Lifeguard Exam Practice Questions and
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What is the EMR's main responsibility? - ✔✔providing basic medical care
What is scope of practice? - ✔✔The range of duties a health professional is allowed to
practice
Who has the most in depth training of EMS providers? - ✔✔Paramedics
How does a vector borne disease transmission occur? - ✔✔when an animal or insect
bite/sting penetrates the body's skin
What are engineering controls? - ✔✔measures and objects that help reduce the risk of
exposure in the workplace
What do you do if an exposure occurs and the eyes are involved? - ✔✔irrigate with
clean water or saline for 20 minutes
What must be worn when in contact with any patient? - ✔✔disposable latex-free gloves
What is the immune system responsible for? - ✔✔fighting disease
What does the EMS professional assume when following standard precautions? - ✔✔all
bodily fluids are potentially infective
What does the Good Samaritan law protect? - ✔✔protects people against claims of
negligence when providing emergency care in good faith
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, Define Competence - ✔✔the patient's ability to understand the EMR's questions and the
implications of their decisions
Define Standard of care - ✔✔the criteria established for the extent and quality of an
EMR's care
What do you do if a patient's advance directive is not available? - ✔✔attempt CPR
Define medial - ✔✔towards the midline (middle of body)
What are the vital organs of the body? - ✔✔brain, heart, and lungs
What is the axial (transverse) plane? - ✔✔divides the body horizontally, separating the
superior and inferior areas
Define tachy- - ✔✔unusually fast
ex: tachycardia: unusually fast heart beat
Define Brady- - ✔✔unusually slow
ex: bradycardia: slower than normal heart beat
What does the diaphragm do? - ✔✔separates the thoracic and abdominal body cavities
What is the largest organ in the body? - ✔✔skin
what do the tendons connect? - ✔✔muscles to bones
what is the clavicle commonly referred to? - ✔✔collarbone
what does the endocrine system do? - ✔✔secretes hormones and other substances into
the blood and onto the skin
When should a patient be moved? - ✔✔-protecting a patient from immediate danger
gaining access to another patient who may have more serious injury or illness
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Answers 100% Pass
What is the EMR's main responsibility? - ✔✔providing basic medical care
What is scope of practice? - ✔✔The range of duties a health professional is allowed to
practice
Who has the most in depth training of EMS providers? - ✔✔Paramedics
How does a vector borne disease transmission occur? - ✔✔when an animal or insect
bite/sting penetrates the body's skin
What are engineering controls? - ✔✔measures and objects that help reduce the risk of
exposure in the workplace
What do you do if an exposure occurs and the eyes are involved? - ✔✔irrigate with
clean water or saline for 20 minutes
What must be worn when in contact with any patient? - ✔✔disposable latex-free gloves
What is the immune system responsible for? - ✔✔fighting disease
What does the EMS professional assume when following standard precautions? - ✔✔all
bodily fluids are potentially infective
What does the Good Samaritan law protect? - ✔✔protects people against claims of
negligence when providing emergency care in good faith
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, Define Competence - ✔✔the patient's ability to understand the EMR's questions and the
implications of their decisions
Define Standard of care - ✔✔the criteria established for the extent and quality of an
EMR's care
What do you do if a patient's advance directive is not available? - ✔✔attempt CPR
Define medial - ✔✔towards the midline (middle of body)
What are the vital organs of the body? - ✔✔brain, heart, and lungs
What is the axial (transverse) plane? - ✔✔divides the body horizontally, separating the
superior and inferior areas
Define tachy- - ✔✔unusually fast
ex: tachycardia: unusually fast heart beat
Define Brady- - ✔✔unusually slow
ex: bradycardia: slower than normal heart beat
What does the diaphragm do? - ✔✔separates the thoracic and abdominal body cavities
What is the largest organ in the body? - ✔✔skin
what do the tendons connect? - ✔✔muscles to bones
what is the clavicle commonly referred to? - ✔✔collarbone
what does the endocrine system do? - ✔✔secretes hormones and other substances into
the blood and onto the skin
When should a patient be moved? - ✔✔-protecting a patient from immediate danger
gaining access to another patient who may have more serious injury or illness
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