Lifeguarding Study Guide --
Lifeguarding Skills Exam Questions
and Answers 100% Pass
Primary Responsibilities of a Lifeguard - ✔✔administering first aid and CPR,
monitoring activities in and near the water through patron surveillance, enforcing
facility rules and regulations and educating patrons about them, recognizing and
responding quickly and effectively to all emergencies, preventing injuries by
minimizing or eliminating hazardous situations or behaviors
In-Service Trainings - ✔✔practices with employer to make sure skills are up to date
How are lifeguards part of a team? - ✔✔they are part of a lifeguard team (more than 2
lifeguards) and a safety team which is larger and serves emergency situations
EAP and Lifeguard's Role - ✔✔Emergency Action Plan; give the signal, retrieve safety
equipment, clear the pool, provide follow-up care
Duty to Act - ✔✔while on the job, you have a legal responsibility to act in an
emergency; failure to adhere to this duty could result in legal action
Standard of Care - ✔✔communicate proper info and warnings, recognize those in need
of care, attempt to rescue anyone in need, provide emergency care
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, Negligence - ✔✔not acting as far as one could go to prevent from injury: failing to
control/stop dangerous behavior, failing to provide care, providing inappropriate care
(giving stitches for regular cut), provide care beyond level of training
Consent - ✔✔an injured person must give your permission before first aid and
emergency care; consent can only be implied when victim is unconscious; child must
have parent's approval
To Obtain Consent - ✔✔state your name, state your level of training, ask if you may
help, explain that you would like to assess him or her to find out what is wrong or what
you can do to help, explain what you plan to do
Refusal of Care - ✔✔some injured or ill people may refuse care, even if they desperately
need it; parents also may refuse care for children
Confidentiality - ✔✔people have a right to privacy about medical condiions
Abandonment - ✔✔once you start care, you may not stop unless EMS personnel or
someone with equal or greater training arrives and takes over
What rescue equipment should you always carry? - ✔✔rescue tubes, resuscitation
masks, gloves
What equipment should you be able to easily reach? - ✔✔backboad, rescue buoys, AED,
first aid kit, PPE
Why must scanning be an active process? - ✔✔you must constantly check your zone for
any signs of a problem
What factors can be scanning challenges? What tactics can you use to overcome them? -
✔✔Monotony- keep attention, change body position, sit upright and forward, rotate
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Lifeguarding Skills Exam Questions
and Answers 100% Pass
Primary Responsibilities of a Lifeguard - ✔✔administering first aid and CPR,
monitoring activities in and near the water through patron surveillance, enforcing
facility rules and regulations and educating patrons about them, recognizing and
responding quickly and effectively to all emergencies, preventing injuries by
minimizing or eliminating hazardous situations or behaviors
In-Service Trainings - ✔✔practices with employer to make sure skills are up to date
How are lifeguards part of a team? - ✔✔they are part of a lifeguard team (more than 2
lifeguards) and a safety team which is larger and serves emergency situations
EAP and Lifeguard's Role - ✔✔Emergency Action Plan; give the signal, retrieve safety
equipment, clear the pool, provide follow-up care
Duty to Act - ✔✔while on the job, you have a legal responsibility to act in an
emergency; failure to adhere to this duty could result in legal action
Standard of Care - ✔✔communicate proper info and warnings, recognize those in need
of care, attempt to rescue anyone in need, provide emergency care
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, Negligence - ✔✔not acting as far as one could go to prevent from injury: failing to
control/stop dangerous behavior, failing to provide care, providing inappropriate care
(giving stitches for regular cut), provide care beyond level of training
Consent - ✔✔an injured person must give your permission before first aid and
emergency care; consent can only be implied when victim is unconscious; child must
have parent's approval
To Obtain Consent - ✔✔state your name, state your level of training, ask if you may
help, explain that you would like to assess him or her to find out what is wrong or what
you can do to help, explain what you plan to do
Refusal of Care - ✔✔some injured or ill people may refuse care, even if they desperately
need it; parents also may refuse care for children
Confidentiality - ✔✔people have a right to privacy about medical condiions
Abandonment - ✔✔once you start care, you may not stop unless EMS personnel or
someone with equal or greater training arrives and takes over
What rescue equipment should you always carry? - ✔✔rescue tubes, resuscitation
masks, gloves
What equipment should you be able to easily reach? - ✔✔backboad, rescue buoys, AED,
first aid kit, PPE
Why must scanning be an active process? - ✔✔you must constantly check your zone for
any signs of a problem
What factors can be scanning challenges? What tactics can you use to overcome them? -
✔✔Monotony- keep attention, change body position, sit upright and forward, rotate
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