How can you protect yourself from possible blood borne pathogens transmission when providing care? A child is wheezing and grabbing his chest. after obtaining consent his mother tells you he has asthma but does not have his inhaler nearby. What care should you provide? While at the snack bar a child grabs his throat. You ask him if he is choking and he nods yes. You activate the facility's emergency action plan. You tell him you a life guard and get consent from his parents. What should you do next? You and another life guard find an unconscious adult on the floor in the locker room. You activate EAP , size up scene, and preform primary assessment. You find the victim not breathing but has a pulse. You call 911 then...? you come upon a scene where a patron appears to be injured. Before approaching the victim what should you do to size up the scene? When providing care during an emergency what should you first do? You were preforming CPR on an adult how deep should you compress the chest? CPR should be preformed on victims whho are in...? What is the fist step in the cardiac chain of survival? You are providing care to a victim having a heart attack. What should you do first? Once you turn in the AED you should...? To ensure effective chest compression during CPR you should...? You are preforming CPR on a victim and a 2nd life guard arrives. What should the second life guard do first? ANSWERS AT: https://www.stuvia.com/doc/1703504/emergency-medicine-americanred-cross-lifeguard-tests-a-en-b-american-red-cross-lifeguard-test-solutionguide_updated-2022. What should you use when giving ventilation to protect you and the victim from disease transmission? you are providing care to a pool maintenance worker who has fallen off a ladder. The victim is conscious. What should you do first? should you summon EMS personnel for a victim with an open wound with the bone protruding? You pull an unconscious adult from the water who is taking infrequent gasps. During the primary assessment you find the victim has a pulse. What should you do next? if there is a risk of the AED pads touching each other such as with a small child or infant what should you do? you have sized up the scene and determined it is safe. Then performing a primary assessment what should you do next? when using a BVM it requires__________ rescuers. you are preparing to give ventilations to a 5 year old you give 1 ventilation about every ___________ seconds. when giving a child CPR you should do so at the rate of ______ compressions per minute. An AED has advised that a shock should be given what should you do next? you are about to apply AED pads to a victims chest that has several body piercings on the chest what should you do? the cycle of chest compressions and ventilations in 2 man CPR for an infant? you are positioned above the childs head and are using mask to give ventilations. After you position the mask what should you do? you are providing care to someone who has become unconscious while choking on some food what should you do first? where should you place your hands when giving chest compressions to an infant when giving abdominal thrusts to an adult where do you position your fist? when providing care to a conscious infant who is choking what do you do?