Red Cross Lifeguard Written Test 2025
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1 second, make chest clearly rise - ANS how long should one breath be, and
what should it do to your victim?
10 - ANS for every one minute care is delayed, your victim loses ____%
chance of survival
2 Person CPR Ratios - ANS Adult: still 30:2
Child or Infant: 15:2
4 Things to help ensure victim survival - ANS Early Recognition/Response,
Early CPR, Early Defibrillation, Early EMS Arrival
5 back blows, 5 abdominal thrusts - ANS what to do to a choking victim if
conscious
Abandonment ______ - ANS The failure to continue care once it has been
initiated.
Adult CPR - ANS 1 Rescuer- 30 compressions per 2 breaths
2 Rescuer- 30 compressions per 2 breaths
Adult-head to toe, Child-toe to head - ANS how do you check a adult that's
conscious, or a child?
airway, breathing, circulation - ANS what are the ABC's
Allergies - ANS Are you allergic to any foods or medications? What is your
reaction?
As you keep in mind the legal considerations explained in this chapter, read the
following
scenario and answer the related questions: A female patron slips and falls on the
deck. She hits
her head, and it is lightly bleeding. You ask for consent, but the patron refuses. She
says she will
get dressed and go home.
a. What should you do?
A few minutes after the patron enters the locker room, another patron comes out and
says the
, woman is now unconscious in the locker room.
b. Should you help the patron now? Why or why not? - ANS A- fill out a report
and ask her to sign if not, write that down on the documentations.B- Then you would
help her because she is unconscious it is called implied consent
Automatic External Defibrillator - ANS AED's meaning
bare dry skin - ANS where do the pads of AED have to go? (*Hint*: skin)
break ribs - ANS what is an *effective* chest compression do?
CABC - ANS -Consciousness --> Call 911 (Glove-up)
-Airway (Open)
-Breathing
-Circulation
call 911 - ANS if your victim is having cardiac arrest, what do you do first?
Cardiac Arrest - ANS failure of the ventricles of the heart to contract (usually
caused by ventricular fibrillation) with consequent absence of the heart beat leading
to oxygen lack and eventually to death
Characterisitcs of a Professional Lifeguard. Lifeguards must be... - ANS
knowledgable with appropriate skills, reliable, mature, couteous and consistent,
positive, and professional.
Check, call, care - ANS 3 C's
Confidentiality _____ - ANS The safeguarding of a victim's right to privacy as it
concerns his or her medical condition, etc.
Consent ______ - ANS Permission to provide care given by an injured adult or
the parent of an injured child to a rescuer or caregiver.
This permission is implied when the adult is
unresponsive or the child is unattended.
CPR (act of) - ANS • 30 compressions (up to 2.5 in. for adult, 2in. for kids,
1.5in. for infants)
• 2 Breaths
CPR (definition) - ANS Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Dehydration - ANS When a person loses more fluids than he/she consumes.
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1 second, make chest clearly rise - ANS how long should one breath be, and
what should it do to your victim?
10 - ANS for every one minute care is delayed, your victim loses ____%
chance of survival
2 Person CPR Ratios - ANS Adult: still 30:2
Child or Infant: 15:2
4 Things to help ensure victim survival - ANS Early Recognition/Response,
Early CPR, Early Defibrillation, Early EMS Arrival
5 back blows, 5 abdominal thrusts - ANS what to do to a choking victim if
conscious
Abandonment ______ - ANS The failure to continue care once it has been
initiated.
Adult CPR - ANS 1 Rescuer- 30 compressions per 2 breaths
2 Rescuer- 30 compressions per 2 breaths
Adult-head to toe, Child-toe to head - ANS how do you check a adult that's
conscious, or a child?
airway, breathing, circulation - ANS what are the ABC's
Allergies - ANS Are you allergic to any foods or medications? What is your
reaction?
As you keep in mind the legal considerations explained in this chapter, read the
following
scenario and answer the related questions: A female patron slips and falls on the
deck. She hits
her head, and it is lightly bleeding. You ask for consent, but the patron refuses. She
says she will
get dressed and go home.
a. What should you do?
A few minutes after the patron enters the locker room, another patron comes out and
says the
, woman is now unconscious in the locker room.
b. Should you help the patron now? Why or why not? - ANS A- fill out a report
and ask her to sign if not, write that down on the documentations.B- Then you would
help her because she is unconscious it is called implied consent
Automatic External Defibrillator - ANS AED's meaning
bare dry skin - ANS where do the pads of AED have to go? (*Hint*: skin)
break ribs - ANS what is an *effective* chest compression do?
CABC - ANS -Consciousness --> Call 911 (Glove-up)
-Airway (Open)
-Breathing
-Circulation
call 911 - ANS if your victim is having cardiac arrest, what do you do first?
Cardiac Arrest - ANS failure of the ventricles of the heart to contract (usually
caused by ventricular fibrillation) with consequent absence of the heart beat leading
to oxygen lack and eventually to death
Characterisitcs of a Professional Lifeguard. Lifeguards must be... - ANS
knowledgable with appropriate skills, reliable, mature, couteous and consistent,
positive, and professional.
Check, call, care - ANS 3 C's
Confidentiality _____ - ANS The safeguarding of a victim's right to privacy as it
concerns his or her medical condition, etc.
Consent ______ - ANS Permission to provide care given by an injured adult or
the parent of an injured child to a rescuer or caregiver.
This permission is implied when the adult is
unresponsive or the child is unattended.
CPR (act of) - ANS • 30 compressions (up to 2.5 in. for adult, 2in. for kids,
1.5in. for infants)
• 2 Breaths
CPR (definition) - ANS Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Dehydration - ANS When a person loses more fluids than he/she consumes.
