Lifeguarding: American Red Cross Questions
and Answers 100% Solved
Chapter 1:
Is it necessary to remove jewelry & body piercings when using an AED? ✔️✔️No, but do not
place pads directly over jewelry & piercings.
Can you use an AED on a pregnant woman? ✔️✔️Yes
Secondary Assessment ✔️✔️Take brief history (SAMPLE)
Physical exam (quick; head-to-toe)
Provide care needed
SAMPLE ✔️✔️Signs and symptoms
Allergies
Medications
Pertinent past medical history
Last oral intake
Events leading up to incident
FAST (strokes) ✔️✔️Face - weakness on one side
Arm - weakness/numbness in one arm
Speech - slurred/troubled speech
Time - summon EMS if any of these symptoms
Wound ✔️✔️Physical injury to the body's soft tissue.
Closed wounds ✔️✔️Occur beneath surface of skin.
, Contusion ✔️✔️bruise (simplest closed wound)
Open wounds ✔️✔️skin is broken:
abrasion
laceration
avulsion
puncture
Abrasion ✔️✔️skin rubbed/scraped away
Laceration ✔️✔️cuts bleed freely
Avulsion ✔️✔️cut in which a piece of soft tissue/body part is torn loose or off entirely
Puncture ✔️✔️Embedded objects removed by EMS only
Shock ✔️✔️restlessness or irritability, LOC, ashen or moist skin, nausea or vomiting, excessive
thirst and rapid breathing and pulse
Should you give food or drink to a victim of shock? ✔️✔️No, even if victim asks for them.
Four types of burns: ✔️✔️Heat
Radiation
Chemicals
Electricity
First degree burns ✔️✔️superficial
and Answers 100% Solved
Chapter 1:
Is it necessary to remove jewelry & body piercings when using an AED? ✔️✔️No, but do not
place pads directly over jewelry & piercings.
Can you use an AED on a pregnant woman? ✔️✔️Yes
Secondary Assessment ✔️✔️Take brief history (SAMPLE)
Physical exam (quick; head-to-toe)
Provide care needed
SAMPLE ✔️✔️Signs and symptoms
Allergies
Medications
Pertinent past medical history
Last oral intake
Events leading up to incident
FAST (strokes) ✔️✔️Face - weakness on one side
Arm - weakness/numbness in one arm
Speech - slurred/troubled speech
Time - summon EMS if any of these symptoms
Wound ✔️✔️Physical injury to the body's soft tissue.
Closed wounds ✔️✔️Occur beneath surface of skin.
, Contusion ✔️✔️bruise (simplest closed wound)
Open wounds ✔️✔️skin is broken:
abrasion
laceration
avulsion
puncture
Abrasion ✔️✔️skin rubbed/scraped away
Laceration ✔️✔️cuts bleed freely
Avulsion ✔️✔️cut in which a piece of soft tissue/body part is torn loose or off entirely
Puncture ✔️✔️Embedded objects removed by EMS only
Shock ✔️✔️restlessness or irritability, LOC, ashen or moist skin, nausea or vomiting, excessive
thirst and rapid breathing and pulse
Should you give food or drink to a victim of shock? ✔️✔️No, even if victim asks for them.
Four types of burns: ✔️✔️Heat
Radiation
Chemicals
Electricity
First degree burns ✔️✔️superficial
