American Red Cross Lifeguarding Final (Latest 2023 - 2024) Complete Answers 100% Correct
- Standard piece of equipment used at aquatics facilities to remove victims
from water when they are unable to exit the water on their own. Backboards are also used during head, neck, or back injuries
Answer: Backboards
- Automated External Defibrillators: portable electronic device that analyzes a
victims heart rhythm and delivers electrical shock to re-establich proper rhythm.
Answer: AED
- a drowning victim who is struggling to remain at the surface of the water
(still conscious)
Answer: Active Drowning Victim
- a drowning victim who is not conscious. They do not struggle and slip
under the water suddenly.
Answer: Passive Drowning Victim 1 / 2
- Recognition (fail to recognize victim)
- Intrusion (secondary duties, like maintenance, intrudes on lifeguards pri-
- Distraction (distracted from surveillance)
mary duties)
Answer: RID Factor
- a specific area that you are responsible for when lifeguarding one station.-
Answer: Zone of Responsibility
- Pool is divided into separate zones. Each lifeguard is responsible for
their own zone. Typically zones overlap in certain spots to have double coverage
Answer: Zone Coverage
- drowning, head/neck/back injuries, breathing/cardiac situations, uncon-
sciousness, major cuts
Answer: Life Threatening Injuries
- slipping, tripping, falling, minor cuts, sunburns, dislocations
Answer: Non-life threatening injuries
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