American Red Cross Lifeguard Tests

American Red Cross Lifeguard Tests A Questions with verified Answers How can you best protect yourself from possible bloodborne pathogen transmission when providing care? -- correct answer --Use personal protective equipment (PPE), such as disposable gloves and a breathing barrier, when providing care. 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 parent informs you that the child has a history of asthma, but does not have an inhaler nearby. What care should you provide? -- correct answer --Summon more advanced medical personnel and place the victim into a position that helps breathing. Your initial impression of a victim is based on: -- correct answer --How the victim appears to you as you size up the scene. 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 initial impression and perform a primary assessment. You find the victim is not moving or breathing, but has a pulse. You should summon EMS personnel, then: -- correct answer --Give ventilations at a rate of 1 about every 5-6 seconds. 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 sizeup the scene? -- correct answer --Begin performing the primary assessment. When providing care during an emergency, which of the following should you do first? -- correct answer --Size-up the scene while forming an initial impression. As the first rescuer on the scene, you are performing CPR on an adult. When performing chest compressions, how deeply should you compress the chest - correct answer --At least 2 inches but no more than 2.4 inches CPR should be performed on which of the following victims? -- correct answer --One who is in cardiac arrest What is the first step of the Adult Cardiac Chain of Survival? -- correct answer --Recognition of a cardiac emergency and activation of the emergency response system. You are providing care to a victim suspected of having a heart attack. Which of the following would you do first? -- correct answer --Summon EMS personnel. Once you have turned on the automated external defibrillator (AED), you should: -- correct answer --Apply the pads and allow the AED to analyze the heart rhythm. 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. 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. Which of the following is most essential to use when giving ventilations to protect you and the victim from disease transmission? -- correct answer -Resuscitation masks You are providing care to a facility maintenance worker who has fallen off the top of a ladder. The victim is responsive. Which of the following should you do first? -- correct answer --Obtain consent from the victim to provide care. For which of the following should you summon EMS personnel? -- correct answer --A victim with an open leg wound with the bone protruding While performing a primary assessment on an unresponsive adult who has been rescued from the water, you find that they have only occasional gasps, no pulse and no severe life-threatening bleeding. Which of the following should you do next? -- correct answer --Give 2 ventilations and begin CPR If there is a risk of the AED pads touching each other, such as with a small child or an infant, you should -- correct answer --Place one pad in the middle of the chest and the other on the back. You have sized up the scene, formed an initial impression and determined the scene is safe. When starting the primary assessment, which of the following would you do first? a -- correct answer --Check for responsiveness Which of the following statements about bag-valve-mask resuscitators (BVMs) is most accurate? -- correct answer --Ventilations are more effective when two rescuers operate the BVM. You are preparing to give ventilations to a 5-year-old child using a resuscitation mask. You should give 1 ventilation about every -- correct answer --3 seconds. When performing chest compressions during CPR, you should give compressions at a rate of at least how many compressions per minute? -correct answer --Between 100 and 120 An AED has advised that a shock should be given. Which of the following is appropriate? -- correct answer --Tell everyone to stand clear of the victim. You are about to apply AED pads to a victim's chest when you notice that the victim has several body piercings with jewelry on their chest. Which of the following should you do? -- correct answer --Apply the pads to the chest, at least 1 inch away from the jewelry. The cycle of chest compressions and ventilations in two-rescuer CPR for an infant is: -- correct answer --15 chest compressions and 2 ventilations. You are using a resuscitation mask to give ventilations to a child. After you position and seal the mask, which of the following should you do next? -correct answer --Tilt the victim's head back to open the airway 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. Where should you place your hands when giving chest compressions to an infant during CPR? -- correct answer --One hand on the forehead and two or three fingers on the center of the chest. When giving abdominal thrusts to an adult who is choking, where should you position your fist? -- correct answer --In the middle of the abdomen, just above the navel A person has been injured and is responsive. You should: -- correct answer -Obtain consent, check the victim for life-threatening conditions and speak with the victim to find out what happened. Your initial impression reveals severe life-threatening bleeding in an adult victim who appears to be unresponsive. Your next step should be: -- correct answer --Control the bleeding with any available resources. 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. A way to remember the questions to ask when taking a brief history is to use the acronym SAMPLE. What does the A in SAMPLE stand for -- correct answer --Allergies What is the first step you should take in caring for a victim with burns? -correct answer --Remove the victim from the source of the burn. If a victim is having a seizure in the water: -- correct answer --Support the victim with their head above water until the seizure ends. During a swim meet, the bleachers behind your guard station suddenly collapse. As you check the scene, you notice several people who appear injured. Who should you approach first? -- correct answer --A victim who appears unconscious. When caring for musculoskeletal injuries, what does RICE stand for? -correct answer --Rest, immobilize, cold, elevate All of the following are components of scene size-up EXCEPT: -- correct answer --Checking for responsiveness. Signs and symptoms of sudden illness do not include: -- correct answer -Bruising or rigidness of the abdomen When checking a victim during a secondary assessment you notice changes in her LOC. What does the C stand for in LOC? -- correct answer -Consciousness. You arrive on a scene where someone seems to be hurt. During the primary assessment, you should check for all of the following EXCEPT: -- correct answer --Swelling Which of the following would you identify as the universal sign that a conscious person is choking? -- correct answer --Clutching the throat As you are giving ventilations with a resuscitation mask, the victim vomits. Which of the following would you do first? -- correct answer --Turn victim onto their side and clear airway of vomit You determine that a victim is unresponsive but breathing. While waiting with the victim for EMS personnel, you would position the victim: -- correct answer --In a recovery position. While preparing to use an automated external defibrillator (AED) on a victim, you notice a medication patch on the victim's chest. Which action is most appropriate? -- correct answer --Removing the patch with a gloved hand. 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 During a primary assessment, which of the following should you check first? -- correct answer --Responsiveness What signs and symptoms would you determine that a victim is experiencing respiratory distress? -- correct answer --Gasping for breath When suing a BVM, how many rescuers should operate? -- correct answer --2 When giving CPR, rescuers should switch positions: -- correct answer -every 2 minutes or when AED is away An AED indicates that "no shock is advised" What should you do next? -correct answer --perform CPR for about 2 minutes