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REDCROSS LIFEGUARD EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
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11|P age
REDCROSS LIFEGUARD EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
An injured patron is responsive and bleeding. After
summoning EMS personnel, obtaining consent and
putting on disposable gloves, what is your next care
step? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>>Press firmly against the
wound with a sterile dressing and bandage
As you are giving ventilations with a resuscitation
mask, the victim vomits. Which of the following would
you do first? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>>Turn the victim
onto their side and clear the airway of the vomit
immediately
A patron has cut their leg on the edge of the bleachers
and is bleeding heavily. You think the patron is in
shock because they: - CORRECT ANSWER >>>>Become
reckless and irritable
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2|P age
Which of the following should you do first when
approaching the scene of an emergency? - CORRECT
ANSWER >>>>Size-up the scene while forming an
initial impression
You are providing care to a patron who started
choking on some food. The victim becomes
unresponsive. Which of the following should you do
first? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>>Lower the victim to the
ground and begin CPR starting with chest
compressions
Which of the following statements about performing
CPR with two or more rescuers is true? - CORRECT
ANSWER >>>>To reduce rescuer fatigue, rescuers
should switch positions as soon as another rescuer
arrives on scene
You are performing CPR on a victim and an assisting
responder arrives. Which of the following is most
appropriate for the assisting responder to do first? -
CORRECT ANSWER >>>>Check to see whether EMS
personnel have been called
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3|P age
Based on which of the following signs and symptoms
would you determine that a victim is experiencing
respiratory distress? - CORRECT ANSWER >>>>Gasping
for breath
Which of the following statements about bag-valve-
mask resuscitators (BVMs) is most accurate? -
CORRECT ANSWER >>>>Two rescuers need to operate
the BVM
You and a patron enter the locker room and find an
unresponsive person lying on the floor. You size up the
scene and form an initial impression, and then you
begin performing a primary assessment. The patron
asks, "Should we move them to the first aid room?"
What should you do next? - CORRECT ANSWER
>>>>Tell the patron the victim should not be moved
since there is no immediate danger.
As the only lifeguard performing CPR on a 7-year-old
child, you would perform cycles of: - CORRECT
ANSWER >>>>30 chest compressions and 2
ventilations
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4|P age
You are giving ventilations to a 5-year-old child using a
resuscitation mask. You should give 1 ventilation
about every: - CORRECT ANSWER >>>>For an adult,
give 1 ventilation about every 5 seconds. For a child or
an infant, give 1 ventilation about every 3 seconds.
Each ventilation should last about 1 second and make
the chest clearly rise.
When giving chest compressions to an adult, how
would you position your hands? - CORRECT ANSWER
>>>>Heel of one hand on the center of the chest with
the other hand on top.
To ensure high-quality CPR and high-quality chest
compressions, you should: - CORRECT ANSWER
>>>>Expose the victim's chest to ensure proper hand
placement and full chest recoil
A patron has slurred speech, is unable to lift their right
arm level with their left arm and is unable to smile
without one side of their face drooping. You make
note of the time the symptoms started. These are
symptoms of: - CORRECT ANSWER >>>>Stroke
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