AMERICAN RED CROSS LIFEGUARD
TEST EXAM 2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 100% PASS
How can you protect yourself from possible blood borne pathogens transmission when
providing care? - ANS Use PPE
such as
Disposable Gloves
Breathing Barrier/Mask
A child is wheezing and grabbing his chest. after obtaining consent his mother tells you he has
asthma but does not have his inhaler nearby. What care should you provide? - ANS 1)
Summon EMS
2) Place victim in positions that helps breathing
While at the snack bar a child grabs his throat. You ask him if he is choking and he nods yes. You
activate the facility's emergency action plan. You tell him you a life guard and get consent from
his parents. What should you do next? - ANS 1) Stand/kneel behind victim
2) give 5 back blows
3) followed by 5 abdominal thrusts
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,You and another life guard find an unconscious adult on the floor in the locker room. You
activate EAP , size up scene, and preform primary assessment. You find the victim not breathing
but has a pulse. You call 911 then...? - ANS give 1 breath every 5 seconds
you come upon a scene where a patron appears to be injured. Before approaching the victim
what should you do to size up the scene? - ANS Begin primary assessment
When providing care during an emergency what should you first do? - ANS Size up the scene
You were preforming CPR on an adult how deep should you compress the chest? - ANS At
least 2 inches
CPR should be preformed on victims whho are in...? - ANS Cardiac arrest
What is the fist step in the cardiac chain of survival? - ANS Early recognition +access to EMS
You are providing care to a victim having a heart attack. What should you do first? -
ANS Summon EMS
Once you turn in the AED you should...? - ANS apply pads and allow AED to analyze heart
rhythms
To ensure effective chest compression during CPR you should...? - ANS Allow chest to fully
recoil between chest compressions
You are preforming CPR on a victim and a 2nd life guard arrives. What should the second life
guard do first? - ANS check whether EMS has been summoned
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, What should you use when giving ventilation to protect you and the victim from disease
transmission? - ANS use a CPR breathing barrier/ mask
you are providing care to a pool maintenance worker who has fallen off a ladder. The victim is
conscious. What should you do first? - ANS obtain consent from the victim
should you summon EMS personnel for a victim with an open wound with the bone protruding?
- ANS yes
You pull an unconscious adult from the water who is taking infrequent gasps. During the
primary assessment you find the victim has a pulse. What should you do next? - ANS give 2
initial ventilations
if there is a risk of the AED pads touching each other such as with a small child or infant what
should you do? - ANS put one on the middle of the chest and one on the middle of the back
you have sized up the scene and determined it is safe. Then performing a primary assessment
what should you do next? - ANS check for responsiveness
when using a BVM it requires__________ rescuers. - ANS 2
you are preparing to give ventilations to a 5 year old you give 1 ventilation about every
___________ seconds. - ANS 3
when giving a child CPR you should do so at the rate of ______ compressions per minute. -
ANS 100
An AED has advised that a shock should be given what should you do next? - ANS tell
everyone to stand clear
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TEST EXAM 2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 100% PASS
How can you protect yourself from possible blood borne pathogens transmission when
providing care? - ANS Use PPE
such as
Disposable Gloves
Breathing Barrier/Mask
A child is wheezing and grabbing his chest. after obtaining consent his mother tells you he has
asthma but does not have his inhaler nearby. What care should you provide? - ANS 1)
Summon EMS
2) Place victim in positions that helps breathing
While at the snack bar a child grabs his throat. You ask him if he is choking and he nods yes. You
activate the facility's emergency action plan. You tell him you a life guard and get consent from
his parents. What should you do next? - ANS 1) Stand/kneel behind victim
2) give 5 back blows
3) followed by 5 abdominal thrusts
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED
,You and another life guard find an unconscious adult on the floor in the locker room. You
activate EAP , size up scene, and preform primary assessment. You find the victim not breathing
but has a pulse. You call 911 then...? - ANS give 1 breath every 5 seconds
you come upon a scene where a patron appears to be injured. Before approaching the victim
what should you do to size up the scene? - ANS Begin primary assessment
When providing care during an emergency what should you first do? - ANS Size up the scene
You were preforming CPR on an adult how deep should you compress the chest? - ANS At
least 2 inches
CPR should be preformed on victims whho are in...? - ANS Cardiac arrest
What is the fist step in the cardiac chain of survival? - ANS Early recognition +access to EMS
You are providing care to a victim having a heart attack. What should you do first? -
ANS Summon EMS
Once you turn in the AED you should...? - ANS apply pads and allow AED to analyze heart
rhythms
To ensure effective chest compression during CPR you should...? - ANS Allow chest to fully
recoil between chest compressions
You are preforming CPR on a victim and a 2nd life guard arrives. What should the second life
guard do first? - ANS check whether EMS has been summoned
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, What should you use when giving ventilation to protect you and the victim from disease
transmission? - ANS use a CPR breathing barrier/ mask
you are providing care to a pool maintenance worker who has fallen off a ladder. The victim is
conscious. What should you do first? - ANS obtain consent from the victim
should you summon EMS personnel for a victim with an open wound with the bone protruding?
- ANS yes
You pull an unconscious adult from the water who is taking infrequent gasps. During the
primary assessment you find the victim has a pulse. What should you do next? - ANS give 2
initial ventilations
if there is a risk of the AED pads touching each other such as with a small child or infant what
should you do? - ANS put one on the middle of the chest and one on the middle of the back
you have sized up the scene and determined it is safe. Then performing a primary assessment
what should you do next? - ANS check for responsiveness
when using a BVM it requires__________ rescuers. - ANS 2
you are preparing to give ventilations to a 5 year old you give 1 ventilation about every
___________ seconds. - ANS 3
when giving a child CPR you should do so at the rate of ______ compressions per minute. -
ANS 100
An AED has advised that a shock should be given what should you do next? - ANS tell
everyone to stand clear
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