Lifeguard Challenge Unconscious Scenarios 2023

The automated external defibrillator (AED) can be used to treat:

• A normal sinus rhythm

• No pulse, which may be caused by ventricular fibrillation or ventricular tachycardia

• A heart rate that will eventually lead to unconsciousness

• Guests who are suffering from respiratory distress

Your team needs to extricate a large guest from the water who is unconscious. No spinal injury is suspected. What is one safe modification to the standard rapid extrication procedure that could be considered?

• Keep the guest in the water until professional rescuers arrive to safely extricate the guest

• Strap the guest onto the backboard and use full spinal precautions in the water before extrication

• Completely strap the guest to the board so that CPR can begin prior to rapid extrication

• Carefully and quickly fasten one strap around the guest's chest to secure him to the backboard prior to extrication

The proper chest compression rate for an adult when performing CPR is:

• A range between 75-95 chest compressions a minute

• A rate of about 100 chest compressions a minute

• A rate of about 110-120 chest compressions a minute

• A rate not to exceed 130 chest compressions every 5-cycles

Once an unconscious guest is extricated, what care do you begin on land?

• Pull the guest six feet away from the water’s edge (or as far from the water as possible), put on BSI precautions, and check pulse for up to 10s

• Pull the guest two feet away from the water’s edge, put on BSI precautions, and check for a pulse for up to 10 seconds

• Pull the guest out of the water, roll the guest off the backboard, put on BSI precautions, and check for a pulse for up to 10 seconds

• Pull the guest six feet away from the water’s edge (or as far from the water as possible), and check for a pulse for up to 10 seconds

In order to properly perform a rapid extrication procedure, lifeguards must:

• Quickly remove the conscious and active guest using a backboard to avoid panic

• Remember that use of the backboard is optional – get the guest out any way you can

• Safely remove the unconscious guest from the water with a backboard, using at least two lifeguards

• Perform at least two minutes of rescue breathing before pulling the guest out of the water

What steps should be taken by the primary lifeguard when dealing with an unconscious guest in the water?

• Put guest in an open airway position, check for spontaneous breathing, if none, begin rescue breathing while moving to the extrication point

• Put the guest on the rescue tube an begin moving toward a backboard and the extrication point

• Glove up, put guest in open airway position, check spontaneous breathing, if none, do rescue breaths and move to the extrication point

• Put guest in an open airway position, check for spontaneous breathing, if none, begin moving to the extrication point while maintaining an open airway

Rescue breathing is given to adults at the rate of:

• 1 Breath Every 5 Seconds

• 1 Breath Every 6 Seconds

• 30 Compressions then 2 Breaths

• 1 Breath Every 3 Seconds

When checking for a pulse on a guest:

• Locate the carotid artery in the neck for all age groups. The pulse should be checked for up to 10 seconds

• Locate the brachial artery in the arm for all age groups. The pulse should be checked for up to 10 seconds

• Try the carotid artery for 10 seconds, if no pulse is found check the brachial artery for an additional 10 seconds, just to be sure

• Locate the carotid artery in the neck for adults and children. Locate the brachial artery in the arm for infants. Check pulse for up to 10 seconds

When performing two-rescuer CPR on an adult, the compression to breath ratio is:

• 30 chest compressions and 2 breaths

• 15 chest compressions and 1 breath

• 5 chest compressions and 1 breath

• 15 chest compressions and 2 breaths

When performing two-rescuer CPR on a child or infant, the compression to breath ratio is:

• 30 chest compressions and 2 breaths

• 15 chest compressions and 1 breath

• 5 chest compressions and 1 breath

• 15 chest compressions and 2 breaths