AMERICAN RED CROSS LIFEGUARD TEST | TOP SCORES
MADE SIMPLE | TRUSTED TEST SOLUTIONS!
How can you protect yourself from possible blood borne pathogens transmission
when providing care? Answer: Use PPE
such as
Disposable Gloves
Breathing Barrier/Mask
A child is wheezing and grabbing his chest. after obtaining consent his mother tells
you he has asthma but does not have his inhaler nearby. What care should you
provide? Answer: 1) Summon EMS
2) Place victim in positions that helps breathing
While at the snack bar a child grabs his throat. You ask him if he is choking and he
nods yes. You activate the facility's emergency action plan. You tell him you a life
guard and get consent from his parents. What should you do next? Answer: 1)
Stand/kneel behind victim
2) give 5 back blows
3) followed by 5 abdominal thrusts
You and another life guard find an unconscious adult on the floor in the locker room.
You activate EAP , size up scene, and preform primary assessment. You find the
victim not breathing but has a pulse. You call 911 then...? Answer: give 1 breath
every 5 seconds
you come upon a scene where a patron appears to be injured. Before approaching
the victim what should you do to size up the scene? Answer: Begin primary
assessment
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,When providing care during an emergency what should you first do? Answer: Size
up the scene
You were preforming CPR on an adult how deep should you compress the chest?
Answer: At least 2 inches
CPR should be preformed on victims whho are in...? Answer: Cardiac arrest
What is the fist step in the cardiac chain of survival? Answer: Early recognition
+access to EMS
You are providing care to a victim having a heart attack. What should you do first?
Answer: Summon EMS
Once you turn in the AED you should...? Answer: apply pads and allow AED to
analyze heart rhythms
To ensure effective chest compression during CPR you should...? Answer: Allow
chest to fully recoil between chest compressions
You are preforming CPR on a victim and a 2nd life guard arrives. What should the
second life guard do first? Answer: check whether EMS has been summoned
What should you use when giving ventilation to protect you and the victim from
disease transmission? Answer: use a CPR breathing barrier/ mask
you are providing care to a pool maintenance worker who has fallen off a ladder. The
victim is conscious. What should you do first? Answer: obtain consent from the
victim
should you summon EMS personnel for a victim with an open wound with the bone
protruding? Answer: yes
You pull an unconscious adult from the water who is taking infrequent gasps. During
the primary assessment you find the victim has a pulse. What should you do next?
Answer: give 2 initial ventilations
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, if there is a risk of the AED pads touching each other such as with a small child or
infant what should you do? Answer: put one on the middle of the chest and one on
the middle of the back
you have sized up the scene and determined it is safe. Then performing a primary
assessment what should you do next? Answer: check for responsiveness
when using a BVM it requires__________ rescuers. Answer: 2
you are preparing to give ventilations to a 5 year old you give 1 ventilation about
every ___________ seconds. Answer: 3
when giving a child CPR you should do so at the rate of ______ compressions per
minute. Answer: 100
An AED has advised that a shock should be given what should you do next?
Answer: tell everyone to stand clear
you are about to apply AED pads to a victims chest that has several body piercings
on the chest what should you do? Answer: apply pads making sure to avoid the
jewelry
the cycle of chest compressions and ventilations in 2 man CPR for an infant?
Answer: 15 compressions and 2 ventilations
you are positioned above the childs head and are using mask to give ventilations.
After you position the mask what should you do? Answer: seal the mask
you are providing care to someone who has become unconscious while choking on
some food what should you do first? Answer: lower person to ground and open
airway
where should you place your hands when giving chest compressions to an infant
Answer: 1 hand on forehead
2-3 fingers on center of chest
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MADE SIMPLE | TRUSTED TEST SOLUTIONS!
How can you protect yourself from possible blood borne pathogens transmission
when providing care? Answer: Use PPE
such as
Disposable Gloves
Breathing Barrier/Mask
A child is wheezing and grabbing his chest. after obtaining consent his mother tells
you he has asthma but does not have his inhaler nearby. What care should you
provide? Answer: 1) Summon EMS
2) Place victim in positions that helps breathing
While at the snack bar a child grabs his throat. You ask him if he is choking and he
nods yes. You activate the facility's emergency action plan. You tell him you a life
guard and get consent from his parents. What should you do next? Answer: 1)
Stand/kneel behind victim
2) give 5 back blows
3) followed by 5 abdominal thrusts
You and another life guard find an unconscious adult on the floor in the locker room.
You activate EAP , size up scene, and preform primary assessment. You find the
victim not breathing but has a pulse. You call 911 then...? Answer: give 1 breath
every 5 seconds
you come upon a scene where a patron appears to be injured. Before approaching
the victim what should you do to size up the scene? Answer: Begin primary
assessment
1
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,When providing care during an emergency what should you first do? Answer: Size
up the scene
You were preforming CPR on an adult how deep should you compress the chest?
Answer: At least 2 inches
CPR should be preformed on victims whho are in...? Answer: Cardiac arrest
What is the fist step in the cardiac chain of survival? Answer: Early recognition
+access to EMS
You are providing care to a victim having a heart attack. What should you do first?
Answer: Summon EMS
Once you turn in the AED you should...? Answer: apply pads and allow AED to
analyze heart rhythms
To ensure effective chest compression during CPR you should...? Answer: Allow
chest to fully recoil between chest compressions
You are preforming CPR on a victim and a 2nd life guard arrives. What should the
second life guard do first? Answer: check whether EMS has been summoned
What should you use when giving ventilation to protect you and the victim from
disease transmission? Answer: use a CPR breathing barrier/ mask
you are providing care to a pool maintenance worker who has fallen off a ladder. The
victim is conscious. What should you do first? Answer: obtain consent from the
victim
should you summon EMS personnel for a victim with an open wound with the bone
protruding? Answer: yes
You pull an unconscious adult from the water who is taking infrequent gasps. During
the primary assessment you find the victim has a pulse. What should you do next?
Answer: give 2 initial ventilations
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, if there is a risk of the AED pads touching each other such as with a small child or
infant what should you do? Answer: put one on the middle of the chest and one on
the middle of the back
you have sized up the scene and determined it is safe. Then performing a primary
assessment what should you do next? Answer: check for responsiveness
when using a BVM it requires__________ rescuers. Answer: 2
you are preparing to give ventilations to a 5 year old you give 1 ventilation about
every ___________ seconds. Answer: 3
when giving a child CPR you should do so at the rate of ______ compressions per
minute. Answer: 100
An AED has advised that a shock should be given what should you do next?
Answer: tell everyone to stand clear
you are about to apply AED pads to a victims chest that has several body piercings
on the chest what should you do? Answer: apply pads making sure to avoid the
jewelry
the cycle of chest compressions and ventilations in 2 man CPR for an infant?
Answer: 15 compressions and 2 ventilations
you are positioned above the childs head and are using mask to give ventilations.
After you position the mask what should you do? Answer: seal the mask
you are providing care to someone who has become unconscious while choking on
some food what should you do first? Answer: lower person to ground and open
airway
where should you place your hands when giving chest compressions to an infant
Answer: 1 hand on forehead
2-3 fingers on center of chest
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