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American Red Cross Lifeguard Recertification Test
Questions & Answers
1. How can you best protect yourself from possible bloodborne pathogen
transmission when providing care?
a. Ask the victim first if they have any communicable diseases.
b. Thoroughly wash your hands before providing care.
c. Use first aid supplies, such as dressings and bandages, as a barrier whenin contact
with the victim.
d. Use personal protective equipment (PPE), such as disposable gloves and abreathing
barrier, when providing care.
Answer D
2. 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
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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
3. 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
4. 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
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should summon EMS personnel, then
a. Give ventilations at a rate of 1about 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
5. 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
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6. 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.
d. Summon more advanced medical personnel.
Answer A
7. 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
8. CPR should be performed on which of the following victims?
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American Red Cross Lifeguard Recertification Test
Questions & Answers
1. How can you best protect yourself from possible bloodborne pathogen
transmission when providing care?
a. Ask the victim first if they have any communicable diseases.
b. Thoroughly wash your hands before providing care.
c. Use first aid supplies, such as dressings and bandages, as a barrier whenin contact
with the victim.
d. Use personal protective equipment (PPE), such as disposable gloves and abreathing
barrier, when providing care.
Answer D
2. 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
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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
3. 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
4. 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
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should summon EMS personnel, then
a. Give ventilations at a rate of 1about 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
5. 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
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6. 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.
d. Summon more advanced medical personnel.
Answer A
7. 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
8. CPR should be performed on which of the following victims?
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