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American Red Cross Lifeguard Tests A Practice Questions and Answers 100% Pass How can you best protect yourself from possible bloodborne pathogen transmission when providing care? - ANSWER-d. Use personal protective equipment (PPE), such as disposable gloves and a breathing barrier, when prov...

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American Red Cross Lifeguard Tests A Practice
Questions and Answers 100% Pass


How can you best protect yourself from possible


bloodborne pathogen transmission when


providing care? - ANSWER✔✔-d. Use personal protective equipment (PPE),


such as disposable gloves and a breathing


barrier, when providing care.


A 12-year-old boy at a swim meet grabs his chest


and begins to make wheezing noises. After you


obtain consent to provide care, his mother informs


you that he has a history of asthma, but does not


have his inhaler nearby. What care should


you provide? - ANSWER✔✔-b. Summon more advanced medical personnel


and place the victim into a position that


While having a snack in the concession area, a


child suddenly clutches his throat with both hands.

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,You ask him if he is choking and he frantically nods


yes. You activate your facility's emergency action


plan (EAP). You identify yourself as a lifeguard and


obtain consent from the parents. What should you


do next? - ANSWER✔✔-d. Stand or kneel behind the victim and give


5 back blows and 5 abdominal thrusts.


You and another lifeguard find an unconscious


adult on the floor in the locker room. You activate


your facility's EAP, size-up the scene and perform


a primary assessment. You find the victim is not


moving or breathing, but has a pulse. You should


summon EMS personnel, then: - ANSWER✔✔-a. Give 1 rescue breath about every 5

seconds.


You come upon a scene where a patron appears to


be injured. Before approaching the victim, which of


the following will you not do as you size-up


the scene? - ANSWER✔✔-c. Begin the primary assessment.



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, When providing care during an emergency, which


of the following should you do first? - ANSWER✔✔-c. Size-up the scene.


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? - ANSWER✔✔-d. At least 2 inches


CPR should be performed on which of the


following victims? - ANSWER✔✔-c. One who is in cardiac arrest


What is the first step of the Cardiac Chain


of Survival? - ANSWER✔✔-d. Early recognition and access to the emergency medical

services (EMS) system


You are providing care to a victim having a heart


attack. Which of the following would you do first? - ANSWER✔✔-d. Summon EMS

personnel.


Once you have turned on the automated external defibrillator (AED), you should: -

ANSWER✔✔-a. Apply the pads and allow the AED to analyze


the heart rhythm.



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