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Lifeguard Training
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| YMCA'S Core values | Caring, honesty, respect, responsibility |
| Safe in 6 | Prvent, recognize, activate, rescue, care, report |
| What is the acronym PACA help us remember? | The four steps in the YMCA decision-making process |
| What does PACA stand for? | Problem, alternatives, conclusion, actions |
| What question does the P stand for in PACA | What is the problem or situation? |
| What question does the A stand for in PACA | What are the alternative? |
| What question does the C stand for in PACA | What are the consequences of the alternatives? |
| What question does the A stand for in PACA | What is the action or decision? |
| What are the advantages of Q-1-2 method? (3) | Helps you be consistent, reduced the stress of enforcing rules, allows you to remain focused on your zone |
| What is the q in the q-1-2 method? | Q= question |
| What is the 1 in the q-1-2 method? | 1 = Warning |
| What is the 2 in the q-1-2 method? | 2 = take a break / leave / talk to supervisor |
| Two types of supervision systems? | Entire area coverage and zone coverage |
| What does entire area coverage mean? | When one lifeguard is on duty, a single lifeguard supervises the entire swimming area |
| What is zone coverage? | Swim area is broken into smaller, overlapping, zones |
| Rotation system process | Incoming lg stands next to stand and begins scanning. Outgoing lg begins climbing down stand. The outgoing lg scans the water while incoming lg climbs stand. Outgoing lg shares important information with incoming lg. Both lg say 'clear' |
| How often should lifeguards rotate? | 20 to 30 minutes |
| Zones shouldnt be more than ___ degrees | 180 degrees |
| Emergency coverage | When one lifeguard must go in the water. The other lifeguard takes over. |
| Lifeguard communication systems (7) | whistle, hand signals, rescue equipment signals, flags, radios, phones, air horns |
| Name safety check systems (5) | Swim test, band system, buddy system, tag board, roll call system |
| What is scanning? | A system of visual observation in which lifeguards perform systematic visual sweeps of the facility |
| How should you scan? | Bottom, middle, top |
| Scanning methods - head counting | Notice changes as you count the swimmers in your zone |
| Scanning methods - Grouping | Group swimmers by age, gender, risk potential |
| Scanning method - Mental filing | Build swimmer profiles based on abilities, skills, activities. track behavior |
| Scanning method - tracking | Track patrons who have submerged |
| Scanning method - counting | count 20seconds whenever swimmer goes under |
| Scanning method - systematically | Bottom middle top, scan high risk areas / patrons |
| What is vigilance? | State of readiness to detect and respond to certain specified small changes occurring at random time intervals |
| Early warning signs of trouble | weak stroke, hair in eyes, anxious eyes, two heads together, hand waving, erratic behavior, clinging to objects, inability to respond |
| Stages of drowning? | Initial apnea, dyspnea, terminal apnea, cardiac arrest, |
| Initial apnea? | Temporary absence of breath. Blood pressure rises and adrenaline flow increase. Victim begins to struggle to keep head above water. Victim swallows water into tummy. Victim gradually sinks, brain does not get oxygen |
| Hypercapnia? | Excess of carbon dioxide in the blood due to lack of oxygen, making the blood more acidic |
| Acidosis? | When blood is more acidic causing muscles to fatigue and stop functioning |
| Dyspnea? | Difficulty breathing. Convulsive coughing, frothing, little mind functioning, acidosis continues |
| Terminal apnea? | When the victim becomes unconscious and stops breathing. Brain hypoxia continues, acidosis continues |
| Cardiac arrest? | When the heart ceases to function and pump blood. |
| Clinical death? | Occurs first and is the point at which both breathing and pus have stopped and the body is in cardiac arrest. |
| Biological death? | Point at which irreversible brain damage begins and the most sensitive parts of the brain start to die |
| Drowning takes ___ minutes? | 3 -5 minutes |
| Types of emergencies? | Mary Won My Pizza Eating Contest Making Everyone Vomit, Fail. Medical, Water, Missing Person, Environment, Chemical, Mechanical, Extreme Violence, Facility |
| EAP? | Emergency Action Plan |
| Rescue Equipment? | Reaching pole, throw bag, rescue tube, ring bouy |
| Water exits? (6) | Supporting assist, 1person drag, two person carry, 2 person lift, ladder exit, board lift |
| Lawsuit? | Legal procedure by which an individual pursues legal remedy |
| Liability? | Legal responsibility (duty, responsibility) |
| Negligence? | Unintentional breach of a legal duty causing damage that without breach wouldnt have occured |
| Duty | Legal obligation to act in accordance with a standard of care in order to protects others from risk |
| Standard of care | Action likely to be taken place by a reasonable professional |
| Breach of duty | Failure to excercise that care which a reasonable person of the same training would under similar circumstance |
| DOTS | Deformities, open injuries, tenderness, swelling |
| SAMPLE | Symptoms, allergies, medicine, past medical history, last oral intake, events leading up to |
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SammyCarmel