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Lifeguarding

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A patron suddenly slips under water without a struggle and does not resurface. This person is probably:

a)

Passive victim

b)

Distressed swimmer

c)

Active Drowning

d)

Intermediate Swimmer

2.

A child falls from the deck into the water and is in distress. You activate the emergency action plan, what steps should you take next?

a)

Clear the pool

b)

Encourage them to stay calm and swim to the edge

c)

Enter water, approach and bring to safe exit point

d)

Obtain consent from parent

3.

What does EAP stand for?

a)

Everyone Act Please

b)

Emergency Action Plan

c)

Equal Aquatic Programs

d)

Emergency as Planned

4.

Correct scanning includes moving your head and eyes and look directly at each of your assigned zone and each person in your zone. You are deliberately and actively searching your zone.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Which situation could lead to trouble for a weak or non swimmer?

a)

Hand over hand wall crawling

b)

Clinging to a float or grasping at an object to keep their head above the water

c)

Bobbing in water over their head

d)

All of the above

6.

If thunder or lightening occurs, what should you do?

a)

Clear everyone for the water.

b)

Wait 30 mins from the last sign of lightening or sound of thunder before allowing guest back in.

c)

Tell everyone its time for a study break.

d)

Get down from the elevated stand and leave the the pool immediately.

7.

What is the first thing you must do before providing care for a conscious victim?

a)

Put gloves on

b)

Show them your lifeguarding certificate

c)

Ask for their consent

d)

Floss

8.

If you must leave the victim to go get help how should you leave them?

a)

Place them in the recovery position.

b)

Never leave a victim.

c)

Sit them in a chair.

d)

Leave them how you found them.

9.

The size and shape of a lifeguards zone should allow them to recognize and reach a victim in the farthest part of the zone within _________?

a)

1 minute

b)

3 minutes

c)

10 Seconds

d)

30 Seconds

10.
Primary responsibilities of a lifeguard include:
a)

Perform Patron Surveillance

b)
Fixing the pool rope and lane lines and ensuring the changing rooms are clean. 
c)
Following the health codes, answering a patron’s question and making sure patrons shower before using the pool.
d)

Enforcing rules and educating patrons about them.

11.
While searching your zone, you notice a person motionless in the water. The steps you follow in a water emergency are performed in the following order:
a)
Perform a secondary assessment, perform a primary assessment, size-up the scene, activate the emergency action plan (EAP), and summon EMS personnel. 
b)
Perform a primary assessment, activate the EAP, summon EMS personnel, perform a secondary assessment and size-up the scene.
c)
Size-up the scene, activate the EAP, form an initial impression, summon EMS personnel, perform a primary assessment and perform a secondary assessment.
d)

Activate EAP, Rescue, Provide Care as needed, Report/advise/release, address contributing factors, Return to duty.

12.
While searching your zone, you witness a patron struggling while swimming and then go under water. Which of the following applies?
a)
You would use the RID factor to determine what to do.
b)
You should continue to scan the pool until emergency back-up coverage is available.
c)
You have duty to act and perform the appropriate rescue.
d)
You should notify off duty lifeguards to provide care for the victim.
13.
A lifeguard can no longer see some of the patrons at one side of the swimming area from their station because of glare from the afternoon sun. To maintain effective patron surveillance, the lifeguard should:
a)
Document the issue and present it at next month’s staff meeting.
b)
Adjust their position slightly to remove the glare from the surveillance area.
c)
Leave the area to find the supervisor for assistance. 
d)
Stay in the same position since the patrons are strong swimmers.
14.
 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:
a)
Calling your supervisor.
b)
Giving them a warning.
c)
Telling them they could slip or fall and must walk on the deck.
d)
Telling them they might be asked to leave and demanding they stop it now.
15.
When caring for a suspected head, neck or spinal injury in water, proper manual inline stabilization is:
a)

Using the head splint technique.

b)
Less important than on land due to the support provided by the water.
c)
The only necessary technique needed if EMS personnel are close by. 
d)
Provided by bystanders if the lifeguard needs to clear the pool.
16.
The objective of the facility safety team is to:
a)
Provide emergency back-up coverage when lifeguards are performing a water rescue.
b)

Is to prevent incidents from occurring at the facility to the greatest extent possible and respond appropriately to increase likelihood of a positive outcome.

c)
Help lifeguards understand the facility’s EAP.
d)
Perform patron surveillance when lifeguards need to take a break. 
17.
You are a lifeguard on surveillance duty during a busy family swim session. It is important to:
a)
Scan all areas in your assigned zone of coverage, wear your hip pack and carry your rescue tube with you at all times.
b)
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.
c)
Rope off and close all areas of the facility that have water over 5-feet deep.
d)
Have enough lifejackets on hand and require all non-swimmers to use them.
18.

