PADI RESCUE DIVER STUDYS ANSWERS AND
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔the ideal tow meets which of the following criteria - ✔✔it keeps the divers face out of
the water, it reduces drag, it gives you control
✔✔things that may affect how you exit the water with a tired diver may include - ✔✔the
exit terrain, the need for medical assistance, how tired you and the victim are, surface
conditions
✔✔three concerns regarding a responsive diver once you are safely ont he boat or
shore include - ✔✔assessing for illness or injury, contacting emergency medical care if
required, being sensitive to the diver regarding the incident
✔✔T or F: basically an emergency action plan is the information you need in the event
of an emergency in a particular location or at a particular site - ✔✔True
✔✔areas of information an emergency action plan may include - ✔✔steps to follow,
emergency phone numbers, a script for what to say when calling emergency services,
and information about any required accident reports
✔✔benefits of practicing emergency procedures regularly based on your emergency
action plan include that - ✔✔it reduces stress in the event of a real emergency, it refines
your response skills, it allows you to evaluate your performance and refine your plan
✔✔basic life support (BLS) is - ✔✔monitoring and enacting emergency procedures for
respiratory and or cardiovascular system failure
✔✔dive accidents that may require BLS include - ✔✔drowning, decompression
sickness, heart attack, heat stroke
✔✔T or F: time affects BLS because the longer the brain goes without oxygen the more
likely it becomes that brain damage will occur - ✔✔true
, ✔✔T or F: the first two steps for primary assessment are establishing responsiveness
and checking for a heartbeat - ✔✔false: primary assessment begins with assessing the
situation and establishing responsiveness
✔✔T or F: when rescuing an unresponsive diver in the water, it is important to check for
a heartbeat - ✔✔false: its almost impossible to determine heartbeat in the water, so the
protocol is that you dont waste time trying
✔✔signs and symptoms of shock include - ✔✔shallow breathing, moist, clammy skin,
nausea, restlessness
✔✔T or F: shock almost never occurs in dive accidents - ✔✔false: dive accidents can
produce shock due to injury, decompression sickness, lung over expansion injury and
other conditions
✔✔T or F: treating shock in diving circumstances may require keeping a patient warm
or keeping a patient cool - ✔✔true
✔✔T or F: the procedures for a secondary assessment in diving are the same for those
you learn in EFR secondary assessment - ✔✔True
✔✔heat _____ causes profuse sweating, whereas with heat ____ the patient does not
perspire. treat heat ___ as immediately life threatening - ✔✔exhaustion, stroke, stroke
✔✔T or F: if the patient isn't shivering, then hypothermia is not a concern - ✔✔false: at
the most sever stages of hypothermia, shivering stops
✔✔T or F: for severe hypothermis, you should protect the patient from further cooling
but leave rewarming to medical professionals - ✔✔true
✔✔signs that a diver may have a problem underwater may include - ✔✔rapid breathing,
swimming with arms, jerky movements
✔✔in the case of a panicked ascent you wantt o - ✔✔prevent a rapid, breath-held
ascent
✔✔if you discover a diver is missing - ✔✔determine where anyone last saw the diver,
check to see if the diver may have left the area, assign spotters to look for bubbles
✔✔T or F: time is critical in a missing diver scenario because you do not want the diver
to get too cold - ✔✔false: cooling may be an issue in some instances but the primary
concern is that is the diver is not breathing, brain damage can occur in six minutes
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔the ideal tow meets which of the following criteria - ✔✔it keeps the divers face out of
the water, it reduces drag, it gives you control
✔✔things that may affect how you exit the water with a tired diver may include - ✔✔the
exit terrain, the need for medical assistance, how tired you and the victim are, surface
conditions
✔✔three concerns regarding a responsive diver once you are safely ont he boat or
shore include - ✔✔assessing for illness or injury, contacting emergency medical care if
required, being sensitive to the diver regarding the incident
✔✔T or F: basically an emergency action plan is the information you need in the event
of an emergency in a particular location or at a particular site - ✔✔True
✔✔areas of information an emergency action plan may include - ✔✔steps to follow,
emergency phone numbers, a script for what to say when calling emergency services,
and information about any required accident reports
✔✔benefits of practicing emergency procedures regularly based on your emergency
action plan include that - ✔✔it reduces stress in the event of a real emergency, it refines
your response skills, it allows you to evaluate your performance and refine your plan
✔✔basic life support (BLS) is - ✔✔monitoring and enacting emergency procedures for
respiratory and or cardiovascular system failure
✔✔dive accidents that may require BLS include - ✔✔drowning, decompression
sickness, heart attack, heat stroke
✔✔T or F: time affects BLS because the longer the brain goes without oxygen the more
likely it becomes that brain damage will occur - ✔✔true
, ✔✔T or F: the first two steps for primary assessment are establishing responsiveness
and checking for a heartbeat - ✔✔false: primary assessment begins with assessing the
situation and establishing responsiveness
✔✔T or F: when rescuing an unresponsive diver in the water, it is important to check for
a heartbeat - ✔✔false: its almost impossible to determine heartbeat in the water, so the
protocol is that you dont waste time trying
✔✔signs and symptoms of shock include - ✔✔shallow breathing, moist, clammy skin,
nausea, restlessness
✔✔T or F: shock almost never occurs in dive accidents - ✔✔false: dive accidents can
produce shock due to injury, decompression sickness, lung over expansion injury and
other conditions
✔✔T or F: treating shock in diving circumstances may require keeping a patient warm
or keeping a patient cool - ✔✔true
✔✔T or F: the procedures for a secondary assessment in diving are the same for those
you learn in EFR secondary assessment - ✔✔True
✔✔heat _____ causes profuse sweating, whereas with heat ____ the patient does not
perspire. treat heat ___ as immediately life threatening - ✔✔exhaustion, stroke, stroke
✔✔T or F: if the patient isn't shivering, then hypothermia is not a concern - ✔✔false: at
the most sever stages of hypothermia, shivering stops
✔✔T or F: for severe hypothermis, you should protect the patient from further cooling
but leave rewarming to medical professionals - ✔✔true
✔✔signs that a diver may have a problem underwater may include - ✔✔rapid breathing,
swimming with arms, jerky movements
✔✔in the case of a panicked ascent you wantt o - ✔✔prevent a rapid, breath-held
ascent
✔✔if you discover a diver is missing - ✔✔determine where anyone last saw the diver,
check to see if the diver may have left the area, assign spotters to look for bubbles
✔✔T or F: time is critical in a missing diver scenario because you do not want the diver
to get too cold - ✔✔false: cooling may be an issue in some instances but the primary
concern is that is the diver is not breathing, brain damage can occur in six minutes
