What does the letter "N" in the FIND method remind you to do?

Notify the lifeguard supervisor

What are the responsibilities of the lookout according to Safe Swim Defense?

Monitor the weather, alert rescue personnel, identify violations of Safe Swim Defense

Call for buddy checks every 10 minutes, operate the buddy board, guard the gate

Hang buddy tags on the buddy board, blow the whistle for buddy checks, guard the gate

Supervise the other guards, listen to the weather radio, activate the emergency plan

Your primary responsibility as a lifeguard is to:

Prevent drowning and other injuries from occurring

Ensure that the pool pumps, filters, ands chemical feeds are functioning properly

Report to work promptly, in good spirits, and complete all reports on time

Effectively market your facility by interacting positively with Scouts & Scouters

What is the primary purpose of the buddy check?

Remind participants to remain near their buddy so they can lend assistance

Give lifeguards a break and a chance to rotate stations

Determine if someone is missing or has drowned without being noticed

Determine if all lifeguards are in position and ready to begin the activity

What should you do if buddies take longer than 10 seconds to find each other during a buddy check?

Immediately adjust your position until you can see your entire zone

Leave your station immediately to ask your supervisor to correct the problem

Wait until you go off duty to report the problem to your supervisor

Do the best you can from your assigned station

You cannot see some of the swimmers at one side of the swimming area from your station because of glare from the afternoon sun. You should:

Immediately adjust your position until you can see your entire zone

Leave your station immediately to ask your supervisor to correct the problem

Wait until you go off duty to report the problem to your supervisor

Do the best you can from your assigned station

You witness a swimmer in your zone grasp his chest and submerge. You should:

Exercise your duty to act and perform the appropriate rescue

Use the FIND model to determine what to do.

Continue to scan the pool until emergency back-up coverage is available

Signal off duty lifeguards to rescue the victim

What are the proper actions for the lifeguard to take after the emergency plan has been activated for someone who appears to be having a cardiac arrest?

Remove the victim from the water and prepare to begin CPR/AED

Move the victim to the side of the pool and stabilize the vital signs

Remove the victim from the water and wait for advanced life support

Remove the victim from the water and wait for the director's instructions

During the swim test, what should Scouts who declare themselves to be Non-Swimmers do?

Be encouraged to suit up and join in the testing

Be given a chance to play and splash in the water

Get acquainted with the instructor for Non-Swimmers

Under Safe Swim Defense, what is the minimum rescuer-to-swimmer ratio for a unit recreational swim where professional lifeguards are not provided by the facility?

One guard for every 10 participants

One guard for every 5 Cub Scouts participants

One guard for every 20 participants

You have entered the water and are approaching a victim who is floating upright at the surface in 4 feet of water. The victim is facing you and appears to be unconscious. What rescue technique would be appropriate in this situation?

Submerged victim in shallow water

Passive victim in extreme shallow water - face up

When caring for a suspected head, neck or spinal injury in water; proper manual-in-line stabilization is:

Provided using the head splint technique

Less important than on land due to the support provided by the water

Likely the only necessary technique needed if EMS personnel are close by

Is best performed by the victim's buddy so that lifeguards can bring back a backboard and clear the pool

What should an injured subject on land be moved?

When they're in danger where they are

When there are other people to assist

When you need to treat severe bleeding

You are a lifeguard on surveillance duty during a busy free swim at a Cub Scout family camp. You should:

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

Close off the swimmer area and confine everyone to the beginner and non-swimmer areas

Have enough lifejackets on hand and require all non-swimmers to use them in deep water

After removing a responsive victim with a suspected spinal injury from the water, you should do all of the following except:

Loosen the chest strap and apply the pass of an AED

Double check that the EMS has been summoned per the EAP

Protect the victim from becoming cold

Reassure the victim and perform a secondary assessment

If the rescuing lifeguard has used a head splint to stabilize a subject with a suspected spinal injury, what should the assisting responder do after placing the backboard under the subject?

Remain on deck & take over stabilization

Place a rescue tube under the subject's knees

Secure the subject to the board using a chest strap

Secure the subject's head using a head immobilizer

What should you do if you observe a person to fail to surface after submersion in murky water?

Immediately undertake a rescue attempt

Wait for mask and fins and begin a line search

Wait for three additional guards, then begin a line search

Activate a lost swimmer search (LLS) or lost bather drill (LBD)

You activate the EAP and enter the water to rescue a victim with a suspected spinal injury. You apply in-line stabilization and determine that the victim is not breathing. What should you do next?

Remove the victim from the water using the Extrication Using a Backboard at the Pool Edge technique

Maintain stabilization while a second rescuer provides five in water ventilations

Remove the victim water using a modified spinal blackboarding procedure

Remove the victim from the water using the spinal backboarding procedure

What is the recommended procedure when using watercraft to guard a distance swim in open water?

Rowboats with two occupants accompanying each swimmer

Guards on rescue boards accompanying every two swimmers

Guards in anchored rowboats 100 yards apart along the course

Guards in canoes with rescue tubes accompanying each swimmer

In the event of a serious accident or injury, what action should you take with regard to notification of parents or guardian?

Allow the Scout Executive or representative to handle the notification

Ask his buddy to immediately notify the parents or guardian

Tell anyone on the staff to contact his parents as soon as possible

Use your cell phone to immediately notify the parents or guardian

During a safety check, you can determine the water temperature of the lake is very cold due to a recent storm. You should:

Alert swimmers to the cold water and watch for signs of hypothermia

Recommend that all swimmers wear a cotton T-shirt

Focus on water depth since the water temperature is safe

Wait to see if any swimmers notice the water temperature before alerting the other scouts

You are a lifeguard on duty at a waterfront facility. You notice a swimmer in distress 100 feet outside the designated swim area. You should:

Initiate the facility EAP and use the available rowboat to rescue the distressed swimmer

Ignore distractions that are outside the designated swim area and your assigned zone of coverage

Alert other nearby lifeguards and monitor the situation

Prepare to use the available backboard for extrication and initiate the facility EAP

After a rescue has been completed, what should occur?

A report is filled out by the lifeguard

A report is filled out by the victim's parents

A report is filled out by the victim

A report is filled out by the camp director

You are at the entry to the swim area. What should you do if a unit leader asks to use the swimming area to test a Scout as part of the Second Class rank advancement?

Allow the unit leader to give the test to the Scout; Guard is needed

Ask to see the unit leader's current Safe Swim Defense training card

Tell the unit leader only the aquatics staff may test rank advancement

Do not let the leader into the swim area and notify the aquatics director

Lifeguards are conducting a lost swimmer search in deep water to locate a submerged victim. To see more clearly and cover more distance with less effort, the lifeguards should:

Recruit more staff to participate in the search

What should you do if someone with a disability wants to check in for recreational swim with his buddy?

Allow them to swim in the area that matches their ability

Allow them to swim in the non-swimmer area only

Buddy them with another lifeguard

Deny them entry and immediately notify the aquatics director

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