Ch. 2 Injury Prevention and Facility Safety

Signs posted in an aquatic facility are an example of what injury-prevention strategy?

• Communication with patrons

• Facility safety checks

• Patron surveillance

• Written hazard standard

Rules common to the use of facility equipment and play structures include all of the following EXCEPT—

• Do not climb on lifeguard stands or towers

• Do not sit or hang on lane lines or lifelines

• Enter, ride and exit the slide head-first

• One person at a time on the diving board

Which of the following rules are common for diving boards and towers?

• Only one bounce allowed on the diving board.

• Only one person on the diving board at a time.

• Swim immediately to the closest ladder or wall.

• All of the above.

Play structure guidelines include—

• No climbing on inflatable play structures on or over dry land.

• No toys allowed in the water.

• Not letting play structure become overcrowded.

• Both a and c.

If a patron continues to break facility rules—

• You may need a supervisor or manager to resolve the problem, or give a warning that continued behavior will result in the patron being asked to leave.

• You must immediately call the police.

• You should allow them to get hurt, they would not listen anyway.

• You should immediately have them removed from the facility.

Safety checks should be conducted—

• Before opening and after closing the facility.

• Before opening the facility and during operations.

• Before opening the facility, during daily operations and at closing.

• Several times a day when you are not on surveillance duty.

When performing patron surveillance at an outdoor aquatic facility, a lifeguard should clear everyone from the water—

• At the first sound of thunder or sighting of lightning.

• Upon hearing a thunderstorm warning for the area on the NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards network.

• When less than 5 seconds lapse between hearing thunder and seeing lightning.

• When thunderhead clouds are seen overhead.

According to the National Lightning Safety Institute, lifeguards may reopen the pool to patrons following severe weather—

• 30 minutes after the last rainstorm.

• 30 minutes after the last sound of thunder or last sighting of lightning.

• After a NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards network thunderstorm warning expires.

• As soon as the sun is shining again.

Which of the following is an example of a life-threatening condition?

• Sunburn

• Broken finger

• Nonfatal submersion

• Sprained ankle

As a lifeguard at a multi-attraction aquatic facility with a permanent slide, which of the following guidelines should you enforce?

• Only allow two riders on the slide at a time.

• Enter, ride and exit the slide head-first only.

• Keep hands inside the slide.

• No standing or stopping.