Lifeguard Exam Questions and Answers 100%
Solved - 2025
What does SAMPLE stand for? ✔️✔️Symptoms, Allgergies, Medications, Past pertinent
medical history, Last oral intake and Events leading up to the scene
What should you do first to a burn victim? ✔️✔️remove them from the source of the burn
What should you do if the person is having a water seizure? ✔️✔️keep their head out of the
water until it stops
What injury should you always treat the victim with first? ✔️✔️the worst injury
What does RICE stand for? ✔️✔️Rest, Immobilize, Cold, Elevate
What does LOC stand for? ✔️✔️Level of Consciousness
What is a person is they are unconscious? ✔️✔️a passive victim
What are lifeguards primary responsibilities? ✔️✔️actively searching your zone and inspecting
equipment BEFORE opening
do distressed swimmers need rescuing? ✔️✔️yes
What do zones allow lifeguards to do? ✔️✔️recognize and reach a victim in 30 seconds even
at the furthest past their zone
, What should you do for water emergencies? ✔️✔️always activate your EAP, enter the water,
perform a proper rescue, and extricate
What is your active duty as a lifeguard? ✔️✔️to act and perform appropriate rescues
What should you do when re-enforcing the rules? ✔️✔️explain how they could get hurt
What is head splint technique used for? ✔️✔️spinals
What is the job of the Safety Team? ✔️✔️to assist lifeguards in providing emergency care due
to them being trained to the same level as the lifeguards.
What rarely happens in deep water? ✔️✔️spinals
what do AFRs (accidental fecal release) require? ✔️✔️require water treatment, temporary
closure of the pool and immediate attention from lifeguards
What should you do if you have a responsive victim? ✔️✔️you will NOT use the AED on them
what should you do if a spinal victim is not breathing? ✔️✔️love over limb it and remove using
the extrication with a backboard at the pools edge
What is effective scanning? ✔️✔️scanning all layers of the pool
What should you do if you suspect a head, neck, or spinal injury but the victim IS conscious?
✔️✔️have them sit in a chair and have them not move then ask SAMPLE questions
Solved - 2025
What does SAMPLE stand for? ✔️✔️Symptoms, Allgergies, Medications, Past pertinent
medical history, Last oral intake and Events leading up to the scene
What should you do first to a burn victim? ✔️✔️remove them from the source of the burn
What should you do if the person is having a water seizure? ✔️✔️keep their head out of the
water until it stops
What injury should you always treat the victim with first? ✔️✔️the worst injury
What does RICE stand for? ✔️✔️Rest, Immobilize, Cold, Elevate
What does LOC stand for? ✔️✔️Level of Consciousness
What is a person is they are unconscious? ✔️✔️a passive victim
What are lifeguards primary responsibilities? ✔️✔️actively searching your zone and inspecting
equipment BEFORE opening
do distressed swimmers need rescuing? ✔️✔️yes
What do zones allow lifeguards to do? ✔️✔️recognize and reach a victim in 30 seconds even
at the furthest past their zone
, What should you do for water emergencies? ✔️✔️always activate your EAP, enter the water,
perform a proper rescue, and extricate
What is your active duty as a lifeguard? ✔️✔️to act and perform appropriate rescues
What should you do when re-enforcing the rules? ✔️✔️explain how they could get hurt
What is head splint technique used for? ✔️✔️spinals
What is the job of the Safety Team? ✔️✔️to assist lifeguards in providing emergency care due
to them being trained to the same level as the lifeguards.
What rarely happens in deep water? ✔️✔️spinals
what do AFRs (accidental fecal release) require? ✔️✔️require water treatment, temporary
closure of the pool and immediate attention from lifeguards
What should you do if you have a responsive victim? ✔️✔️you will NOT use the AED on them
what should you do if a spinal victim is not breathing? ✔️✔️love over limb it and remove using
the extrication with a backboard at the pools edge
What is effective scanning? ✔️✔️scanning all layers of the pool
What should you do if you suspect a head, neck, or spinal injury but the victim IS conscious?
✔️✔️have them sit in a chair and have them not move then ask SAMPLE questions
