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Lifeguard Mock Exam Questions: Complete as much as you can. You have 1 hour and 30 minutes. Please write the answers in the order shown here, label each section with the sections title and number each question, leave gaps for answers you do not know. Good Luck! Risk Management – 7 marks 1. List four ways to personally protect yourself at the beach. 2. How do we protect ourselves from infectious diseases? Name 4. 3. List 4 ways to lift an object. 4. How often do we need to refresh our lifeguard award? 5. You have just unsuccessfully completed CPR, what kind of condition could occur after this event? 6. What is the most important rule in Surf Life Saving? 7. List the seven steps of risk management and explain what they mean. Roles and Responsibilities – 13 marks 1. What has been put in place to protect SLS members taking part in surf sports? 2. Explain how a PC chooses where to put the flags? 3. A rip moves in between your flags and you choose to move the flags. What action have you completed? 4. What does PRR stand for? 5. Describe what is in the POM? 6. Why do we wear our uniform on patrol? How should we act when in uniform?* 7. What are forms we fill out while on patrol? 8. What is the minimum age to be driving an ATV? 9. What are three items you must wear while in an ATV?

Name: Mark: /92 10. What should you tell your PC once you have done a preventative action? Why?* 11. Draw a picture to set up patrol. Surf Environment – 11 marks 1. How often does the tide rise and fall in a day? 2. Explain how you escape from a rip? 3. What are four signs that clearly signify a rip? 4. What are the four types of waves? - Describe them without drawing them. 5. Draw a rip and label the parts. 6. Explain what a rip tide is? 7. Explain what a wave is? 8. List the three factors determine the size of swell and explain what they mean.* 9. Describe how the change in tide effects your beach? 10. Name four types of rips? Surf Rescue – 8 marks 1. Who takes priority in a rescue - someone between or outside the flags? 2. You swim out to a group of three swimmers all needing assistanceyou only have one tube, what should you do? 3. List the two towing types? 4. List the three types of releases? 5. Name three forms of rescue equipment? 6. What are your key responsibilities with a missing person? 7. What questions should you ask them? – List 6 questions. 8. How long should you wait until you call the police?

Communication – 17 marks 1. Who should you call for a cliff incident? 2. Explain how to set up a radio - describe the steps. 3. What should you do if you are talking on the radio and hear ‘RESCUSE RESCUSE RESCUSE’? 4. List the 4 P’s in the correct order. 5. What are five skills to ensure effective communication? 6. What are 3 barriers to communication? How do we overcome these barriers? * 7. What does ‘Over’ mean? 9. What does ‘Out’ mean? 10. What does ‘Standby’ mean? (do not use the words standby to explain). 11. What does ‘MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY’ mean? What should you do if you hear this? What channel would you hear this on? ** 12. What channel do we normally operate on as Lifeguards? 13. What should be done with the radios at the end of every patrol? 14. What should be done if the radio is dropped into salt water? – describe the steps. Victim ID and Scanning – 5 marks 1. Explain what the ‘five-minute scanning approach’ is? 2. List the three postures for scanning? 3. Name the scanning techniques? 4. Name five potential groups vulnerable on the beach? 5. Describe seven different signs that someone is in trouble in the water? CPR – 10 marks 1. What does ‘DRSABCD’ stand for? 2. What does ‘AVPU’ stand for?

3. What is the compression rate? 4. What is the ratio of breaths to compressions? 5. Explain the three reasons why you should stop performing CPR? 6. Describe how you should perform CPR on a child compared to an infant? 7. What should you do if you are alone with an unresponsive adult? 8. What should you do if your patient starts vomiting? 9. What should you do if your patient starts breathing again? 10. When should you get a defib for a non-breathing patient? First Aid – 21 marks 1. What are the six things we always do with treating first aid? 2. What does ‘BBBCCC’ stand for? What is it used for?* 3. What does ‘SCALD’ stand for? What is it used for? * 4. Explain what the difference is between heat stroke and heat exhaustion? - Signs, symptoms and treatment 5. What does ‘FAST’ stand for? When do we use it? * 6. List the signs and symptoms of a fracture? 7. If we have a patient with a dislocation, do we put the dislocation back in? Why or why not?* 8. What does ‘RICED’ stand for? 9. Explain how we treat shock? 10. Explain how we treat a heart attack? 11. Explain how to treat a patient with an impaled object? 12. What is the treatment for chocking? 13. What is the treatment for asthma? 14. A patient has something stuck in their eye. How would you treat the eye injury? 15. Describe the difference in treatments for jellyfish and bluebottle stings? - Signs, symptoms and treatment 16. What does ‘PLUSDICS’ stand for? And what is it used for?*...