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Should swimmers be allowed to participate in extended breath holding or underwater swimming? Why or why not? - ✔✔Prohibit breath holding contests, and underwater swimming hypoxic training drills (breath holding while swimming). These policies reduce the risk that swimmers will pass out while underwater because of lack of oxygen and drown. This condition is known as sudden underwater blackout. What does universal precautions mean? - ✔✔A set of protective practices used whether or not an infection is suspected. To be effective, your approach is the same for everyone regardless of relationship or age. Always act is if the bodily fluid infected. What does RWI stand for? - ✔✔(Recreational Water Illnesses) illnesses caused by germs and chemicals found in the water we swim in. If your skin comes in contact with blood or bodily fluids, what should you do? - ✔✔1. Wash cuts and needle sticks with soap and water
- Flush splashes to the nose, mouth, or skin with water,
- irrigate eyes with clean water, saline, or sterile irrigants.
- Report the incident to your supervisor.
- Immediately seek medical treatment. What is the ratio of bleach to water should you use to clean up feces or blood around the pool? - ✔✔One part of household bleach to nine parts of water on the area. Why is disease more likely to be transmitted through a diarrhea rather than a solid stool? - ✔✔A formed stool can act as a container for germs. Diarrhea is a higher risk event than a stool formed incident. How long can crypto survive in a properly chemically treated swimming pool? - ✔✔Up to 11 days.
What happens when a drowning person tries to breathe? - ✔✔The person may swallow large amounts of water. What is the difference between distress and drowning? - ✔✔Distress- person is on surface of water but is struggling to stay afloat Drowning-process of experiencing respiratory impairment from submersion or immersion in liquid What is the correct term to use if a person experiences a drowning event, but was successfully resuscitated and did not die? - ✔✔Enumerate first aid management for drowning. Which organs are at greatest risk for permanent damage during drowning? - ✔✔Brain and Heart. What determines if water is shallow or deep? - ✔✔It is relative to a person's height. Why is it important to begin rescue breathing on an unresponsive drowning person as quickly as possible? - ✔✔The better chance the victim has for survival without brain or organ damage. What is the most important factor to predict survival for a drowning person? - ✔✔The length of time a victim is submerged. Why might an unresponsive person appear to move locations in the water? - ✔✔Someone who is drowning may look like a shadow, a blur, a towel on the bottom, or the drain. Movement caused by others in the water may make an unresponsive person's body move as well. What are the links in the drowning chain of survival? - ✔✔1. prevent drowning
- recognize distress
- provide flotation
- remove from water
- provide care as needed
suffering a blow to the head, neck, or back as a result of a high velocity collision with another person or hard object surface Symptoms: intoxication neck, head, or back pain distracting injury (serious trauma anywhere on the body) altered mental status (confusion, altered consciousness, slowed thinking, loss of balance, impaired vision) Numbness/weakness (inability to move a body part normally) What are the signs and symptoms for someone who has an altered mental status? - ✔✔Confusion, altered consciousness, slowed thinking, loss of balance, impaired vision. How and when are passive and active spinal motion restriction performed? - ✔✔Passive spinal motion restriction is simply instructing the person to limit movement on their own. A person who is conscious with neck pain as the only symptom can be managed with passive spinal motion restriction. Active spinal motion restriction occurs when another person manually holds the injured person's head to limit movement. A person with additional symptoms beyond neck pain is more likely to be injured and may need active spinal motion restriction. Explain treatment to control bleeding. - ✔✔Locate the point of bleeding, Rip or cut away the clothing if needed. Place a clean, absorbent pad directly over the wound. Apply firm, direct pressure or instruct the person to do so. If pad is not available, apply direct pressure with your gloved hand. Explain treatment for a musculoskeletal injury - ✔✔Muscle: Apply cold to the area. A mixture of ice and water in a plastic bag. Place towel in between ice and skin and leave on less than 20 minutes. Bone: Keep limb in position it was found. Place hands below and above to stabilize the limb manually. If bone is sticking out of skin and bleeding is present, control it with direct pressure around the bone or injury site. If a painful, deformed, or swollen limb is blue or extremely pale, activate EMS or your EAP. swollen, apply cold. Apply splint if you must move a person. Explain treatment for a guest experiencing difficulty breathing or a possible asthma attack. - ✔✔Allow person to find most comfortable position to breathe. Loosen any tight clothing. If person has prescribed
medicine for asthma and is unable to administer it, provide assistance. Alert EMS if person does not improve five minutes after the initial treatment with medication. A bluish-purple tissue color, especially in the lips or fingers, is a serious sign, indicating a lack of oxygen. Do not wait to see if the person's condition will improve. Activate EMS immediately and use AED if it's available. Call 911 When and why is the recovery position used? - ✔✔An unresponsive person who is breathing normally. Do not use if person has injury to neck, back, hip, or pelvis. This position helps maintain an open airway , especially if the person vomits. What is SCA? - ✔✔Sudden cardiac arrest: when the heart's electrical system malfunctions and the heart abruptly stops working without warning. What are the symptoms and treatment for a heat related injury? - ✔✔Symptoms: heavy sweating, thirst, minor muscle twitches that lead to painful cramping, pale, cool and moist skin, headache, nausea and vomiting, weakness and dizziness, feels faint or collapses. Treatment: Move person to cooler place, have person lie down and raise legs 6-12 inches, Loosen or remove excess clothing, spray or put water on them, give them cool drink, activate EMS. What is secondary cardiac arrest and how does it differ from SCA? - ✔✔Unlike SCA in which the heart is the primary problem, cardiac arrest can also be the end result of a loss of airway or breathing. Without oxygen, the heart slows and eventually stops. This is known as secondary cardiac arrest. What rate should chest compressions be delivered at? - ✔✔Between 100 and 120 times per minute. What is the CRP ratio for a child/infant for one rescuer? multiple rescuers? - ✔✔15 compressions and followed by two breathes. When you are performing care and there is foam coming from a person's nose or mouth, what should you do? - ✔✔Prepare to maintain airway and continue ventilations through the foam so the care is not delayed. How can you tell if breaths given are effective? - ✔✔You should see the chest rise and fall.
what is a SOP and what does it stand for? - ✔✔The SOP outlines important information including but not limited to these requirements: Rider restrictions or requirements (physical and mental), staffing, training, water flow, rider vehicles, signage and rules, inspections, safety procedures, emergency procedures. Standard operating procedure. what is the most common source of water slide injury? - ✔✔A rider's body hitting against a slide terminus at high speed, impact with other riders or objects, a rider's tube flipping, causing the rider to hit the slide, a rider slipping and falling while entering or exiting the slide area.impact When should you give riding instructions to a guest? - ✔✔Every rider, every time why might you need to walk or stand when guarding an attraction? - ✔✔because something may be blocking your view to see everything. what are the requirements for an emergency oxygen system? - ✔✔a fixed flow regulator what does the oxygen regulator control? - ✔✔rate of oxygen flow what is need to connect a BMV to an oxygen system? - ✔✔inlet port why should the valve on the tank be cracked and then closed before attaching the regulator? - ✔✔expell foreign matter what are some important safe handling procedures for oxygen systems? - ✔✔adhesive grease cannot be used why must emergency oxygen be stored away from open flames or extreme heat? - ✔✔because it could explode or combust?
