National Lifeguard Course Questions and
Answers| Latest Update
What are some signs and symptoms for secondary drowning? ✔️✔️Cold and flu like symptoms
or tightness in the chest or having trouble breathing within 72 hours. If they experience any of
these they should seek medical help.
What should a lifeguard be doing constantly when watching a pool? ✔️✔️Roving, scanning the
pool, scanning other guards, scanning the deck, and keeping track of how many people are in
their pool.
What's one way a guard should not enter the pool when rescuing a spinal victim? ✔️✔️Do not
dive in when saving a spinal victim.
What should you give to an unconscious victim that was pulled out of the pool? ✔️✔️Two
breaths.
Before using an AED what should you do? ✔️✔️Take of any clothes in the way (shave hair off
chest if there is any), do a splash test, soak up any water around the victim, place shock pads on
correctly.
If there is a submerged victim, what should you do before you rescue them? ✔️✔️Blow your
whistle, use hand signals, and clear the pool.
What should you do before you assist a choking victim? ✔️✔️Ask for permission
How do you treat asthma? ✔️✔️WARTS, ask them if they have medication, check to see if it is
theres, assist them if they need help taking their medication.
Answers| Latest Update
What are some signs and symptoms for secondary drowning? ✔️✔️Cold and flu like symptoms
or tightness in the chest or having trouble breathing within 72 hours. If they experience any of
these they should seek medical help.
What should a lifeguard be doing constantly when watching a pool? ✔️✔️Roving, scanning the
pool, scanning other guards, scanning the deck, and keeping track of how many people are in
their pool.
What's one way a guard should not enter the pool when rescuing a spinal victim? ✔️✔️Do not
dive in when saving a spinal victim.
What should you give to an unconscious victim that was pulled out of the pool? ✔️✔️Two
breaths.
Before using an AED what should you do? ✔️✔️Take of any clothes in the way (shave hair off
chest if there is any), do a splash test, soak up any water around the victim, place shock pads on
correctly.
If there is a submerged victim, what should you do before you rescue them? ✔️✔️Blow your
whistle, use hand signals, and clear the pool.
What should you do before you assist a choking victim? ✔️✔️Ask for permission
How do you treat asthma? ✔️✔️WARTS, ask them if they have medication, check to see if it is
theres, assist them if they need help taking their medication.
