Lifeguard training extra credit assignments

after you have read LGT chapters 1,2,3 and 4

read chapter five in On The Guard II, Fourth Edition, answer the questions at the end of the chapter and compare it generally to the material in your text.

extra credit due Monday, June 19

read chapter eight in On The Guard II, Fourth Edition, answer the questions at the end of the chapter and compare it generally to the material in your text.

First Aid extra credit

(see the due date in your greensheet)

Read Chapter 9, First Aid in aquatic environments in On The Guard II, Fourth Edition, and answer these questions.

1. What does a medical alert tag tell you? Give examples of five areas they cover.

2. What is hepatitis? Which kind is of concern to a lifeguard? Why?

3. What is the difference between AIDS and being HIV positive?

4. List 4 ways HIV is transmitted.

5. The chapter lists 9 universal precautionary procedures. In your opinion, which are the most important to a lifeguard?

6. What should you learn through workplace training at your pool about OSHA regulations and blood-borne pathogens, besides what you learned in our class?

7. List the 6 guidelines for communicating with EMS. Are they any different at work as opposed to at home?

8. List the symptoms for a heart attack. Are they any different in the Y book than your Red Cross text?

9. What are the differences in bleeding from capillaries, veins, and arteries?

10. Are there any differences in controlling bleeding between the Y book and your Red Cross text?

11. What is hyperthermia?

12. What are the causes of heat exhaustion, and heatstroke?

13. Are there any differences between the two texts in the description of hypothermia?

14. Why are children more susceptible than adults to immersion hypothermia?

15. List the symptoms of hypothermia.

16. List the care you give for hypothermia, that is, the steps to provide warmth.

17. How can people survive after being underwater in cold water for a long time?

18. What is afterdrop?

19. What is the first aid for a cold water drowning victim?

20. List the symptoms of anaphylactic shock. What is the first aid?

21. What can bring on an asthma attack? What first aid should you provide?

22. What assistance can you give to someone having an epileptic seizure on land? In the water?

23. Compare and contrast what was said in our class about hyperventilation and what the Y text says.

24. Name and describe 3 less likely reasons people could black out in the water.

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