American Red Cross Lifeguarding Online Test, Answered.-During a primary assessment, which of the following should you check first? - Responsiveness You are providing care to a patron who started choki... ng on some food. The victim becomes unresponsive. Which of the following should you do first? - Lower the victim to the ground and being CPR starting with chest compressions. When using an AED, which of the following should you do immediately after attaching the AED pads to the victim's chest? - Tell everyone to stand clear. As you are giving ventilations with a resuscitation mask, the victim vomits. Which of the following would you do first? - Turn the victim onto their side and clear the airway of vomit immediately You and another lifeguard find an unresponsive adult on the locker room floor. The other lifeguard goes to summon EMS personnel. You form an initial impression, complete a primary assessment and find the victim has a pulse but is not breathing. Which of the following should you do next? - Give ventilations at a rate of 1 about every 5-6 seconds. What is the first step you should take in caring for a victim with burns? - Remove the victim from the source of the burn. Which of the following should you do first when approaching the scene of an emergency? - Size-up the scene while forming an initial impression. You are giving ventilations to a 5-year-old child using a resuscitation mask. You should give 1 ventilation about every: - 3 seconds You arrive on a scene where someone seems to be hurt. During the primary assessment, you should check for all of the following EXCEPT: - Swelling. You and a patron enter the locker room and find an unresponsive person lying on the floor. You size up the scene and form an initial impression, and then you begin performing a primary assessment. The patron asks, "Should we move them to the first aid room?" What should you do next? - Tell the patron the victim should not be moved since there is no immediate danger. A patron seems to be having a diabetic emergency. You should: - Give them glucose tablets. When giving chest compressions to an adult, how would you position your hands? - Heel of one hand on the center of the chest with the other hand on top. All of the following are components of scene size-up EXCEPT: - Checking for responsiveness. You determine that a victim is unresponsive but breathing. While waiting with the victim for EMS personnel, you would position the victim: - 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? - Removing the patch with a gloved hand. As the only lifeguard performing CPR on a 7-year-old child, you would perform cycles of: - 30 chest compressions and 2 ventilations. [Show More]
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