Red Cross Lifeguarding Test |correct and verified answers. Graded A+
CPR Should be performed on a victim who is... ✔️✔️In Cardiac Arrest. An unconscious victim with an
obstructed airway has similar steps but the process is not called CPR
C.A.B. What does it stand for and when is it used? ✔️✔️Circulation, Airway, Breathing.
Chest compressions (30). Airway (open). Breaths (2)
Used for CPR
Rate of chest compressions during CPR? ✔️✔️100 BPM (Roughly the tempo of the song "Staying Alive" by
the BeeGees. Ironically, it is also the tempo of "Another One Bites The Dust" by Queen.
You are performing CPR when a second lifeguard arrives. What is most appropriate for the second
lifeguard to do first? ✔️✔️Check to see whether EMS personell have been called.
After an AED says "No Shock Advised," it is best to... ✔️✔️Perform CPR for about 2 minutes.
Adult chest compressions, how do you position your hands? ✔️✔️Heel of one hand on the center of the
chest with the other hand on top.
As the only lifeguard performing CPR on an 7-year old, you would perform cycles of... ✔️✔️30 chest
compressions and 2 ventilations.
The cycle of chest compressions and ventilations in two-rescuer CPR for an infant is... ✔️✔️15 chest
compressions and 2 ventilations.
Hand placement for CPR for an:
Adult, Child, Infant ✔️✔️Adult and child: Heel of one hand in center of chest (on lower half of sternum)
with the other hand on top
Infant: 2-3 fingers on center of chest (just below nipple line)
Process of using AED ✔️✔️Turn on machine. Apply the pads. Plug into machine. Follow instructions. CPR
should continue during the setup.
Child is choking (conscious). After activating EAP and getting consent from the parents, what should you
do next? What about someone unconscious? ✔️✔️Stand or kneel behind the victim and give 5 back blows
and 5 abdominal thrusts.
For unconscious do CPR.
Depth of chest compression for CPR for an:
Adult, Child, Infant ✔️✔️Adult and child: 2 inches
, Infant: 1.5 inches
To ensure effective chest compressions during CPR, what should be noted? ✔️✔️The chest is able to fully
recoil between compressions.
You are performing CPR on a victim when you notice the chest begins to rise and fall. What do you do
first? ✔️✔️Stop CPR and reassess the victim's breathing and pulse. If the breathing is not regular,
continue CPR as though no breathing were present.
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? ✔️✔️Re-tilt the head and attempt another ventilation.
You are giving ventilations through a resuscitation mask, and the victim vomits. What should you do?
✔️✔️Turn the victim as a unit onto his or her side. H.A.IN.E.S.
Time it takes to administer a rescue breath? ✔️✔️1 second
Adult is unconscious with a pulse but is not breathing, what rate should you perform rescue breathing
at? Child? Infant? ✔️✔️1 ventilation every 5 seconds for adults. 1 every 3 seconds for children and infants.
You pull an adult from the water. After a primary assessment, you conclude the victim has a pulse but is
breathing irregularly. What should you do first? ✔️✔️Give 2 initial ventilations. To clear airway of any
water.
A victim is having a seizure in the water. What should you do? ✔️✔️Support the victim with his or her
head above water until the seizure ends.
How can you protect yourself from possible bloodborne pathogens when treating a victim? ✔️✔️Use
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) such as disposable gloves and a breathing barrier.
What is the universal sign that a person is choking? ✔️✔️Clutching the throat.
Steps of the Chain of Survival? ✔️✔️1. Immediate recognition of cardiac arrest and activation of the
emergency response system
2. Early cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) with an emphasis on chest compressions
3. Rapid defibrillation
4. Effective advanced life support
5. Integrated post-cardiac arrest care
You must keep checking a victim's LOC in a secondary assessment. What does LOC stand for? ✔️✔️Level
of Consciousness
When providing care to a conscious infant who is choking, what part of the hand would you use to give
chest thrusts? ✔️✔️Two or Three fingers.
When immobilizing an injured patron's arm... ✔️✔️Leave the arm in the position you find it or in the
position the victim is holding it.
