Lifeguard Skills Test

The size and shape of a lifeguard's zone should allow them to recognize and reach a victim in the furthest and deepest part of their zone within:

• 45 seconds

• 1.5 minutes

• 30 seconds

• 2 minutes

After removing a responsive victim you suspect has a spinal injury from the water, you should do all the following EXCEPT:

• Make sure you can 911 or the local emergency number..

• Dry the victim off and apply the pads of an AED.

• Protect the victim from becoming cold.

• Reassure the victim and perform a secondary assessment.

You enter the water to rescue a victim with a suspected spinal injury. You determine that the victim is not breathing. What should you do next?

• Delay removal from the water and provide 2 minutes of in-water ventilations.

• Remove the victim from the water using a modified spinal back boarding procedure.

• Remove the victim from the water using a backboard at the Pool Edge technique. (As if they were a passive)

• Remove the victim from the water using the spinal back boarding procedure.

The following statements describe APPROPRIATE rescue techniques for a victim with a suspected spinal injury, EXCEPT:

• If the victim is at the surface in DEEP water, you may need a rescue tube to support yourself and the victim.

• If the victim is submerged, you should NOT use the rescue tube when submerging and bringing the victim to the surface.

• If the victim is small and is in shallow water, you do not need to use a backboard to extricate the victim.

• It is ok if you don't have a towel or shirt to place under the victim's head, a little movement won't cause significant damage.

It is very hot in your facility and you are starting to doze on the stand. All of the following can help you stay alert EXECPT for:

• Staying hydrated while drinking plenty of water.

• Jumping in the pool while on surveillance duty to cool off.

• Change body positions and stretch out.

• Staying in a cooler area during breaks.

Which of the following statement(s) are true about the equipment that lifeguards should wear or carry?

• Lifeguards should wear their rescue tube at all times when on surveillance duty.

• Lifeguards should either wear a hip pack, or keep it strapped to their chair for easy access.

• Lifeguards should keep latex gloves in their hip pack at all times.

• All of the above.

A parent and child walk over to you; the parent states that the child fell on the pool deck and hit their head. You notice there is blood and fluid running from the child’s ear and they are feeling dizzy. You activate the EAP and summon EMS personnel. What steps should you take next?

• Bring the child a chair, ask them to sit down and tell them not to move. Perform a secondary assessment while waiting for EMS personnel to arrive.

• Have the parent transport the child to the emergency room since they are already walking.

• Have the child lie down on the pool deck and perform a secondary assessment while waiting for EMS personnel to arrive.

• Provide manual stabilization while the other lifeguards prepare to backboard.

Which of the following is a PRIMARY responsibility of a lifeguard?

• Testing the pool water chemistry

• Monitoring the performance of the other lifeguards on duty

• Enforcing facility rules and regulations and educating patrons about them

• Performing opening duties, closing duties or facility safety checks and inspections

You are a lifeguard on surveillance duty during a busy family swim session. It is important to:

• Scan all areas in your assigned zone of coverage, wear your hip pack and carry your rescue tube with you at all times.

• Have a first aid kit, an automated external defibrillator (AED) and a backboard immediately available to you on the pool deck next to your station.

• Rope off and close all areas of the facility that have water over 5-feet deep.

• Have enough lifejackets on hand and require all non-swimmers to use them.

A couple of patrons start running on the pool deck. You blow your whistle to get their attention. Next, you enforce the rules and regulations by:

• Calling your supervisor.

• Giving them a warning.

• Asking them to walk, because they could slip or fall and must walk on the deck.

• Telling them they might be asked to leave and demanding they stop it now.