Red Cross Lifeguard Certification Top Scorer Guide
2025 | Real Questions Verified by Experts
Drowning Victim - Active - struggles to breathe, is at or near the surface, panicked/wide-
eyed, struggles to reach surface
Passive Drowning Victim - face down, sinking, at or underwater
EAP - Emergency Action Plan
Emergency Backup Coverage - when a lifeguard goes in for a save and you have to watch
their area
FIND - figure out problem, identify solutions, name pros and cons, decide best solution
MSDS - material safety data sheet, chemicals in pool
negligence - failing to provide care
RID factor - recognition, intrusion, distraction
Active Victim Save - give them rescue tube and push them to shallow water or to safety
Active Rear Save - grasp their shoulders from under their arms and swim back
Passive Rear Save - turn them face up by going underwater and rolling them onto your
shoulder
Mutliple rescue - multiple guards, hold both victims with tube
AED - automatic external defibrillator
Unconscious - CALL 911
PPE - personal protective equipment
Feet First passive victim save - swim near victim, push down to force your body down,
grab victim across their shoulder, pull the strap of the rescue tube to pull you up, switch arm to
other shoulder and put tube in between you and the victim
backboard save - cross hands and hold victim, put the backboard in the water and flip
victim onto it. Push backboard up and pull it out of the water
2025 | Real Questions Verified by Experts
Drowning Victim - Active - struggles to breathe, is at or near the surface, panicked/wide-
eyed, struggles to reach surface
Passive Drowning Victim - face down, sinking, at or underwater
EAP - Emergency Action Plan
Emergency Backup Coverage - when a lifeguard goes in for a save and you have to watch
their area
FIND - figure out problem, identify solutions, name pros and cons, decide best solution
MSDS - material safety data sheet, chemicals in pool
negligence - failing to provide care
RID factor - recognition, intrusion, distraction
Active Victim Save - give them rescue tube and push them to shallow water or to safety
Active Rear Save - grasp their shoulders from under their arms and swim back
Passive Rear Save - turn them face up by going underwater and rolling them onto your
shoulder
Mutliple rescue - multiple guards, hold both victims with tube
AED - automatic external defibrillator
Unconscious - CALL 911
PPE - personal protective equipment
Feet First passive victim save - swim near victim, push down to force your body down,
grab victim across their shoulder, pull the strap of the rescue tube to pull you up, switch arm to
other shoulder and put tube in between you and the victim
backboard save - cross hands and hold victim, put the backboard in the water and flip
victim onto it. Push backboard up and pull it out of the water