CPR Should be performed on a victim who is... ✔️✔️In Cardiac Arrest. An unconscious victim with an
obstructed airway has similar steps but the process is not called CPR
C.A.B. What does it stand for and when is it used? ✔️✔️Circulation, Airway, Breathing.
Chest compressions (30). Airway (open). Breaths (2)
Used for CPR
Rate of chest compressions during CPR? ✔️✔️100 BPM (Roughly the tempo of the song "Staying Alive" by
the BeeGees. Ironically, it is also the tempo of "Another One Bites The Dust" by Queen.
You are performing CPR when a second lifeguard arrives. What is most appropriate for the second
lifeguard to do first? ✔️✔️Check to see whether EMS personell have been called.
After an AED says "No Shock Advised," it is best to... ✔️✔️Perform CPR for about 2 minutes.
Adult chest compressions, how do you position your hands? ✔️✔️Heel of one hand on the center of the
chest with the other hand on top.
As the only lifeguard performing CPR on an 7-year old, you would perform cycles of... ✔️✔️30 chest
compressions and 2 ventilations.
The cycle of chest compressions and ventilations in two-rescuer CPR for an infant is... ✔️✔️15 chest
compressions and 2 ventilations.
Hand placement for CPR for an:
Adult, Child, Infant ✔️✔️Adult and child: Heel of one hand in center of chest (on lower half of sternum)
with the other hand on top
Infant: 2-3 fingers on center of chest (just below nipple line)
Process of using AED ✔️✔️Turn on machine. Apply the pads. Plug into machine. Follow instructions. CPR
should continue during the setup.
Child is choking (conscious). After activating EAP and getting consent from the parents, what should you
do next? What about someone unconscious? ✔️✔️Stand or kneel behind the victim and give 5 back blows
and 5 abdominal thrusts.
For unconscious do CPR.
Depth of chest compression for CPR for an:
Adult, Child, Infant ✔️✔️Adult and child: 2 inches
, Infant: 1.5 inches
To ensure effective chest compressions during CPR, what should be noted? ✔️✔️The chest is able to fully
recoil between compressions.
You are performing CPR on a victim when you notice the chest begins to rise and fall. What do you do
first? ✔️✔️Stop CPR and reassess the victim's breathing and pulse. If the breathing is not regular,
continue CPR as though no breathing were present.
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? ✔️✔️Re-tilt the head and attempt another ventilation.
You are giving ventilations through a resuscitation mask, and the victim vomits. What should you do?
✔️✔️Turn the victim as a unit onto his or her side. H.A.IN.E.S.
Time it takes to administer a rescue breath? ✔️✔️1 second
Adult is unconscious with a pulse but is not breathing, what rate should you perform rescue breathing
at? Child? Infant? ✔️✔️1 ventilation every 5 seconds for adults. 1 every 3 seconds for children and infants.
You pull an adult from the water. After a primary assessment, you conclude the victim has a pulse but is
breathing irregularly. What should you do first? ✔️✔️Give 2 initial ventilations. To clear airway of any
water.
A victim is having a seizure in the water. What should you do? ✔️✔️Support the victim with his or her
head above water until the seizure ends.
How can you protect yourself from possible bloodborne pathogens when treating a victim? ✔️✔️Use
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) such as disposable gloves and a breathing barrier.
What is the universal sign that a person is choking? ✔️✔️Clutching the throat.
Steps of the Chain of Survival? ✔️✔️1. Immediate recognition of cardiac arrest and activation of the
emergency response system
2. Early cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) with an emphasis on chest compressions
3. Rapid defibrillation
4. Effective advanced life support
5. Integrated post-cardiac arrest care
You must keep checking a victim's LOC in a secondary assessment. What does LOC stand for? ✔️✔️Level
of Consciousness
When providing care to a conscious infant who is choking, what part of the hand would you use to give
chest thrusts? ✔️✔️Two or Three fingers.
When immobilizing an injured patron's arm... ✔️✔️Leave the arm in the position you find it or in the
position the victim is holding it.
