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Red Cross Lifeguarding Test with Questions &Correct Answers
When giving a primary ventilation to an adult who is unconscious and not
breathing, you notice the chest is not rising. What should you do next? -
✔✔Re-tilt the head and attempt another ventilation.
You are giving ventilations through a resuscitation mask, and the victim vomits.
What should you do? - ✔✔Turn the victim as a unit onto his or her side.
H.A.IN.E.S.
Time it takes to administer a rescue breath? - ✔✔1 second
Adult is unconscious with a pulse but is not breathing, what rate should you
perform rescue breathing at? Child? Infant? - ✔✔1 ventilation every 5 seconds
for adults. 1 every 3 seconds for children and infants.
You pull an adult from the water. After a primary assessment, you conclude the
victim has a pulse but is breathing irregularly. What should you do first? -
✔✔Give 2 initial ventilations. To clear airway of any water.
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.
How can you protect yourself from possible bloodborne pathogens when treating
a victim? - ✔✔Use Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) such as disposable
gloves and a breathing barrier.
, What is the universal sign that a person is choking? - ✔✔Clutching the throat.
Steps of the Chain of Survival? - ✔✔1. Immediate recognition of cardiac arrest
and activation of the emergency response system
2. Early cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) with an emphasis on chest
compressions
3. Rapid defibrillation
4. Effective advanced life support
5. Integrated post-cardiac arrest care
You must keep checking a victim's LOC in a secondary assessment. What does LOC
stand for? - ✔✔Level of Consciousness
When providing care to a conscious infant who is choking, what part of the hand
would you use to give chest thrusts? - ✔✔Two or Three fingers.
When immobilizing an injured patron's arm... - ✔✔Leave the arm in the
position you find it or in the position the victim is holding it.
A boy clutches at his chest and has problems breathing. After obtaining consent
for care, his mom informs you that he has asthma, but he does not have his
inhaler nearby. What care should you provide? - ✔✔Call EMS and place the
victim in a position that helps breathing.
A patron cuts her leg on the bleachers and is bleeding severely. You can tell she
may be in shock because she may... - ✔✔Becomes restless and irritable
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