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What is a lifeguard's primary responsibility? - ✔✔To prevent drowning and other injuries from
occurring at your aquatic facility
What are some of a lifeguard's secondary responsibilities? - ✔✔Testing pool water chemistry,
assisting patrons, cleaning or performning maintenance, completing records and reports
What are some characteristics of a professional lifeguard? - ✔✔Knowledgeable and skilled, reliable,
mature, courteous and consistent, positive, and professional
What does the acronym FIND mean? - ✔✔F-Figure out the problem
I-Identify possible solutions
N-Name the pros and cons for each solution
D-Decide which solution is best, then act on it
What does negligence mean? - ✔✔When a person is injured or suffers additional harm because
lifeguards failed to follow the standard of care or failed to act at all
What does documentation mean, and why is it important? - ✔✔Write everything down, proper
documentation is helpful in case of a legal situation
What is a Good Samaritan Law? - ✔✔Laws that protect people against claims of negligence after
having provided emergency care in good faith without having accepted anything in return
What does consent mean? - ✔✔An injured or ill person must give permission before responders can
provide first aid and emergency care
What does the EAP stand for? - ✔✔Emergency Action Plan
What does a Safety Team do? - ✔✔To assist the primary rescuer in maintaining a safe environment
and providing emergency care
, What is equipment that you will wear or carry? - ✔✔Rescue Tubes, Resuscitation Mask, Gloves
What is equipment that you will have within reach? - ✔✔Backboards, Rescue Buoys, Personal
Protective Equipement, Bag-valve-mask, AED, first aid kit
When should a team do a safety check? - ✔✔-Before opening
-During the day
-At closing
What are some signs of a weak swimmer or a nonswimmer? - ✔✔Bobbing in or near water over
their head
Crawling hand-over-hand along a pool wall
Beyond arm's reach of a supervising adult
What are signs of a swimmer in distress? - ✔✔Able to keep their face out of the water
Able to call for help
Able to wave for help
Floating, sculling, or treading water
What are some signs of a Drowing-Victim Active? - ✔✔Cannot call out
Has extended the arms to the side or front, pressing down for support
Positioned vertically in water
Might continue to struggle underwater once submerged
Eventually will lose consciousness and stop moving
What are some signs of a Drowning-Victim Passive? - ✔✔Floating face-down near or at the surface
May be limp or have slight convulsive-type movements
No defined arm or leg action
What is the RID Factor? - ✔✔If a victim drowns while lifeguards are on duty, it is due to one or more
of these things; R-Recognition
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What is a lifeguard's primary responsibility? - ✔✔To prevent drowning and other injuries from
occurring at your aquatic facility
What are some of a lifeguard's secondary responsibilities? - ✔✔Testing pool water chemistry,
assisting patrons, cleaning or performning maintenance, completing records and reports
What are some characteristics of a professional lifeguard? - ✔✔Knowledgeable and skilled, reliable,
mature, courteous and consistent, positive, and professional
What does the acronym FIND mean? - ✔✔F-Figure out the problem
I-Identify possible solutions
N-Name the pros and cons for each solution
D-Decide which solution is best, then act on it
What does negligence mean? - ✔✔When a person is injured or suffers additional harm because
lifeguards failed to follow the standard of care or failed to act at all
What does documentation mean, and why is it important? - ✔✔Write everything down, proper
documentation is helpful in case of a legal situation
What is a Good Samaritan Law? - ✔✔Laws that protect people against claims of negligence after
having provided emergency care in good faith without having accepted anything in return
What does consent mean? - ✔✔An injured or ill person must give permission before responders can
provide first aid and emergency care
What does the EAP stand for? - ✔✔Emergency Action Plan
What does a Safety Team do? - ✔✔To assist the primary rescuer in maintaining a safe environment
and providing emergency care
, What is equipment that you will wear or carry? - ✔✔Rescue Tubes, Resuscitation Mask, Gloves
What is equipment that you will have within reach? - ✔✔Backboards, Rescue Buoys, Personal
Protective Equipement, Bag-valve-mask, AED, first aid kit
When should a team do a safety check? - ✔✔-Before opening
-During the day
-At closing
What are some signs of a weak swimmer or a nonswimmer? - ✔✔Bobbing in or near water over
their head
Crawling hand-over-hand along a pool wall
Beyond arm's reach of a supervising adult
What are signs of a swimmer in distress? - ✔✔Able to keep their face out of the water
Able to call for help
Able to wave for help
Floating, sculling, or treading water
What are some signs of a Drowing-Victim Active? - ✔✔Cannot call out
Has extended the arms to the side or front, pressing down for support
Positioned vertically in water
Might continue to struggle underwater once submerged
Eventually will lose consciousness and stop moving
What are some signs of a Drowning-Victim Passive? - ✔✔Floating face-down near or at the surface
May be limp or have slight convulsive-type movements
No defined arm or leg action
What is the RID Factor? - ✔✔If a victim drowns while lifeguards are on duty, it is due to one or more
of these things; R-Recognition
