American Red Cross Lifeguard Practice Test 2025: Emergency Medicine & First Aid

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Emergency Medicine American Red Cross Lifeguard

Tests A & B / American Red Cross Lifeguard Test (Latest

Update 2025)

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

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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

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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