Lifeguard Written Test Questions and Answers
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Automatic External Defibrillator ✔️✔️AED's meaning
bare dry skin ✔️✔️where do the pads of AED have to go? (*Hint*: skin)
break ribs ✔️✔️what is an *effective* chest compression do?
rolling into recovery ✔️✔️how do you check a conscious victim
EAP ✔️✔️Emergency Action Plan
HAINES Recovery Position ✔️✔️High Arm in Endangered Spine
EMS ✔️✔️Emergency Medical Services
ENAMES ✔️✔️-Environmental Hazards
-Number of Victims
-Additional Resources
-Mechanism of Injury
-Extrication
-Spinal Precautions
CABC ✔️✔️-Consciousness --> Call 911 (Glove-up)
-Airway (Open)
-Breathing
-Circulation
,SAMPLE(D) ✔️✔️-Signs and Symptoms
-Age/Allergies
-Medication
-Past Medical History
-Last oral intake
-Events Proceeding
-(Drugs/Diseases)
Obstructed Airway ✔️✔️• 30 Compressions
• Check for objects
• 2 Breaths
CPR (act of) ✔️✔️• 30 compressions (up to 2.5 in. for adult, 2in. for kids, 1.5in. for infants)
• 2 Breaths
Types of Rescues and Assists ✔️✔️-Simple Assist
-Reaching Assist
-Active Front Rescue
-Active Rear Rescue
-Passive Rear Rescue
-Submerged Shallow/Deep Water
4 Things to help ensure victim survival ✔️✔️Early Recognition/Response, Early CPR, Early
Defibrillation, Early EMS Arrival
Cardiac Arrest ✔️✔️failure of the ventricles of the heart to contract (usually caused by
ventricular fibrillation) with consequent absence of the heart beat leading to oxygen lack and
eventually to death
, Ventricular fibrillation (V-fib) ✔️✔️abnormal heart rhythm which results in quivering of
ventricles
Ventricular tachycardia ✔️✔️abnormal heart rhythm in which the heart contracts too rapidly
Hepatitis C ✔️✔️a liver disease that is the common bloodborne infection in the United States
2 Person CPR Ratios ✔️✔️Adult: still 30:2
Child or Infant: 15:2
Secondary Assessment Mnemonic ✔️✔️S~signs and symptoms
A~allergies
M~medications
P~pertinent Past Medical Information
L~last Oral Intake
E~events leading up to incident
Signs and Symptoms ✔️✔️What happened?
Do you feel any pain or discomfort? Where?
Do you have any numbness? Where?
Allergies ✔️✔️Are you allergic to any foods or medications? What is your reaction?
Medications ✔️✔️Do you have any conditions you are medicated for? What are the
medications? What are the conditions?
What medications have you taken in the past 12 hours?
100% Solved
Automatic External Defibrillator ✔️✔️AED's meaning
bare dry skin ✔️✔️where do the pads of AED have to go? (*Hint*: skin)
break ribs ✔️✔️what is an *effective* chest compression do?
rolling into recovery ✔️✔️how do you check a conscious victim
EAP ✔️✔️Emergency Action Plan
HAINES Recovery Position ✔️✔️High Arm in Endangered Spine
EMS ✔️✔️Emergency Medical Services
ENAMES ✔️✔️-Environmental Hazards
-Number of Victims
-Additional Resources
-Mechanism of Injury
-Extrication
-Spinal Precautions
CABC ✔️✔️-Consciousness --> Call 911 (Glove-up)
-Airway (Open)
-Breathing
-Circulation
,SAMPLE(D) ✔️✔️-Signs and Symptoms
-Age/Allergies
-Medication
-Past Medical History
-Last oral intake
-Events Proceeding
-(Drugs/Diseases)
Obstructed Airway ✔️✔️• 30 Compressions
• Check for objects
• 2 Breaths
CPR (act of) ✔️✔️• 30 compressions (up to 2.5 in. for adult, 2in. for kids, 1.5in. for infants)
• 2 Breaths
Types of Rescues and Assists ✔️✔️-Simple Assist
-Reaching Assist
-Active Front Rescue
-Active Rear Rescue
-Passive Rear Rescue
-Submerged Shallow/Deep Water
4 Things to help ensure victim survival ✔️✔️Early Recognition/Response, Early CPR, Early
Defibrillation, Early EMS Arrival
Cardiac Arrest ✔️✔️failure of the ventricles of the heart to contract (usually caused by
ventricular fibrillation) with consequent absence of the heart beat leading to oxygen lack and
eventually to death
, Ventricular fibrillation (V-fib) ✔️✔️abnormal heart rhythm which results in quivering of
ventricles
Ventricular tachycardia ✔️✔️abnormal heart rhythm in which the heart contracts too rapidly
Hepatitis C ✔️✔️a liver disease that is the common bloodborne infection in the United States
2 Person CPR Ratios ✔️✔️Adult: still 30:2
Child or Infant: 15:2
Secondary Assessment Mnemonic ✔️✔️S~signs and symptoms
A~allergies
M~medications
P~pertinent Past Medical Information
L~last Oral Intake
E~events leading up to incident
Signs and Symptoms ✔️✔️What happened?
Do you feel any pain or discomfort? Where?
Do you have any numbness? Where?
Allergies ✔️✔️Are you allergic to any foods or medications? What is your reaction?
Medications ✔️✔️Do you have any conditions you are medicated for? What are the
medications? What are the conditions?
What medications have you taken in the past 12 hours?
