LIFEGUARD TEST RED CROSS STUDY GUIDE 130+ COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS NEWEST 2025

How can you best protect yourself from possible bloodborne pathogen transmission when providing care? a. Ask the victim first if they have any communicable diseases. b. Thoroughly wash your hands before providing care. c. Use first aid supplies, such as dressings and bandages, as a barrier when in contact with the victim. d. Use personal protective equipment (PPE), such as disposable gloves and a breathing barrier, when providing care. - Correct Answer-D A 12-year-old child at a swim meet grabs their chest and begins to make wheezing noises. After you obtain consent to provide care, the child's parent informs you that the child has a history of asthma, but does not have an inhaler nearby. What care should you provide? a. Give 5 back blows. b. Summon more advanced medical personnel and place the victim into a position that helps breathing. c. Tell the victim to use an inhaler borrowed from a bystander. d. Wait 20 minutes to see if the breathing difficulty goes away. - Correct Answer-B Your initial impression of a victim is based on: a. The victim's initial vital signs. b. How the victim appears to you as you size up the scene. c. The victim's SAMPLE history. d. What you have been told about the victim. - Correct Answer-B You and another lifeguard find an unresponsive adult on the floor in the locker room. You activate your facility's EAP, size-up the scene, form an initial impression and perform a primary assessment. You find the victim is not moving or breathing, but has a pulse. You should summon EMS personnel, then: a. Give ventilations at a rate of 1about every 5-6 seconds. b. Give back blows and chest thrusts. c. Give quick breaths at the rate of 20 to 40 a minute. d. Perform CPR. - Correct Answer-A You arrive on the scene where a patron appears to be injured. Before approaching the victim, which of the following will you NOT do as you size-up the scene? LIFEGUARD LIFEGUARD a. Begin performing the primary assessment. b. Use all your senses to determine if the scene is safe. c. Form an initial impression. d. Put on appropriate PPE. - Correct Answer-A When providing care during an emergency, which of the following should you do first? a. Size-up the scene while forming an initial impression. b. Check for responsiveness. c. Perform a primary assessment. d. Summon more advanced medical personnel. - Correct Answer-A As the first rescuer on the scene, you are performing CPR on an adult. When performing chest compressions, how deeply should you compress the chest? a. About 2 inches b. At least 2 inches but no more than 2.4 inches c. About 1½ inches d. At least 1 inch but no more than 2 inches - Correct Answer-B CPR should be performed on which of the following victims? a. One who is in cardiac arrest b. One who is conscious and is choking c. One who is experiencing difficulty breathing d. One who responds to painful stimuli - Correct Answer-A What is the first step of the Adult Cardiac Chain of Survival? a. Early CPR to keep oxygen-rich blood flowing and to help delay brain damage and death. b. Early defibrillation to help restore an effective heart rhythm and significantly increase the Vitim's chance for survival. c. Advanced life support using advanced medical personnel who can provide the proper tools and medication needed to continue the lifesaving care. d. Recognition of a cardiac emergency and activation of the emergency response system. - Correct Answer-D You are providing care to a victim suspected of having a heart attack. Which of the following would you do first? a. Summon EMS personnel. b. Loosen any tight clothing. c. Monitor the victim's appearance. d. Provide comfort to the victim. - Correct Answer-A Once you have turned on the automated external defibrillator (AED), you should: a. Check for breathing. b. Give abdominal thrusts. c. Apply the pads and allow the AED to analyze the heart rhythm. d. Give chest compressions. - Correct Answer-C LIFEGUARD LIFEGUARD To ensure high-quality CPR and high-quality chest compressions, you should: a. Keep your shoulders directly over your hands and bend your elbows. b. Compress the victim's chest to a shallow depth c. Expose the victim's chest to ensure proper hand placement and full chest recoil. d. Place the victim on a soft, flat surface - Correct Answer-C You are performing CPR on a victim and an assisting responder arrives. Which of the following is most appropriate for the assisting responder to do first? a. Begin giving ventilations to the victim. b. Call for a change in position to assist with CPR. c. Check to see whether EMS personnel have been called. d. Have the first lifeguard stop CPR to allow for victim reassessment. - Correct Answer C 14. Which of the following is most essential to use when giving ventilations to protect you and the victim from disease transmission? a. Resuscitation masks b. Protective clothing c. Gowns d. Protective eye wear - Correct Answer-A You are providing care to a facility maintenance worker who has fallen off the top of a ladder. The victim is responsive. Which of the following should you do first? a. Ask the victim what happened when they fell. b. Obtain consent from the victim to provide care. c. Check the victim's pulse. d. Question the victim about any complaints of pain. - Correct Answer-B 16. For which of the following should you summon EMS personnel? a. A victim with a minor cut on the forearm that is lightly bleeding b. A victim with an airway obstruction who is forcefully coughing c. A victim with intermittent abdominal pressure d. A victim with an open leg wound with the bone protruding - Correct Answer-D While performing a primary assessment on an unresponsive adult who has been rescued from the water, you find that they have only occasional gasps, no pulse and no severe life-threatening bleeding. Which of the following should you do next? a. Give 5 abdominal thrusts. b. Immediately begin CPR, starting with chest compressions. c. Place the victim in the recovery position. d. Give 2 ventilations and begin CPR. - Correct Answer-D If there is a risk of the AED pads touching each other, such as with a small child or an infant, you should: a. Place one pad on the stomach and one pad on the chest. b. Place one pad in the middle of the chest and the other on the back. LIFEGUARD LIFEGUARD c. Place them as usual. It does not matter if the pads touch each other. d. Reverse the pads' position on the chest. - Correct Answer-B You have sized up the scene, formed an initial impression and determined the scene is safe. When starting the primary assessment, which of the following would you do first? a. Summon EMS personnel b. Check for responsiveness c. Open the victim's airway d. Check for breathing and a pulse - Correct Answer-B Which of the following statements about bag-valve-mask resuscitators (BVMs) is most accurate? a. BVMs are readily available at all emergency scenes. b. Monitoring the victim for full exhalation is not required. c. Ventilations are more effective when two rescuers operate the BVM. d. When used by a single rescuer, BVMs allow easy coordination with chest compressions. - Correct Answer-C You are preparing to give ventilations to a 5-year-old child using a resuscitation mask. You should give 1 ventilation about every: a. 1 second. b. 2 seconds. c. 5-6 seconds. d. 3 seconds. - Correct Answer-D 22. When performing chest compressions during CPR, you should give compressions at a rate of at least how many compressions per minute? a. Between 100 and 120 b. Between 60 and 80 c. Between 120 and 140 d. Between 140 and 160 - Correct Answer-A 23. An AED has advised that a shock should be given. Which of the following is appropriate? a. Apply new AED pads to the victim's chest. b. Begin chest compressions immediately. c. Tell everyone to stand clear of the victim.