American Red Cross Lifeguard Tests A Exam
Questions With Complete Solutions
How can you best protect yourself from possible
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bloodborne pathogen transmission when | | | |
providing care? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-d. Use personal protective
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equipment (PPE), | |
such as disposable gloves and a breathing
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barrier, when providing care.
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A 12-year-old boy at a swim meet grabs his chest
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and begins to make wheezing noises. After you
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obtain consent to provide care, his mother informs
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you that he has a history of asthma, but does not
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have his inhaler nearby. What care should
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you provide? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-b. Summon more advanced
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medical personnel | |
and place the victim into a position that
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While having a snack in the concession area, a
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child suddenly clutches his throat with both hands.
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,You ask him if he is choking and he frantically nods
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yes. You activate your facility's emergency action
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plan (EAP). You identify yourself as a lifeguard and
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obtain consent from the parents. What should you
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do next? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-d. Stand or kneel behind the victim
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and give | |
5 back blows and 5 abdominal thrusts.
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You and another lifeguard find an unconscious
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adult on the floor in the locker room. You activate
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your facility's EAP, size-up the scene and perform
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a primary assessment. You find the victim is not
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moving or breathing, but has a pulse. You should
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summon EMS personnel, then: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a. Give 1 rescue
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breath about every 5 seconds.
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You come upon a scene where a patron appears to
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be injured. Before approaching the victim, which of
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the following will you not do as you size-up
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the scene? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-c. Begin the primary assessment.
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When providing care during an emergency, which
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, of the following should you do first? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-c. Size-up
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the scene.
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As the first lifeguard on the scene, you are
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performing CPR on an adult. When performing
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chest compressions, how deeply should you
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compress the chest? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-d. At least 2 inches
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CPR should be performed on which of the
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following victims? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-c. One who is in cardiac
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arrest
What is the first step of the Cardiac Chain
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of Survival? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-d. Early recognition and access to
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the emergency medical services (EMS) system
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You are providing care to a victim having a heart
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attack. Which of the following would you do first? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-d. Summon EMS personnel. | | |
Once you have turned on the automated external defibrillator (AED),
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you should: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a. Apply the pads and allow the
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AED to analyze
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Questions With Complete Solutions
How can you best protect yourself from possible
| | | | | | | |
bloodborne pathogen transmission when | | | |
providing care? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-d. Use personal protective
| | | | | | | |
equipment (PPE), | |
such as disposable gloves and a breathing
| | | | | | |
barrier, when providing care.
| | |
A 12-year-old boy at a swim meet grabs his chest
| | | | | | | | | |
and begins to make wheezing noises. After you
| | | | | | | |
obtain consent to provide care, his mother informs
| | | | | | | |
you that he has a history of asthma, but does not
| | | | | | | | | | |
have his inhaler nearby. What care should
| | | | | | |
you provide? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-b. Summon more advanced
| | | | | | | |
medical personnel | |
and place the victim into a position that
| | | | | | |
While having a snack in the concession area, a
| | | | | | | | |
child suddenly clutches his throat with both hands.
| | | | | | | |
,You ask him if he is choking and he frantically nods
| | | | | | | | | | |
yes. You activate your facility's emergency action
| | | | | | |
plan (EAP). You identify yourself as a lifeguard and
| | | | | | | | |
obtain consent from the parents. What should you
| | | | | | | |
do next? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-d. Stand or kneel behind the victim
| | | | | | | | | | |
and give | |
5 back blows and 5 abdominal thrusts.
| | | | | |
You and another lifeguard find an unconscious
| | | | | | |
adult on the floor in the locker room. You activate
| | | | | | | | | |
your facility's EAP, size-up the scene and perform
| | | | | | | |
a primary assessment. You find the victim is not
| | | | | | | | |
moving or breathing, but has a pulse. You should
| | | | | | | | |
summon EMS personnel, then: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a. Give 1 rescue
| | | | | | | | |
breath about every 5 seconds.
| | | | |
You come upon a 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? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-c. Begin the primary assessment.
| | | | | | | |
When providing care during an emergency, which
| | | | | | |
, of the following should you do first? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-c. Size-up
| | | | | | | | | | |
the scene.
|
As the first lifeguard on the scene, you are
| | | | | | | | |
performing CPR on an adult. When performing
| | | | | | |
chest compressions, how deeply should you
| | | | | |
compress the chest? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-d. At least 2 inches
| | | | | | | | |
CPR should be performed on which of the
| | | | | | | |
following victims? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-c. One who is in cardiac
| | | | | | | | | |
arrest
What is the first step of the Cardiac Chain
| | | | | | | | |
of Survival? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-d. Early recognition and access to
| | | | | | | | | |
the emergency medical services (EMS) system
| | | | |
You are providing care to a victim having a heart
| | | | | | | | | |
attack. Which of the following would you do first? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-d. Summon EMS personnel. | | |
Once you have turned on the automated external defibrillator (AED),
| | | | | | | | | |
you should: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a. Apply the pads and allow the
| | | | | | | | | | |
AED to analyze
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