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Lifeguarding-Before Providing Care-
Victim Assessment, Breathing
Emergencies Exam Questions and
Answers
Typical standard precautions, bsi, ppe, cleanup, gloves - answer--body substance
isolation (bsi): assumption that all fluids can be infectious
-ppe
-work practice controls--clean up!!
-don't touch bare skin after taking gloves off
-to take off a glove, push two fingers underneath it
Wash hands!!!
How to establish victim recovery position - answer--unresponsive/no pulse, but
breathing:
1. Raise victim's closest arm to you
2. Roll toward you, lay on extended arm
3. Knees in
4. Put their non-extended hand under their mouth
**whenever providing a resuscitation mask for any cpr, make sure it has a good fit to
ensure adequate supply of oxygen
Head tilt/chin lift - answer-this is when the rescuer is at the victim's side
Jaw thrust with head extension, grip head from behind - answer-(thumbs above head,
gripping head like choking chest compressions for baby)
-this is when the rescuer is above the victim's head
Jaw thrust without head extension-neutral - answer-this is if there is a head, neck, or
spinal injury
**the younger the victim, the more neutral the head position**
Hypoxia, lack of o2, cardiac, poisoning, shock - answer--insufficient oxygen reaches the
cells
-this is a life threatening breathing impairment
-leads to both fatal and nonfatal drowning
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