Emergency Medicine: Red Cross Lifeguarding Test latest summer 2022.

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Red Cross Lifeguarding Test; Summer 2022. CPR Should be performed on a victim who is... After an AED says "No Shock Advised," it is best to... When giving chest compressions to an adult, how... do you position your hands? Once you have turned on the AED, you should... When providing care to a conscious infant who is choking, it is most appropriate to... The cycle of chest compressions and ventilations in two-rescuer CPR for an infant is... The purpose of a secondary assessment is to... When giving a primary ventilation to an adult who is unconscious and not breathing, you notice the chest is not rising. What should you do next? After summoning EMS for a victim who is conscious and bleeding severely, and after obtaining consent and putting on gloves, what should you do next? The bleachers at a swim meet suddenly collapse. Out of all the symptoms in the crowd, you should first care for... A victim has slurred speech, cannot lift their right arm level with the left, is unable to smile and half her face is drooping. What would you assume has happened? As the only lifeguard performing CPR on an 7-year old, you would perform cycles of... You notice a child is choking on food at the concession stand. After activating your EAP and getting consent from the parents, what should you do next? If there is a risk of the AED pads touching each other on a small child or infant, you should... Where should you place your hands when giving CPR to an infant? How deep should you compress the chest when giving CPR to an adult? To ensure effective chest compressions during CPR, what should be noted? If you have a victim that is an adult and is unconscious with a pulse but is not breathing, what rate should you perform rescue breathing at? You are giving ventilations through a resuscitation mask, and the victim vomits. What should you do? When applying the AED, you notice the victim has several body piercings on their chest. How should you place the pads accordingly? During a primary assessment, what should you check first (after ensuring the scene is safe)? An infant is crying uncontrollably. You could safely assume that their airway is... When caring for musculoskeletal injuries, what does RICE stand for? A victim is having a seizure in the water. What should you do? How can you protect yourself from possible bloodborne pathogens when treating a victim? Sudden illness can be identified by many things, including... What is the universal sign that a person is choking?. You are performing CPR when a second lifeguard arrives. What is most appropriate for the second lifeguard to do first? What is the first step in the Cardiac Chain of Survival? You must keep checking a victim's LOC in a secondary assessment. What does the "C" in LOC stand for? When providing care to a conscious infant who is choking, what part of the hand would you use to give chest thrusts? When immobilizing an injured patron's arm... You are performing CPR on a victim when you notice the chest begins to rise and fall. What do you do first? What is the first step you should take in treating a victim with burns? A boy clutches at his chest and has problems breathing. After obtaining consent for care, his mom informs you that he has asthma, but he does not have his inhaler nearby. What care should you provide? A patron cuts her leg on the bleachers and is bleeding severely. You can tell she may be in shock because she may... What should you do when first approaching the scene of an emergency? You and another lifeguard are preparing for CPR on an adult. You find no pulse and no breathing and state "Victim has no pulse. Begin CPR." What should the second lifeguard do next? When using a resuscitation mask, what should you do? When giving abdominal thrusts, where should you position your fist? - In the middle of the abdomen, just above the navel. What is most true about bag-valve-mask resuscitators (BVMs)? - Two rescuers need to operate the BVM. During a second assessment, the SAMPLE acronym is used to collect important information. What does the "A" in SAMPLE stand for? - Allergies. You pull an adult **from the water**. After a primary assessment, you conclude the victim has a pulse but is breathing irregularly. You should... The AED advises a shock should be given. What should you do next? You are using a resuscitation mask to give ventilations to a child. After **positioning** the mask, what should you do? When compressing a child's chest for CPR, how many should compressions should you give per minute? You are providing care for a victim having a heart attack. What should you do first? Upon approaching a scene where someone appears to be hurt, you would commence a primary assessment. In this period, you would NOT check something like... While preparing to use an AED on a victim, you notice a medication patch on the chest, where the AED pads need to go. What should you do with this patch? - You are coming up to a scene where a patron appears to be injured. While making sure the scene is safe, what should you NOT do? A patron appears to be having a diabetic emergency. What should you do? [Show More]

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