A head, neck or spinal injury are often caused by:

a)

High-impact and high-risk activities

b)
When someone is running on the pool deck.
c)
In shallow water that is clearly signed No Diving. 
d)
From collisions between swimmers
19.
You are lifeguarding during a family swim session when you notice a swimmer swimming full lengths of the pool under water. What should you do?
a)
Activate the facility EAP, clear the pool and remove them from the pool. 
Activate the facility EAP, clear the pool and remove them from the pool.
b)
Immediately stop them from continuing the activity and explain the dangers of the activity.
c)
Immediately get the attention of the swimmer and instruct them to leave the pool for breaking pool rules.
d)
Alert the pool manager of the situation once your shift is over and document the event.
20.
After removing a responsive victim you suspect has a spinal injury from the water, you should do all the following except:
a)

Provide emergency care as needed.

b)
Dry the victim off and apply the pads of an AED.
c)

Maintain their body temperature

d)

Protect them from further injury until EMS arrives.

21.
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?
a)
Delay removal from the water and provide 2 minutes of in-water ventilations. 
b)

Remove the victim from water by using a spinal motion restriction extrication.

c)

Remove the victim from the water using a rapid extraction.

22.
A lifeguard keeps an eye on the patrons of the pool, actively searching and checking the bottom, middle and surface of the water. The lifeguard is demonstrating:
a)
Effective communication. 
b)
Implied consent.
c)
The RID factor.
d)
Effective scanning.
23.
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?
a)

Activate the EAP and instruct someone to call EMS and get the equipment including a chair.

b)
Have the parent transport the child to the emergency room since they are already walking.
c)
Have the child lie down on the pool deck and perform a secondary assessment while waiting for EMS personnel to arrive.
d)
Provide manual stabilization while the other lifeguards prepare to backboard.
24.
The lifeguard supervisor expects the pool to be very busy in the afternoon. For effective patron surveillance, the supervisor sets up multiple lifeguard stations to reduce the number of patrons watched by each lifeguard. This type of coverage is called:
a)
Back-up coverage.
b)
Rescue coverage.
c)
Zone coverage.
d)
Total coverage.
25.
The following statements describe appropriate rescue techniques for a victim with a suspected spinal injury, EXCEPT: 
a)

If the victim is at the surface in deep water, use the rescue tube under both of your armpits to support yourself and the person while stabilizing.

b)

If the victim is submerged, you do not use the rescue tube when submerging and bringing the victim to the surface.

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

If the victim is in shallow water, you do not need to use a rescue tube when using the head splint technique.

26.
A patron collides with another swimmer while diving into the pool and asks the lifeguard for help. Without performing an assessment, the lifeguard tells the patron that they can continue swimming. The patron leaves the facility and seeks medical attention from a hospital after they begins to feel tingling sensations in their arms and legs. The lifeguard may be:
a)
A Good Samaritan.
b)
Negligent.
c)
Following the refusal-of-care principle.
d)
Using the RID facto
27.
Why is it important to attend a pre-season orientation and training?
a)
To ensure that lifeguards understand their responsibilities and know how to perform their job.
b)
To ensure that lifeguards get practice with their facility’s safety and rescue equipment and emergency action plans.
c)
To ensure lifeguards understand codes, rules and regulations of the facility.
d)
All of the above.
28.
During a weather-related power failure at a facility, you should:
a)
Clear everyone from the pool. 
b)
Let patrons continue swimming. 
c)
Let patrons sit on the edge with their feet in the water.
d)
Monitor weather reports while patrons continue to swim.
29.
During in-service training, lifeguards practice the steps of recognizing a distressed swimmer, rescuing an active victim, informing management and speaking with witnesses. The lifeguards are practicing parts of a(n):
a)
Communication plan.
b)
Secondary assessment.
c)
Emergency action plan.
d)
Staff debriefing.
30.
You enter the mechanical room and find a maintenance worker lying on their back on the floor next to a ladder. You check the scene and determine it is safe to enter. During your primary assessment, you find the victim is unresponsive but breathing. You must leave to get help, what should you do?
a)
Place the victim in a recovery position.
b)
Leave the victim just as they are.
c)
Do not leave the victim since they are breathing, monitor their condition and wait for additional help to come.
d)
Use a clothes drag to move the victim to where you can summon more help.
31.
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:
a)
Staying hydrated while drinking plenty of water.
b)
Jumping in the pool while on surveillance duty to cool off. 
c)
Rotating more frequently.
d)
Staying in a cooler area during breaks.
32.
If three lifeguards are on duty, emergency back-up coverage takes place:
a)
When a lifeguard is unable to show up to work for their shift.
b)
When a lifeguard enters the water for a rescue.
c)
Whenever the facility EAP is activated.
d)
When the facility has more patrons than its designed capacity allows.
33.
When conducting a swim test, Lifeguards should use the:
a)
Water Safety Steps 
b)
Safe Swimming Sequence
c)
Water Competency Sequence
d)
Safe Swimming Steps
34.
Members of the safety team, including non-lifeguard personnel, should be:
a)
Trained in CPR if they are interested in receiving training.
b)
Trained to follow the other EAP duties that do not involve providing care.
c)
Trained in first aid and CPR for non-professionals.
d)
Trained and certified in first aid and CPR/ AED at the same level of the lifeguard team
35.
You are approaching a victim who is horizontal in the water, 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?
a)
Active victim front rescue.
b)
Passive victim front rescue. 
c)
Passive victim in extreme shallow water – face up.
d)
Submerged victim in shallow water.
36.
A patron dives into the shallow end of the lap pool. You suspect a head, neck or spinal injury because the patron performed a high-risk, high-impact activity and has:
a)
An elevated body temperature.
b)
Blood in the ears and nose.
c)
An irregular heartbeat.
d)
Impaired hearing.
37.

