ELLIS AND ASSOCIATES LIFEGUARD EXAMINATION EXAM
2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS TAGGED A+
✔✔Personal protective equipment - ✔✔Items such as medical exam gloves and
resuscitation masks
used to help prevent disease transmission during medical care.
✔✔Preservice training - ✔✔Training of staff conducted prior to opening the facility
✔✔Pressure regulator - ✔✔A device attached to the top of an oxygen cylinder to allow
for the delivery of
supplemental oxygen to a guest.
✔✔Primary check - ✔✔An examination of a guest for any immediately life-threatening
condition; includes
a check of responsiveness, breathing, pulse.
✔✔Proactive bottom scan - ✔✔A systematic, thorough scan conducted by incoming and
outgoing lifeguards
during station rotation.
✔✔Professional image - ✔✔The impression of responsibility, authority, friendliness, and
competency that a
lifeguard conveys through his or her appearance and interactions with guests.
✔✔Pulse oximeter - ✔✔A device attached to a guest's finger to measure oxygen
saturation level.
✔✔Pulse oximetry - ✔✔The process of determining the percentage of oxygen a guest
has in the blood.
✔✔Push-away technique - ✔✔A technique used to quickly disengage from a guest who
has grabbed a
lifeguard during a rescue or when a lifeguard is having a hard time staying above water.
✔✔Rapid extrication technique - ✔✔The rapid removal of a nonbreathing guest from the
water so that
necessary lifesaving care can be administered.
✔✔Rear hug rescue - ✔✔A rescue technique used when a guest is on the surface,
facing away from the
lifeguard.
, ✔✔Recovery position - ✔✔Placement of a guest on his or her side to keep the airway
clear.
✔✔Rescue - ✔✔A situation in which a lifeguard enters the water to aid a guest in
distress.
✔✔Rescue breathing - ✔✔A method of providing oxygen from a rescuer to a guest who
is not breathing.
✔✔Rescue tube - ✔✔A rescue device intended to help sustain a lifeguard and/or a
guest above the water's
surface during a rescue; consists of vinyl-dipped foam for buoyancy, a strap, and a line.
✔✔Responsive - ✔✔A conscious person.
✔✔Respiratory arrest - ✔✔The sudden stoppage of breathing.
✔✔Resuscitation mask - ✔✔A barrier device that provides protection from disease while
providing rescue
breathing or CPR.
✔✔RICE - ✔✔An acronym used to care for limb injuries: Rest, Ice, Compression,
Elevation.
✔✔Risk management - ✔✔The process of reducing the likelihood of an accident by
controlling the factors
that make the situation high risk.
✔✔Rotation - ✔✔A system employed each time a lifeguard leaves his or her post and is
relieved by another
lifeguard.
✔✔Scanning - ✔✔Movement of the eyes and head throughout the top, middle, and
bottom sections of a
Zone of Protection area while maintaining the 10/20 or 10/3 Protection standard.
✔✔Secondary check - ✔✔A check for non-life-threatening conditions.
✔✔Seizure - ✔✔A sudden involuntary change in the activity level of brain cells, usually
due to disease,
trauma, overdose, or chemical reactions.
✔✔Shallow water blackout - ✔✔The practice of extended underwater breath-holding
resulting in sudden
2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS TAGGED A+
✔✔Personal protective equipment - ✔✔Items such as medical exam gloves and
resuscitation masks
used to help prevent disease transmission during medical care.
✔✔Preservice training - ✔✔Training of staff conducted prior to opening the facility
✔✔Pressure regulator - ✔✔A device attached to the top of an oxygen cylinder to allow
for the delivery of
supplemental oxygen to a guest.
✔✔Primary check - ✔✔An examination of a guest for any immediately life-threatening
condition; includes
a check of responsiveness, breathing, pulse.
✔✔Proactive bottom scan - ✔✔A systematic, thorough scan conducted by incoming and
outgoing lifeguards
during station rotation.
✔✔Professional image - ✔✔The impression of responsibility, authority, friendliness, and
competency that a
lifeguard conveys through his or her appearance and interactions with guests.
✔✔Pulse oximeter - ✔✔A device attached to a guest's finger to measure oxygen
saturation level.
✔✔Pulse oximetry - ✔✔The process of determining the percentage of oxygen a guest
has in the blood.
✔✔Push-away technique - ✔✔A technique used to quickly disengage from a guest who
has grabbed a
lifeguard during a rescue or when a lifeguard is having a hard time staying above water.
✔✔Rapid extrication technique - ✔✔The rapid removal of a nonbreathing guest from the
water so that
necessary lifesaving care can be administered.
✔✔Rear hug rescue - ✔✔A rescue technique used when a guest is on the surface,
facing away from the
lifeguard.
, ✔✔Recovery position - ✔✔Placement of a guest on his or her side to keep the airway
clear.
✔✔Rescue - ✔✔A situation in which a lifeguard enters the water to aid a guest in
distress.
✔✔Rescue breathing - ✔✔A method of providing oxygen from a rescuer to a guest who
is not breathing.
✔✔Rescue tube - ✔✔A rescue device intended to help sustain a lifeguard and/or a
guest above the water's
surface during a rescue; consists of vinyl-dipped foam for buoyancy, a strap, and a line.
✔✔Responsive - ✔✔A conscious person.
✔✔Respiratory arrest - ✔✔The sudden stoppage of breathing.
✔✔Resuscitation mask - ✔✔A barrier device that provides protection from disease while
providing rescue
breathing or CPR.
✔✔RICE - ✔✔An acronym used to care for limb injuries: Rest, Ice, Compression,
Elevation.
✔✔Risk management - ✔✔The process of reducing the likelihood of an accident by
controlling the factors
that make the situation high risk.
✔✔Rotation - ✔✔A system employed each time a lifeguard leaves his or her post and is
relieved by another
lifeguard.
✔✔Scanning - ✔✔Movement of the eyes and head throughout the top, middle, and
bottom sections of a
Zone of Protection area while maintaining the 10/20 or 10/3 Protection standard.
✔✔Secondary check - ✔✔A check for non-life-threatening conditions.
✔✔Seizure - ✔✔A sudden involuntary change in the activity level of brain cells, usually
due to disease,
trauma, overdose, or chemical reactions.
✔✔Shallow water blackout - ✔✔The practice of extended underwater breath-holding
resulting in sudden
