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RED CROSS LIFEGUARDING STUDY QUIZZES & ANSWERS
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RED CROSS LIFEGUARDING STUDYQUIZZES & ANSWERS
You are performing CPR on a victim and an assisting responder arrives. Which of
the following is most appropriate for the assisting responder to do first? -
✔✔Check to see whether EMS personnel have been called.
When giving abdominal thrusts to an adult who is chocking, where should you
position your fist? - ✔✔In the middle of the abdomen, just above the navel.
Your initial impression reveals severe life threatening bleeding in an adult victim
who appears to be unresponsive. YOur next step should be: - ✔✔Control the
bleeding with any available resources.
An injured patron is responsive and bleeding. After summoning EMS personnel,
obtaining consent and putting on disposable gloves, what is your next care step? -
✔✔Press firmly against the wound w/ a sterile dressing and bamdage.
Let the wound bleed until it stops on its own. - ✔✔check for responsiveness.
What is the 1 step your should take in caring for a victim with burns? -
✔✔Remove the victim from the source of the burn.
You are providing care to a patron who started chocking on some food. The victim
becomes unresponsive. Which of the following should you do first? - ✔✔Lower
the victim to the ground and begin CPR starting w/ chest compressions.
, AS you are giving ventilations with a resuscitation mask, the victim vomits. Which
of the following would you do first? - ✔✔Turn the victim onto their side and
clear the airway of the vomit immediately.
Based on which of the following signs and symptoms would you determine that a
victim is experiencing respiratory distress? - ✔✔Gasping for breath
A way to remember the questions to ask when taking a brief history is to use the
acronym SAMPLE. What does the S in SAMPLE stand for? - ✔✔signs and
symptoms
Which of the following statements about performing CPR w/ 2 or more rescuers is
true? - ✔✔To redue rescuer fatigue, rescuers should switch positions about
every 2 minutes or when the AED is analyzing.
You and a fellow lifeguard are giving ventilations using a BVM. You position the
mask over the victims's mouth and nose. What should the other lifeguard do? -
✔✔Squeeze the bag with both hands.
To ensure high- quality CPR and high- quality chest compressions, you should: -
✔✔Expose the victim's chest to ensure proper hand placement and full chest
recoil.
Which of the following finding would lead you to determine that an infant's
airway is open and not obstructed? - ✔✔The infant is crying uncontrollably.
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
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