LIFEGUARD RED CROSS NEWEST 2024-2025 ACTUAL

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LIFEGUARD RED CROSS NEWEST 2024-2025 ACTUAL

EXAM COMPLETE 190 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT

DETAILED ANSWERS ( VERIFIED ANSWERS)

|ALREADY GRADE D A+

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?

• Ask the victim what happened when they fell.
• Obtain consent from the victim to provide care.
• Check the victim's pulse.
• Question the victim about any complaints of pain. - ANSWER- B

• For which of the following should you summon EMS personnel?
• A victim with a minor cut on the forearm that is lightly bleeding
• A victim with an airway obstruction who is forcefully coughing
• A victim with intermittent abdominal pressure
• A victim with an open leg wound with the bone protruding -

ANSWER- D

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?

• Give 5 abdominal thrusts. 1 / 4

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• Immediately begin CPR, starting with chest compressions.
• Place the victim in the recovery position.
• Give 2 ventilations and begin CPR. - ANSWER- D

If there is a risk of the AED pads touching each other, such as with a

small child or an infant, you should:

• Place one pad on the stomach and one pad on the chest.
• Place one pad in the middle of the chest and the other on the back.
• Place them as usual. It does not matter if the pads touch each other.
• Reverse the pads' position on the chest. - ANSWER- B

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?

• Summon EMS personnel
• Check for responsiveness
• Open the victim's airway
• Check for breathing and a pulse - ANSWER- B

Which of the following statements about bag-valve-mask resuscitators (BVMs) is most accurate?

• BVMs are readily available at all emergency scenes.
• Monitoring the victim for full exhalation is not required. 2 / 4

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• Ventilations are more effective when two rescuers operate the BVM.
• When used by a single rescuer, BVMs allow easy coordination with

chest compressions. - ANSWER- C

You are preparing to give ventilations to a 5-year-old child using a

resuscitation mask. You should give 1 ventilation about every:

• 1 second.
• 2 seconds.
• 5-6 seconds.
• 3 seconds. - ANSWER- D

• When performing chest compressions during CPR, you should give

compressions at a rate of at least how many compressions per minute?

• Between 100 and 120
• Between 60 and 80
• Between 120 and 140
• Between 140 and 160 - ANSWER- A

• An AED has advised that a shock should be given. Which of the

following is appropriate?

• Apply new AED pads to the victim's chest.
• Begin chest compressions immediately.
• Tell everyone to stand clear of the victim.
• Cover the AED pads with a blanket. - ANSWER- C 3 / 4

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• 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?

• Remove the jewelry before applying the pads.
• Use one pad, applying it directly over the jewelry.
• Wipe the chest, including the jewelry, with alcohol.
• Apply the pads to the chest, at least 1 inch away from the jewelry -

ANSWER- D

• The cycle of chest compressions and ventilations in two-rescuer CPR

for an infant is:

• 15 chest compressions and 2 ventilations.
• 15 chest compressions and 1 ventilation.
• 30 chest compressions and 1 ventilation.
• 30 chest compressions and 2 ventilations. - ANSWER- A

• 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?

• Tilt the victim's head back to open the airway.
• Blow into the mask.
• Place the victim's head in a neutral position to maintain an open

airway.

• Place the victim in a recovery position. - ANSWER- A
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