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A victim is having a seizure in the water. What should you do? - ✔✔Support the
victim with his or her head above water until the seizure ends.
As you are giving ventilations with a resuscitation mask, the victim vomits. Which of the
following would you do first? - ✔✔Turn the victim in the his or her side.
You and another lifeguard find an unconscious adult on the locker room floor. The other
lifeguard goes to summon EMS personnel. You complete a primary assessment and find
that the victim has a pulse but is not breathing. Which of the following should you do
next? - ✔✔Perform 1 ventilation every 5 seconds.
When giving chest compressions to an adult, how would you position your hands? -
✔✔Heel of one hand on the center of the chest with the other hand on top.
When using a resuscitation mask, which of the following should you do? - ✔✔Place
the broad end of the mask between the lower lip and chin.
You are performing CPR on the victim and you notice that the victim's chest begins to
rise and fall. Which of the following would you do first? - ✔✔Stop CPR and reassess
the victim's condition, including breathing and pulse. If breathing is not regular,
continue CPR as though breathing were not present.
As the first lifeguard on the scene, you are performing CPR on an adult. When
performing chest compressions, how deeply should you compress the chest? - ✔✔At
least 2 inches
, You pull an unconscious adult from the water who is taking infrequent gasps. During the
primary assessment, you find that the victim has a pulse. Which of the following should
you do next? - ✔✔Give 2 initial ventilations.
As the only lifeguard performing CPR on a 7-year-old child, you would perform cycles of:
- ✔✔30 chest compressions and 2 ventilations.
You are performing CPR on a victim, and a second lifeguard arrives. Which of the
following is most appropriate for the second lifeguard to do first? - ✔✔Check to see
whether EMS personnel have been called.
You and a fellow lifeguard are giving ventilations using a BVM. You position the mask
over the victim's mouth and nose. What should the other lifeguard do? - ✔✔Squeeze
the bag with both hands.
To ensure effective chest compressions during CPR, which of the following is most
appropriate? - ✔✔Allowing the chest to fully recoil between compressions.
When caring for musculoskeletal injuries, what does RICE stand for? - ✔✔Rest,
immobilize, cold, elevate
CPR should be performed on which of the following victim's?
One who is in cardiac arrest.
One who responds to painful stimuli.
One who is conscious and has an airway obstruction.
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