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Drowning can happen --- and --- to ---- at --- time - ✔✔quickly and silently to anyone at anytime What does RWI stand for - ✔✔recreational water illness Swimmers should or should not be allowed to participate in breath holding contests or swimming underwater - ✔✔SHOULD NEVER What will you do the majority of the time lifeguarding - ✔✔Scanning and searching the water What should you always assume about people's blood and body fluids? - ✔✔They are potentially infectious When cleaning poop or body fluids what is the ratio of bleach to water - ✔✔1 part bleach to 9 parts water What should you do first thing when you have a break in the skin that comes in contact with the fluids of another person? - ✔✔Wash the area with soap and water What does universal precautions mean - ✔✔Act as if all body fluids are infectious What contains how many germs that can spread quickly through the water? - ✔✔Diarrhea contains millions of germs What can survive up to 11 days in properly maintained pool water? - ✔✔parasite cryptosporidium What determines whether water is shallow or not? - ✔✔a persons height
What are the greatest risk for permanent damage during drowning - ✔✔the heart and the brain What is non-fatal drowning? - ✔✔When a person experiences a drowning incident but was resuscitated and did not die where can an unresponsive drowning person be found? - ✔✔floating near the bottom of the pool, laying on the bottom of the pool, floating near the surface, just underneath the surface What are important for an unresponsive and drowning person to minimize or prevent brain damage - ✔✔rescue breaths What is the most important predictor of survival? - ✔✔The length of time a person is submerged How many initial rescue breaths should you give upon contact with an unresponsive drowning person - ✔✔ 5 what takes away from your professional image - ✔✔twirling your whistle what is the e-stop - ✔✔a button or switch that shuts down the wave action or water flow What can a drowning person do when they try to breathe? - ✔✔They can swallow large amounts of water What is the next critical link in the survival chain of an unresponsive drowning person after early recognition - ✔✔early rescue breathing What is scanning - ✔✔searching the water in a systematic way What is the most important thing when calling 9- 1 - 1 - ✔✔listen carefully to the disbatcher
When should you activate ems if you help someone with an inhaler for asthma and they are bent over and cant stop coughing - ✔✔10 minutes How is leg wrap rescue beneficial - ✔✔it limits upper body contact, keeping the hands free, and you don't have to submerge as deeply in water How to tell the difference between an unresponsive and responsive drowning person - ✔✔look for their head to move to breathe (look for life) A drowning person's mouth and nose are covered with what and what cannot come to the surface - ✔✔Water and their head cannot come to the surface to breathe What is needed to connect the BVM or cpr mask to oxygen system? - ✔✔an inlet port what should you avoid when storing an emergency oxygen system - ✔✔extreme temperatures When dealing with a person with a disability, what do you do? - ✔✔dont assume anything and talk to the person the way you would like to be spoken to What is an active spinal? - ✔✔When you manually hold the person's head to limit movement What does child CPR with two or more rescuers consist of? - ✔✔15 compression to 2 breaths How will an unresponsive person appear to be moving? - ✔✔they will be moving by the movement of water by others or pool current Who are the first link in the drowning chain of survival? - ✔✔lifeguards What does STAAR mean - ✔✔Scan, Target, Assess, Alert, Rescue
What are signals of communication in aquatics? - ✔✔a combination of hand signals and whistle blasts that is understood by all of staff What should you do when controlling blood from a large leg wound? - ✔✔Apply direct pressure with an absorbent pad until bleeding stops What is the rate of chest compressions to an adult, child and infant per minute? At least--- no more than- ---) - ✔✔At least 100 per minute, not more than 120 times per minute What is a person who has drowned and is unresponsive likely to do? - ✔✔vomit, have a swollen looking stomach, and have foam coming out of their nose and mouth What is the most common source of a water slide injury - ✔✔impact with another person, the slide, or the ground When are animals allowed on the pool deck - ✔✔if they are trained to assist a person with a medical condition or disability When is a prescription required for oxygen and when is it not? - ✔✔For medical oxygen, but not for the emergency oxygen system What is a good EAP and what does that stand for - ✔✔It stands for emergency action plan and it is practiced using realistic scenarios and is specific for each facility What should you do before releasing a person after a rescue? - ✔✔Instruct the person to watch for excessive caughing and difficulty breathing within 8 hours after the incident and seek medical care immediately if these develop What should you do with an unresponsive normal breathing person? - ✔✔Alert EMS and place the person in recovery position to maintain and protect their airway What is secondary cardiac arrest? - ✔✔Heart stoppage resulting from lack of oxygen
What could indicate the potential for spinal injury - ✔✔serious trauma anywhere on the body When should you do if someone is having trouble catching breath, their skin is pale and sweaty, and they tell you that it feels like a heavy weight on their chest - ✔✔alert EMS and allow them to find a comfortable position to stay in If you are caring for an unresponsive drowning person and there if foam coming from the nose and mouth, you will - ✔✔breathe through the foam is it beneficial to give oxygen to an unresponsive drowning person - ✔✔yes, it increases the amount of oxygen delivered to them How should you expel foreign matter from the outlet port of the valve of the oxygen system before attaching the regulator - ✔✔slightly opening then closing it What is the professional image and example set by the lifeguards - ✔✔the impression of their experience at the water park When safe handling oxygen system, it is important to not use what near the system - ✔✔oil, grease, or adhesive tape When performing high quality effective chest compression, you should - ✔✔push hard and fast 100- 120 times per minute and make sure not to lean on the chest between compressions What should you do after each chest compression - ✔✔release the pressure and let the chest completely recoil before your next compression What should you do with your hands, arms and shoulders when doing chest compressions - ✔✔hands, arms, and shoulders in line with straight arms, elbows locked and shoulders over your hands
When is an oxygen system approved if it is - ✔✔at least a potable cylinder with at least 15 minute supply, with a fixed flow regulator at least 6 LPM, gauge indicating how amount left, lanveled emergency unit, and has a mask with an inlet port connector for tubing How old is an adult? What is the rate of AR, CPR 1 person, Team CPR, and how many hands - ✔✔8 and up, 1 breath every 5 seconds, 24 times, cpr for 1 person and team is 30 compressions 2 breaths ALWAYS, and 2 hands How old is a child? What is the rate of AR , CPR 1 person, Team CPR, and how many hands - ✔✔1 breath every 3 seconds, 30 compressions for solo, 15 for team 2 breaths ALWAYS, 1 hand How old is an infant? What is the rate of AR , CPR 1 person, Team CPR, and how many fingers - ✔✔1 puff every 2 seconds, 30 compressions for solo, 15 compressions for team 2 breaths ALWAYS, and two fingers