What are some factors that should be considered when deciding how to enter the water? Select all that apply

a)

Location of the victim

b)

Location of other swimmers

c)

Water temperature

d)

Type of equipment used

e)

Size of the victim

38.

You are approaching a child who is facing away from you and struggling to keep their head above water.

a)

Active Victim Rear Rescue

b)

Active Victim Front Rescue

c)

Passive Victim Rear Rescue

d)

Passive Victim Front Rescue

39.

You are approaching a victim from behind who appears to be unconscious. What rescue technique do you use?

a)

Passive Victim Front Rescue followed by rapid extrication

b)

Passive Victim Rear Rescue followed by a Two-Person Extrication

c)

Passive Victim Front Rescue followed by a Walking Assist

d)

Passive Victim Rear Rescue followed by rapid extrication

40.

Why might a supervisor chose NOT to re-open a facility that was closed during an emergency? Provide one example.

a)

He/She is tired.

b)

He/She is hungry

c)

Not enough lifeguards ready to return to surveillance duty.

d)

Has a prior engagement

41.

Who should deal with questions from the media after an incident? Select all that apply.

a)

The lifeguard who performed the rescue

b)

The front desk attendant who called 9-1-1

c)

The facility manager

d)

The company spokesperson

e)

EMS personnel

42.

Members of the safety team, including non-lifeguard personnel, should be:

a)

Trained and certified in first aid and CPR/AED at the same level of the lifeguard team (for professionals).

b)

Trained in CPR if they are interested in receiving training.

c)

Trained in first aid and CPR for non-professionals.

d)

Trained to follow the other EAP duties that do not involve providing care.

43.

The mother of a child who is hurt in your care refuses your care. What should you do?

a)

Explain that you will not be responsible if her child needs care

b)

Document any refusal of care & have a witness

c)

Ask your supervisor to talk with her

d)

Explain that you are certified for emergencies and would like to help

44.
A child is running on the deck.  If you had not tried to stop the child from running & then the child got hurt, what legal principle could be an issue for you?
a)
Negligence
b)
Consent
c)
Abandonement
d)
Refusal of Care
45.

If you give care to a victim, but then stop without good reason, you could be held liable for?

a)

negligence

b)

failing to provide care

c)

abandonment

d)

withholding proper care

46.
A lifeguard has a legal responsibility to act in an emergency.  This legal term is known as:
a)
Standard of Care
b)
Confidentiality
c)
Good Samaritan Law
d)
Duty to Act
47.
 Which legal consideration takes place when a lifeguard is able to recognize a victim in need of help?
a)
Standard of Care
b)
Refusal of Care
c)
Duty to Act
d)
None of these
48.

When on duty, a lifeguard will spend the majority of his or her time performing

a)

CPR

b)

Rescue Breathing

c)

Patron Surveillance

d)

Swim Tests

49.

Which of the following are secondary responsibilities (pick 2):

a)

Recognize and respond quickly and effectively to all emergencies.

b)

Administer first aid, and CPR

c)

Perform Opening duties, closing duties, or facility safety checks.

d)

Assist patrons with questions or concerns about the facility.

50.

Lack of oxygen can lead to cardiac arrest in as little as 3 minutes after submerging.

a)

True

b)

False

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