RED CROSS LIFEGUARD CERTIFICATION CHAPTER 1
Primary responsibilities - Answers- prevent drowning and other injuries at your aquatic
facility
Ways to prevent drowning - Answers- monitor activities, eliminate hazardous behavior,
enforce rules, recognize and respond to emergencies, administer first aid and CPR and
AED, and work as a team
Secondary responsibilities - Answers- can include: testing pool chemicals, assist
patrons, clean, complete records and reports, perform opening and closing duties
Characteristics of a professional lifeguard - Answers- knowledgeable and skilled,
reliable, mature, courteous and consistent, positive, professional, healthy and fit
Things you should NOT do - Answers- leave while on station, use mobile devices,
slouch, participate in conversations, eat on duty, use alcohol on duty, and leave facility
on duty
Ways to stay healthy on fit - Answers- exercise, eat and hydrate properly, rest, and
protect from heat
Ways to have positive effect on team - Answers- -arrive on time
-rotate on time
-attend in-service training
-enforce rules consistantly
-communicate claerly and with respect
-be prepared
-complete secondary responsibilities (on time and completely)
Factors that can effect the EAP - Answers- -# of lifeguards on duty
- # of lifeguards of safety team
-types of patron activities
Safety team's job - Answers- back you up and provide assistance
Safety team in composed of - Answers- -lifeguard team
-facility staff
-local emergency personel
What EAP stand for - Answers- it stands for emergency action plan
Purpose of FIND - Answers- for decision making
What FIND stands for - Answers- F-figure out problem,
I -identify solutions
Primary responsibilities - Answers- prevent drowning and other injuries at your aquatic
facility
Ways to prevent drowning - Answers- monitor activities, eliminate hazardous behavior,
enforce rules, recognize and respond to emergencies, administer first aid and CPR and
AED, and work as a team
Secondary responsibilities - Answers- can include: testing pool chemicals, assist
patrons, clean, complete records and reports, perform opening and closing duties
Characteristics of a professional lifeguard - Answers- knowledgeable and skilled,
reliable, mature, courteous and consistent, positive, professional, healthy and fit
Things you should NOT do - Answers- leave while on station, use mobile devices,
slouch, participate in conversations, eat on duty, use alcohol on duty, and leave facility
on duty
Ways to stay healthy on fit - Answers- exercise, eat and hydrate properly, rest, and
protect from heat
Ways to have positive effect on team - Answers- -arrive on time
-rotate on time
-attend in-service training
-enforce rules consistantly
-communicate claerly and with respect
-be prepared
-complete secondary responsibilities (on time and completely)
Factors that can effect the EAP - Answers- -# of lifeguards on duty
- # of lifeguards of safety team
-types of patron activities
Safety team's job - Answers- back you up and provide assistance
Safety team in composed of - Answers- -lifeguard team
-facility staff
-local emergency personel
What EAP stand for - Answers- it stands for emergency action plan
Purpose of FIND - Answers- for decision making
What FIND stands for - Answers- F-figure out problem,
I -identify solutions
