RED CROSS LIFEGUARDING PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS 2024/2025 BEST STUDY GUIDE FOR REVISION.

RED CROSS LIFEGUARDING PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS 2024/2025 BEST STUDY GUIDE FOR REVISION. 2 / 4 1. CPR Should be performed on a victim who is...: In Cardiac Arrest or uncon-scious with an obstructed airway. 2. After an AED says "No Shock Advised," it is best to...: Perform CPR for about2 minutes. 3. When giving chest compressions to an adult, how do you position your hands?: Heel of one hand on the center of the chest with the other hand on top. 4. Once you have turned on the AED, you should...: Apply the pads and allow theAED to analyze the heart rhythm. 5. When providing care to a conscious infant who is choking, it is mostappropriate to...: Position the infant so the head is lower than the chest. 6. The cycle of chest compressions and ventilationsin two-rescuer CPR for aninfant is...: 15 chest compressions and 2 ventilations. 7. The purpose of a secondary assessment is to...: Identify and care for condi-tions that are not life threatening. 8. When giving a primary ventilation to an adult who is unconscious and not breathing, you notice the chest is not rising.What should you do next?: Re-tiltthe head and attempt another ventilation. 9. After summoning EMS for a victim who is conscious and bleeding severely,and after obtaining consent and putting on gloves,what should you do next?- : Press firmly against the wound with a sterile dressing and apply bandaging. 10. The bleachers at a swim meet suddenly collapse. Out of all the symptomsin the crowd, you should first care for...: An unconscious victim. 11. A victim has slurred speech, cannot lift their right arm level with the left, is unable to smile 3 / 4 and half her face is drooping.What would you assume hashappened?: A stroke. 12. As the only lifeguard performing CPR on an 7-year old, you would performcycles of...: 30 chest compressions and 2 ventilations. 13. You notice a child is choking on food at the concession stand. After activating your EAP and getting consent from the parents, what should you do next?: Stand or kneel behind the victim and give 5 back blows and 5 abdominalthrusts. 14. If there is a risk of the AED pads touching each other on a small child or infant, you should...: Place one pad in the middle of the chest and the other on theback. 15. Where should you place your hands when giving CPR to an infant?: Onehand on the forehead and two or three fingers on the center of the chest. 16. How deep should you compressthe chest when giving CPR to an adult?: Atleast 2 inches. (2 inches or more)