Starguard Test Review Exam Questions
with Verified Answers
RID - -recognition, intrusion, distraction
- Starguard risk management model - -prevention, surveillance, response
and rescue, emergency care, workplace expectations
- RWI - -recreational water illness
- universal precautions - -whether or not you think a person's blood or
bodily fluid is infectious, you should act as if it is infectious
- __________________________ should be specific for each facility, should
describe who does what, and should be clear and concise with a separate
plan for different types of emergencies. - -Emergency Action Plans
- difference between distress and drowning - -a drowning person's nose and
mouth are covered with water and cannot breathe, a distressed person's
nose and mouth aren't covered and they CAN breathe
- 3-D triage scanning - -Most urgent risk area is the bottom or under the
surface of the water (vitally urgent), second is distress or drowning
indications on the surface (urgent), finally scan looking for behavior
situations that may require rule enforcement.
- 10/20 rule - -A lifeguard should be able to scan the entire zone in 10
seconds and swim to the farthest point in 20 seconds.
- Legal duty to act - -A lifeguard on duty has an obligation to provide
emergency care.
- STAAR Aquatic Rescue Model - -Scan, Target, Alert, Assess, Rescue
- The ___________________ ensures that the lifeguard has no upper body to
upper body contact with the drowning victim. This is the safest method of
submerged rescue. - -leg wrap rescue
- If a drowning victim grabs around your head or neck, the safest and best
way to try to get them to release you is to __________________________, taking
the victim with you. The victim's natural response will be to release and get
back to the surface. - -submerge under the water
with Verified Answers
RID - -recognition, intrusion, distraction
- Starguard risk management model - -prevention, surveillance, response
and rescue, emergency care, workplace expectations
- RWI - -recreational water illness
- universal precautions - -whether or not you think a person's blood or
bodily fluid is infectious, you should act as if it is infectious
- __________________________ should be specific for each facility, should
describe who does what, and should be clear and concise with a separate
plan for different types of emergencies. - -Emergency Action Plans
- difference between distress and drowning - -a drowning person's nose and
mouth are covered with water and cannot breathe, a distressed person's
nose and mouth aren't covered and they CAN breathe
- 3-D triage scanning - -Most urgent risk area is the bottom or under the
surface of the water (vitally urgent), second is distress or drowning
indications on the surface (urgent), finally scan looking for behavior
situations that may require rule enforcement.
- 10/20 rule - -A lifeguard should be able to scan the entire zone in 10
seconds and swim to the farthest point in 20 seconds.
- Legal duty to act - -A lifeguard on duty has an obligation to provide
emergency care.
- STAAR Aquatic Rescue Model - -Scan, Target, Alert, Assess, Rescue
- The ___________________ ensures that the lifeguard has no upper body to
upper body contact with the drowning victim. This is the safest method of
submerged rescue. - -leg wrap rescue
- If a drowning victim grabs around your head or neck, the safest and best
way to try to get them to release you is to __________________________, taking
the victim with you. The victim's natural response will be to release and get
back to the surface. - -submerge under the water
