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Which is the correct description of the word drowning? - ANSWER✔✔ Drowning
is a process with three possible outcomes:
-survival without brain damage
-survival with brain damage
-death
Which is a good strategy to use to communicate effectively with a large crowd? -
ANSWER✔✔ Give directions in short phrases with a loud and clear voice
Which is an accurate statement about how to make a front rescue? - ANSWER✔✔
Push the rescue tube firmly into the person's chest
What should you do to perform high-quality effective chest compression's? -
ANSWER✔✔ Push hard and push fast (100-120 times per minute) but don't lean
on the chest between compression's
You are called to attend to a co-worker who has collapsed while left guarding on a
hot day. He has an altered mental status and his skin is hot and sweaty. EMS has
been activated. What should you do? - ANSWER✔✔ Aggressively cool his body by
pouring water, fanning, and applying ice packs.
You are attending to of responsive teenager injured after falling off of the diving
board stairs. He has sharp pain and swelling in the right leg in the leg looks
, strangely bent. EMS has been activated. What should you do? - ANSWER✔✔
Manually stabilize the injured leg
Which term may be used to describe a person who is experiencing any or all of
these symptoms: confusion, slow thinking, loss of balance, or impaired vision? -
ANSWER✔✔ Altered mental status
When giving chest compression's what should you be sure to do after each push?
- ANSWER✔✔ Release the pressure so the chest can completely recoil.
What type of movement might an unresponsive person in the water make? -
ANSWER✔✔ The person wouldn't be moving, but the movement of the water
may make it appear that way.
What should you do to rescue a person who is having a seizure in the water? -
ANSWER✔✔ Hold the person's head above the water so he/she can breathe.
How is a passive spinal motion restriction provided? - ANSWER✔✔ Tell a person
not to make any movement that causes pain and guide he/she to a seated or lying
position.
What is sudden cardiac arrest (SCA)? - ANSWER✔✔ Malfunction of the heart's
electrical system
Why is disease more likely to be transmitted through diarrhea rather than a solid
stool? - ANSWER✔✔ Diarrhea can contain millions of germs that spread quickly
through the water.
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