American Red Cross: Lifeguarding Chapters 1-5
Questions and Answers 100% Solved
Backboards (pg. 13) ✔️✔️Standard piece of equipment used at aquatics facilities to remove
victims from water when they are unable to exit the water on their own. Backboards are also
used during head, neck, or back injuries
PPE (pg. 14) ✔️✔️Personal Protective Equipment: specialized clothing, equipment, and
supplies used to prevent you from coming into direct contact with a victims body fluids
BVM (pg. 14) ✔️✔️Bag-Valve-Mask Resuscitator: handheld device attached to a resuscitation
mask used to ventilate a victim in respiratory arrest when performing CPR. BVM REQUIRES
TWO RESCUERS.
Oxygen Cylinder and Delivery Device (pg. 14) ✔️✔️Breathing device used to administer
emergency oxygen to a victim experiencing breathing or cardiac emergency
AED (pg. 14) ✔️✔️Automated External Defibrillators: portable electronic device that analyzes
a victims heart rhythm and delivers electrical shock to re-establich proper rhythm.
RWI (pg. 24) ✔️✔️Recreational Water Illness: earaches, rashes, diarrhea that can cause illness
in aquatics facility
Formed Stool Emergency (pg. 24) ✔️✔️1. Continue Operation of Filtration System
2. pH must be below 7.5
3. Free chlorine level to AT LEAST 2 ppm
4. Maintain those levels 25 minutes before re-opening pool
, Diarrheal Discharge Emergency (pg. 24) ✔️✔️1. Continue operation of circulation system
2. pH must be below 7.5
3. Free chlorine level to AT LEAST 20 ppm
4. Maintain those levels for 13 hours
5. Backwash filter and return chlorine levels to normal levels before opening pool
Lightening / Thunder in Area (pg. 25) ✔️✔️1. Clear Pool / Pool Area
2. Listen / Follow National Weather Service Reports
3. Wait for 30 minutes after the last sight or sound of thunder before resuming activity
Common Rules (pg. 27) ✔️✔️Swim only when lifeguard on duty, swim diapers required, no
swimming with open or infected wound, obey lifeguard instructions at all times, no running,
pushing or horseplay, no hyperventilating or underwater breath holding, no sitting or playing
near or with drains/suction fittings, dive only in designated areas
Management and Safety (pg.30) ✔️✔️As a lifeguard, your job is to follow and enforce your
facility's rules and regulations
Addressing Unsafe Conditions (pg. 31) ✔️✔️Lifeguards experiencing any unsafe conditions
should report all issues to management
MSDS (pg. 31) ✔️✔️Material Safety Data Sheet: list of every chemical stored at facility listing
the contents of the chemical
Bloodborne Pathogens (pg. 32) ✔️✔️body fluids that may contain disease-causing bacteria
and viruses
Patron Surveillance (pg. 33) ✔️✔️keeping a close watch over the people in the facility and
intervening when necessary
Questions and Answers 100% Solved
Backboards (pg. 13) ✔️✔️Standard piece of equipment used at aquatics facilities to remove
victims from water when they are unable to exit the water on their own. Backboards are also
used during head, neck, or back injuries
PPE (pg. 14) ✔️✔️Personal Protective Equipment: specialized clothing, equipment, and
supplies used to prevent you from coming into direct contact with a victims body fluids
BVM (pg. 14) ✔️✔️Bag-Valve-Mask Resuscitator: handheld device attached to a resuscitation
mask used to ventilate a victim in respiratory arrest when performing CPR. BVM REQUIRES
TWO RESCUERS.
Oxygen Cylinder and Delivery Device (pg. 14) ✔️✔️Breathing device used to administer
emergency oxygen to a victim experiencing breathing or cardiac emergency
AED (pg. 14) ✔️✔️Automated External Defibrillators: portable electronic device that analyzes
a victims heart rhythm and delivers electrical shock to re-establich proper rhythm.
RWI (pg. 24) ✔️✔️Recreational Water Illness: earaches, rashes, diarrhea that can cause illness
in aquatics facility
Formed Stool Emergency (pg. 24) ✔️✔️1. Continue Operation of Filtration System
2. pH must be below 7.5
3. Free chlorine level to AT LEAST 2 ppm
4. Maintain those levels 25 minutes before re-opening pool
, Diarrheal Discharge Emergency (pg. 24) ✔️✔️1. Continue operation of circulation system
2. pH must be below 7.5
3. Free chlorine level to AT LEAST 20 ppm
4. Maintain those levels for 13 hours
5. Backwash filter and return chlorine levels to normal levels before opening pool
Lightening / Thunder in Area (pg. 25) ✔️✔️1. Clear Pool / Pool Area
2. Listen / Follow National Weather Service Reports
3. Wait for 30 minutes after the last sight or sound of thunder before resuming activity
Common Rules (pg. 27) ✔️✔️Swim only when lifeguard on duty, swim diapers required, no
swimming with open or infected wound, obey lifeguard instructions at all times, no running,
pushing or horseplay, no hyperventilating or underwater breath holding, no sitting or playing
near or with drains/suction fittings, dive only in designated areas
Management and Safety (pg.30) ✔️✔️As a lifeguard, your job is to follow and enforce your
facility's rules and regulations
Addressing Unsafe Conditions (pg. 31) ✔️✔️Lifeguards experiencing any unsafe conditions
should report all issues to management
MSDS (pg. 31) ✔️✔️Material Safety Data Sheet: list of every chemical stored at facility listing
the contents of the chemical
Bloodborne Pathogens (pg. 32) ✔️✔️body fluids that may contain disease-causing bacteria
and viruses
Patron Surveillance (pg. 33) ✔️✔️keeping a close watch over the people in the facility and
intervening when necessary
