ELLIS AND ASSOCIATES LIFEGUARD EXAMS SET 2025/2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS TAGGED A+
✔✔Deep-water rescue - ✔✔A rescue in which the guest in distress is submerged
beyond arm's reach.
✔✔Defibrillation - ✔✔Delivery of an electric shock to a guest in cardiac arrest,
momentarily stopping all
electrical activity in the heart and allowing the pacemaker cells to produce a coordinated
heartbeat.
✔✔Dehydration - ✔✔The loss of water in the body
✔✔Dislocation - ✔✔An injury to a joint, where two or more bones come together, in
which the bone ends
are forced from their normal position resulting in deformity.
✔✔Distracting injury - ✔✔An additional injury that causes pain that can overwhelm the
back or neck pain
that should be of primary concern.
✔✔Distraction - ✔✔Something that prevents a lifeguard from giving full attention to
vigilance.
✔✔Distress - ✔✔A condition in which a guest is unable to maintain a position on top of
the water or make
progress to safety without assistance.
✔✔Documentation - ✔✔A written record of events.
✔✔Dolphin diving - ✔✔A type of entry used in open water.
✔✔DOTS - ✔✔An acronym used to determine injury: Deformity, Open wound,
Tenderness, Swelling.
✔✔Drowning - ✔✔Immersion or submersion in a liquid, most often water.
✔✔Duck pluck rescue - ✔✔A technique in which the lifeguard reaches over the rescue
tube and below the
surface of the water to grasp a submerged responsive guest within reach.
✔✔Emergency action plan - ✔✔A written plan for a specific facility outlining step-by-
step emergency
procedures and responsibilities.
, ✔✔Epinephrine auto-injector - ✔✔A self-injectable prescribed medication used to treat
severe allergic
reaction (anaphylaxis).
✔✔Extension assist - ✔✔A technique for helping a guest reach safety by extending an
arm or a rescue tube.
✔✔Fainting - ✔✔The sudden loss of consciousness.
✔✔Feetfirst surface dive - ✔✔A method of propelling the body toward the bottom,
feetfirst, by pushing
the water upward with the arms.
✔✔Flag system - ✔✔A system by which centrally located colored flags are used to alert
guests and guards
of changing weather conditions.
✔✔Flip-over technique - ✔✔An adjustment made to the front drive rescue to take back
control of the
situation by rolling over so that the guest is positioned on his or her back.
✔✔Fracture - ✔✔A broken bone: open or closed.
✔✔Front drive rescue - ✔✔A rescue technique used when a guest is actively in distress
on top of the water,
performed with a rescue tube.
✔✔Front hug position - ✔✔An adjustment made to the front drive rescue where the
lifeguard hugs the guest
and supports the guest on the rescue tube while moving to safety.
✔✔Golden rule of guest relations - ✔✔A principle stating that lifeguards should treat
guests as they would
like to be treated—with respect.
✔✔GiD - ✔✔Guest in distress
✔✔Guest in distress - ✔✔A guest who needs the immediate assistance of lifeguards on
duty
✔✔Heart attack - ✔✔Death to part to the heart muscle caused by blockage of the
coronary arteries.
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS TAGGED A+
✔✔Deep-water rescue - ✔✔A rescue in which the guest in distress is submerged
beyond arm's reach.
✔✔Defibrillation - ✔✔Delivery of an electric shock to a guest in cardiac arrest,
momentarily stopping all
electrical activity in the heart and allowing the pacemaker cells to produce a coordinated
heartbeat.
✔✔Dehydration - ✔✔The loss of water in the body
✔✔Dislocation - ✔✔An injury to a joint, where two or more bones come together, in
which the bone ends
are forced from their normal position resulting in deformity.
✔✔Distracting injury - ✔✔An additional injury that causes pain that can overwhelm the
back or neck pain
that should be of primary concern.
✔✔Distraction - ✔✔Something that prevents a lifeguard from giving full attention to
vigilance.
✔✔Distress - ✔✔A condition in which a guest is unable to maintain a position on top of
the water or make
progress to safety without assistance.
✔✔Documentation - ✔✔A written record of events.
✔✔Dolphin diving - ✔✔A type of entry used in open water.
✔✔DOTS - ✔✔An acronym used to determine injury: Deformity, Open wound,
Tenderness, Swelling.
✔✔Drowning - ✔✔Immersion or submersion in a liquid, most often water.
✔✔Duck pluck rescue - ✔✔A technique in which the lifeguard reaches over the rescue
tube and below the
surface of the water to grasp a submerged responsive guest within reach.
✔✔Emergency action plan - ✔✔A written plan for a specific facility outlining step-by-
step emergency
procedures and responsibilities.
, ✔✔Epinephrine auto-injector - ✔✔A self-injectable prescribed medication used to treat
severe allergic
reaction (anaphylaxis).
✔✔Extension assist - ✔✔A technique for helping a guest reach safety by extending an
arm or a rescue tube.
✔✔Fainting - ✔✔The sudden loss of consciousness.
✔✔Feetfirst surface dive - ✔✔A method of propelling the body toward the bottom,
feetfirst, by pushing
the water upward with the arms.
✔✔Flag system - ✔✔A system by which centrally located colored flags are used to alert
guests and guards
of changing weather conditions.
✔✔Flip-over technique - ✔✔An adjustment made to the front drive rescue to take back
control of the
situation by rolling over so that the guest is positioned on his or her back.
✔✔Fracture - ✔✔A broken bone: open or closed.
✔✔Front drive rescue - ✔✔A rescue technique used when a guest is actively in distress
on top of the water,
performed with a rescue tube.
✔✔Front hug position - ✔✔An adjustment made to the front drive rescue where the
lifeguard hugs the guest
and supports the guest on the rescue tube while moving to safety.
✔✔Golden rule of guest relations - ✔✔A principle stating that lifeguards should treat
guests as they would
like to be treated—with respect.
✔✔GiD - ✔✔Guest in distress
✔✔Guest in distress - ✔✔A guest who needs the immediate assistance of lifeguards on
duty
✔✔Heart attack - ✔✔Death to part to the heart muscle caused by blockage of the
coronary arteries.
