifeguards practice the steps of recognizing a distressed swimmer, rescuing and active victim, informing management and speaking with witnesses. The lifeguards are practicing c. Emergency Action Plan. Section 2-Lifeguard Skills Exam A 26. You enter the mechanical room and find a maintenance worker lying on his back on the floor next to a ladder. You check the scene and determine it is safe to enter. During your primary assessment, you find the victim is unconscious but breathing. You must leave to get help, what should you do? a. Place the victim in the recovery position 27. It is very hot in your facility and you are starting to doze on the stand. All of the following cna help you stay alert, EXCEPT: b. Jumping the pool while on surveillance duty to cool off. 28. When completing an incident report: a. Collect all factual informing about what was seen, heard and the actions taken. 29. When placing a responsive victim with a suspected head, neck or spinal injury on a backboard, what in-line stabilization technique should you use? c. over arm head splint. 30. If three lifeguards are on duty, emergency back-up coverage takes place: b. When a lifeguard enters the water for a rescue. 31. when conducting a swim test, Lifeguards should use the: c. Water Competency Sequence. 32. Members of the safety team, including non-lifeguard personnel, should be: d. Trained and certified in the first aid and CPR/AED at the same level of the lifeguard team. 33. you are approaching a victim who is horizontal in the water, at the surface in 4 feet of water. The victim is facing you and appears to be unconscious. What rescue technique would be appropriate in this situation? b. Passive Victim Front Rescue 34. a patron dives into the shallow end of the lap pool. YOu suspect a head, neck or spinal injury becuase the patron has performed a high risk, high impact activity and has: b. blood in the ears and nose 35. Which of the following statements are true about the equipment that a lifeguards should wear or carry? a. A lifeguard should wear their rescue tube at all times when on surveillance duty.