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The primary responsibility of a lifeguard is to ensure _____________ _____________ and to
protect ____________________. - Precise Answer ✔✔patron safety and protect lives
In what ways should a professional lifeguard be prepared for his or her job? - Precise Answer
✔✔Knowledgeable and skilled , reliable, mature, courteous and consistent, positive,
professional
What different environments employ lifeguards? - Precise Answer ✔✔lakes, beaches, coves,
pool clubs, community pools
The certificates you earn in this class will prepare you for working in which environment(s)? -
Precise Answer ✔✔*very environment that hires red cross certified lifeguards
List one decision that a lifeguard may have to make? - Precise Answer ✔✔F.I.N.D
The FIND model stands for: - Precise Answer ✔✔Figure out the problem, identify the possible
solutions, name the pros and cons for each solution, decide which solutions is best
Duty to act _____ - Precise Answer ✔✔A legal responsibility to respond to an emergency while
on the job.
,Standard of care - Precise Answer ✔✔The benchmark by which the actions of a caregiver with
similar training and experience is measured.
Negligence _____ - Precise Answer ✔✔A failure to act or to use reasonable care that results in
injury or that causes further harm.
Good Samaritan laws _____ - Precise Answer ✔✔Statutes that generally provide legal
protection to
people who willingly (without a duty to act) give
emergency care without being negligent or accepting
anything in return
Consent ______ - Precise Answer ✔✔Permission to provide care given by an injured adult or
the parent of an injured child to a rescuer or caregiver.
This permission is implied when the adult is
unresponsive or the child is unattended.
Refusal of care ______ - Precise Answer ✔✔An unwillingness to receive first aid or medical
treatment expressed by a victim (or the victim's parent
or guardian) who must give consent.
Abandonment ______ - Precise Answer ✔✔The failure to continue care once it has been
initiated.
Confidentiality _____ - Precise Answer ✔✔The safeguarding of a victim's right to privacy as it
concerns his or her medical condition, etc.
, Documentation _____ - Precise Answer ✔✔A form, like an accident report, that describes what
was
seen, heard, and done during an emergency.
As you keep in mind the legal considerations explained in this chapter, read the following
scenario and answer the related questions: A female patron slips and falls on the deck. She hits
her head, and it is lightly bleeding. You ask for consent, but the patron refuses. She says she will
get dressed and go home.
a. What should you do?
A few minutes after the patron enters the locker room, another patron comes out and says the
woman is now unconscious in the locker room.
b. Should you help the patron now? Why or why not? - Precise Answer ✔✔A- fill out a report
and ask her to sign if not, write that down on the documentations.B- Then you would help her
because she is unconscious it is called implied consent
What is the importance of the lifeguard team? - Precise Answer ✔✔working together, following
rules and regulations, acting fast when it comes to an emergency, and understanding how to
wok like a team
The lifeguard team is part of a larger team - the _______________ ________________ team. -
Precise Answer ✔✔the lifeguard team and the safety team
how to prevent injuries - Precise Answer ✔✔patron safety
risk management - Precise Answer ✔✔identifying dangerous conditions/ behaviors that can
cause injury and then taking steps to minimize them