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American Red Cross Lifeguard Course Written Exam Practice Test (Multiple Choices) Questions and Verified Answers (2024 / 2025) 100% Guarantee Pass A 12-year-old child at a swim meet grabs their chest and begins to make wheezing noises. After you obtain consent to provide care, the child's parenti...

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American Red Cross Lifeguard Course Written Exam

Practice Test Multiple Choices

Questions & Verified Answers



1. A 12-year-old child at a swim meet grabs their chest and begins to make wheezing

noises. After you obtain consent to provide care, the child's parentinforms you that the

child has a history of asthma, but does not have an inhalernearby. What care should you

provide?

a. Give 5 back blows.

b. Summon more advanced medical personnel and place the victim into aposition

that helps breathing.

c. Tell the victim to use an inhaler borrowed from a bystander.

d. Wait 20 minutes to see if the breathing difficulty goes away

Answer b. Summon more advanced medical personnel and place the victim into a position

that helpsbreathing.





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2. Your initial impression of a victim is based on:

a. The victim's initial vital signs.

b. How the victim appears to you as you size up the scene.

c. The victim's SAMPLE history.

d. What you have been told about the victim

Answer b. How the victim appears to youas you size up the scene.



3. You and another lifeguard find an unresponsive adult on the floor in the locker room.

You activate your facility's EAP, size-up the scene, form an initialimpression and perform a

primary assessment. You find the victim is not moving or breathing, but has a pulse. You

should summon EMS personnel, then:

a. Give ventilations at a rate of one breath every 5-6 seconds.

b. Give back blows and chest thrusts.

c. Give quick breaths at the rate of 20 to 40 a minute.

d. Perform CPR

Answer a. Give ventilations at a rate of 1about every 5-6 seconds.







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4. You arrive on the scene where a patron appears to be injured. Before approaching the

victim, which of the following will you NOT do as you size-upthe scene?

a. Begin performing the primary assessment.

b. Use all your senses to determine if the scene is safe.

c. Form an initial impression.

d. Put on appropriate PPE

Answer a. Begin performing the primary assessment.



5. When providing care during an emergency, which of the following shouldyou do

first?

a. Size-up the scene while forming an initial impression.

b. Check for responsiveness.

c. Perform a primary assessment.









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d. Summon more advanced medical personnel

Answer a. Size-up the scene whileforming an initial impression.



6. As the first rescuer on the scene, you are performing CPR on an adult.Whenperforming

chest compressions, how deeply should you compress the chest?

a. About 2 inches

b. At least 2 inches but no more than 2.4 inches

c. About 1½ inches

d. At least 1 inch but no more than 2 inches:

Answer b. At least 2 inches but no more than

2.4 inches



7. CPR should be performed on which of the following victims?

a. One who is in cardiac arrest

b. One who is conscious and is choking

c. One who is experiencing difficulty breathing

d. One who responds to painful stimuli:






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