Lifeguarding review questions chapter 7These are questions prepared by the Red Cross to help ensure you know the material well enough to pass the written test(s).
You will get a lot more out of this homework assignment if you read the chapter first, then go looking for the answers instead of just skipping through the book looking for the answers.
Below, to help you keep from scrolling down too far until after you have read the chapter, a photo of a trail we hike every year the Outdoor Club goes to Grand Teton National Park.
Can you see the hiker midway along the trail?
CHAPTER 7: BREATHING EMERGENCIES
Multiple Choice
Choose the one correct answer.
1. Breathing barriers help to
a. Maintain breathing.
b. Protect against disease transmission.
c. Restart the heart.
d. Reduce the amount of oxygen in a victim’s blood.
2. The care provided to an adult who is not moving or breathing, but has a pulse (respiratory arrest), is
a. Perform 5 abdominal thrusts, with each thrust being a distinct attempt to dislodge the object.
b. Place the adult in a modified-H.A.IN.E.S. recovery position.
c. Give rescue breaths at a rate of 1 rescue breath about every 3 seconds.
d. Give rescue breaths at a rate of 1 rescue breath about every 5 seconds.
3. You find an unconscious 6-year-old boy. After sizing up the scene and obtaining consent, you perform an initial assessment and determine that the boy is not moving or breathing, but has a pulse. At what rate do you perform rescue breathing for the child?
a. About one rescue breath every minute
b. One rescue breath about every 3 seconds
c. One rescue breath about every 5 seconds
d. One rescue breath every few minutes
4. A child is clutching his throat with both hands. You obtain consent from the parent to provide care to the child. After summoning EMS personnel and putting on the appropriate personal protective equipment, what should you do?
a. Stand or kneel behind the child and give 3 back blows followed by 3 chest thrusts
b. Stand or kneel behind the child and give 5 back blows
c. Stand or kneel behind the child and give 5 chest thrusts
d. Stand or kneel behind the child and give 5 back blows followed by 5 chest thrusts
5. A mother yells to you that something is wrong with her infant. You obtain consent and put on the appropriate personal protective equipment. During the initial assessment, you determine the unconscious infant has an airway obstruction. What is the proper sequence of care for an unconscious infant?
a. Give 5 back blows followed by 5 chest thrusts
b. Give 3 chest thrusts, look for an object and give 1 rescue breaths
c. Give 5 chest thrusts, immediately do a finger sweep and give 2 rescue breaths
d. Give 5 chest thrusts, look for an object and give 2 rescue breaths
Matching
6. Match each term with the correct definition.
A. Bag-valve-mask resuscitator
B. Resuscitation mask
C. Face shield
______A lightweight, plastic cover that lies across the victim’s face with a one-way valve that enables a rescuer to perform rescue breathing and reduces the risk of disease transmission.
_____A hand-held device used primarily to ventilate a victim in respiratory arrest, but also used for a victim in respiratory distress.
_____A flexible, dome-shaped device that covers the victim’s mouth and nose, creating a seal that allows the rescuer to perform rescue breathing.
Multiple Answers
Place a check next to the correct answer or answers.
7. Signs that a victim may be suffering from hypoxia include
A. Decreased breathing and heart rates.
B. Blue lips and nailbeds.
C. A change in the level of consciousness.
D. Sleeplessness.
E. Chest pain.
F. Increased breathing and heart rates.
G. Hot, flushed skin.
H. Restlessness.
True or False
8. True False When you give rescue breaths to a victim of a nonfatal submersion, the
victim will probably vomit.
9. True False When caring for a conscious choking infant, use a combination of 5 back
blows and 1 chest thrust.
10. True False When providing care to an unconscious choking child, open the mouth and
immediately sweep for the object after giving 5 chest thrusts.
11. True False A benefit of using a BVM for rescue breathing is that the rescuer can
deliver a higher concentration of oxygen to a victim than when using a
resuscitation mask.
12. True False A BVM may be used on a victim if the rescuer suspects a head, neck or
back injury.
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These are for your review, you do not have to answer them or turn them in.
Fill in the Blanks
13. A breathing emergency occurs if a victim has difficulty breathing and is called respiratory _______________.
14. If a victim stops breathing during a breathing emergency, it is known as respiratory ____________, or respiratory failure.
15. Rescue breathing is a technique for delivering _____________into a victim to give him or her the oxygen needed to survive.
16. Abdominal thrusts compress the abdomen, forcing
the diaphragm __________________, which increases pressure in the lungs and airway.
17. When performing rescue breathing on an adult, give
________________rescue breath(s) about
every ________second(s) with the rescue breaths lasting
for approximately____________second(s).
18. When performing rescue breathing on a child or
infant, give_______________rescue breath(s) about
every _____________second(s) with the rescue breath(s)
lasting for approximately ________________ second(s).
19. If you give an unconscious adult rescue breaths and they do not make the chest clearly rise, reposition
the airway by tilting the ___________ farther back,
and then try the ___________again.
Ordering
Place in the correct order.
20. Place in the correct order the four steps necessary to use a BVM by two rescuers after they have completed the initial assessment.
_____Rescuer 1 seals the mask and opens the airway by kneeling behind the victim’s head, placing the thumbs along each side of the mask, sliding the fingers into position behind the angles of the jawbone and applying downward pressure with the thumbs to lift the jaw and tilt the head back to open the airway.
_____Rescuer 1 positions the mask so that it covers the victim’s mouth and nose.
______Rescuer 2 assembles the BVM by attaching the mask to the bag and valve.
_____Rescuer 2 begins ventilations by squeezing the bag slowly for about 1 second for an adult, child or infant.
Short Answer
21. List at least three characteristics of the breathing device known as a face shield.
22. List at least three characteristics of a resuscitation mask.
23. List at least four signs and symptoms of respiratory distress.
24. List at least two common causes of choking.
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