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Starguard City Irvine Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass Which is a crucially important fact for lifeguard to be aware of at all times? - Drowning can happen quickly and silently to anyone at any time While on station lifeguarding, what will occupy the majority of your time? - Searching the w...

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Which is a crucially important fact for lifeguard to be aware of at all times? - ✔✔Drowning can happen

quickly and silently to anyone at any time


While on station lifeguarding, what will occupy the majority of your time? - ✔✔Searching the water


Swimmer should not be allowed to participate in contests involving extended breath-holding or

underwater swimming. - ✔✔True


What would you do if you were using standard (universal) precautions? - ✔✔Consider and treat all

bodily fluids and bodily substances as though they were contaminated


What does RWI stand for? - ✔✔recreational water illness


What should you assume about other people's blood and body fluids? - ✔✔The fluids are potentially

infectious


What ratio of bleach to water should you use when preparing a solution to clean up bodily fluids and

fecal matter on surfaces around the pool? - ✔✔1 Part bleach to 9 parts water


Why is Cryptosporidium likely to be transmitted through loose stools (diarrhea)? - ✔✔Cryptosporidium

causes diarrhea resulting in millions of germs that spread quickly through the water


What happens when a drowning person tries to breathe? - ✔✔The person may swallow large amounts of

water



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What is the correct description of drowning? - ✔✔Drowning is a process with three possible outcomes:

survival without brain damage, survival with brain damage, or death


What would be the correct term to use if a person experienced a drowning incident, be was resuscitated

and did not die? - ✔✔non-fatal drowning


What determines whether water is shallow or not? - ✔✔A person's height


An unresponsive drowning person may be found floating near the pool bottom or lying on the bottom.

Where else might you find a drowning person? - ✔✔Floating on the surface or just underneath the

surface of the water


Why might an unresponsive person appear to be moving or appear to move location in the water? -

✔✔Movement of the water created by other or pool currents may cause an unresponsive person to move


Why is it important to begin rescue breathing for an unresponsive drowning person as quickly as

possible? - ✔✔To prevent or minimize brain damage


The length of time a person is submerged is the most important predictor of survival - ✔✔True


If you are providing constant and dedicated surveillance, how often should you watch your zone? -

✔✔All of the time, and no other assigned tasks should intrude


What is scanning? - ✔✔searching the water in a systematic way


If an unresponsive drowning person may look similar to people who are floating or are underwater and

are okay, what can you do to tell them apart? - ✔✔Look to see that the person lifts his or her head to

breathe within a few seconds (look for life)


Lifeguards are the first link in the drowning chain of survival, and they should be considered part of the

prehospital system of care, along with EMS and other responders - ✔✔True




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