Basic Water Rescue

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Basic Water Rescue

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Which of the following statements is true?

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Drowning is the second most common cause of of death from unintentional injury in children ages 1-4

drowning is less frequent in warm-weather states

Females drown four times more than males

Children most often drown in canals and drainage ditches

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Following general water safety guidelines can help ensure a safe experience in, on or around the water. The guidelines include *

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learn boating, first aid and CPR skills

Know what to do in case of a water emergency

Wear a U.S. Coast Guard-approved life jacket when around the water and when boating

All of the above

One reason that drinking alcohol in, on or around the water is dangerous is becasue alcohol *

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affects jedgement

Increases your blood pressure and pulse

causes an increase in body temperature over a period of time

Speeds up body movements because it is a stumulant

When selecting a lie jacket, you should check to see that it is: *

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The proper color

approved by the American Red Cross

Large enough to accomodate shrinkage

US Coast Guard approved

To be prepared for an emergency it is important that you *

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contact the US Coast Guard to learn what accidents have occured in the past

Become aware of the conditions and potential hazards of the water environment where your activity will take place

Encourage everyone to wear goggles and swim fins when swimming

Participate in all recreational activities that occure in the water environment

The emergency medical services EMS system is: *

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A network of community resources that cares for victims of emergencies

A simple, easy-to-remember procedure that directs the actions of individuals responding to emergencies

Used to report hazards that could lead to injury

A procedure to prevent emergencies in, on or around the water

Emergency action plans generally include: *

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Medical insurance information

How the person who recognizes an emergency is to signal others

The names of all participants and their emergency contacts

How to treat specific injuries

A person in the water who is in a face-down position, not breathing and not moving his or her arms and legs is showing behaviors of a: *

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Swimmer

Distressed Swimmer

Drowning victim who is struggling

Drowning victim who is passive

If you find yourself without a lifejacket in the water unexpectedly, you should: *

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Swim breaststroke to avoid overheating

Tread water with a rotary kick or scissors kick

Use the survival float

Swim crawl stroke with your head up high out of the water to see help coming.

Which statement is correct about what you should do if you fall into cold water without a lifejacket *

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Remove as much of your clothing as possible

Splash around in the water to stay warm

Look for a log or anything that floats to support you and climb on it

Swim toward safety

What should you do immediately when someone fall through the ice *

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attempt a wading assist

send someone to call the local emergecny number

Walk out onto the ice

Let the victim know the situation could become life threatening

If you fall through the ice you should *

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Immediately begin survival floating

Use a breaststroke kick to move ontl the ice and then roll away from the break area

Push yourself up onto the ice using a strong kick, stand and return to shore

Place your hands on the edge of the ice and pull yourself up then forward, roll away from the broken ice

Protect yourself from hypothermia by: *

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Making sure that you have a US Coast Guard-approved life jacket whenever engaged in aquatic activities

Avaiding aquatic activities in cold weather

Wearing a sigle layer of clothing

Wearing a wet suit for skin diving, surfing and kayaking or other activities that take place in the open water or involve repeated submersion

To assist someone who is having a seizure in the water, you should: *

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Try to hold the person still

Place a spoon between the person's teeth

Support the victim to keep the head and face above the water

Immediately remove the victim from the water

A signal of a head neck or spinal injury is *

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Severe bleeding

No signs of circulation

Water in the ears

Tingling of loss of sensation in the arms, legs, hands or feet

After an emergency has occured, follow up procedures need to be completed, which may include *

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dealing with the media

Reporting the incident to the appropriate individual or authorities

Inspecting equipment

All of the above

If you find a vicitm submerged in deep water you should *

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Swim down to the victim with a lifejacket

Use a reaching assist without equipment

Call for trained help immediatly

Go and get a backboard to bring the victim to the surface

The Help position is used *

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By a group of two or more people

When awaiting rescue in warm water

When awaiting rescue in cold wather when wearing a life jacket

When not wearing a lifejacket

Which of the following statements is true about the huddle position *

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it is for two or more people wearing lifejackets who are awaiting rescue in cold water

it is for two or more people not wearing lifejackets in cold water

Is should only be used in there are children or elderly persons in the group

is for three or more persons not wearing lifejackets awaiting rescue in cold water

If you suspect a victim has a head neck or spine injury in shallow water *

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Turn the victim over so they can breath and perform a head splint

Immediately check for consciousness and if unconscious perform the hip and shoulder support

Call 911 or the local emergency number immediately. Check to see if a lifeguard or other trained professional is present before touching or moving the victim

If the victim is conscious assist the victim from the water and then stabilize his or her neck

If there is no equipment available to perform a reaching assist to a person who needs help and is near the edge *

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Swim out to the victim and grab his our her arm

Lie on the deck, extend your arm and grasp the victim

perform a beach drag

None of the above

An escape procedure you should use if your vehicle plunges into the water and begins to sink is *

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Immediately roll up all windows to keep water from entering the vehicle and then attempt to open the door once the vehicle settles

Open an undamaged door before water begins enterind the vehicle

Open the vehicle door and exit when the vehicle is about half full of water

Break or push out a window when the vehicle is nearly full of water so that the water pressure is equal inside and out.

Do not use the beach drag rescue technique if *

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You are alone

The victim weighs less than you

You suspect the victim has a head neck or spinal injury

You are at a shallow. sloping beach

When using the head splint in water currents or waves, how should the victim be positioned *

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Head upstream

Feet upstream

Head underwater

Body perpendicular to the current or waves

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