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✅ StarGuard Written Test Review | 100% Correct Answers | Verified 2025/2026, Exams of Public Health

University of Central Florida (UCF)Public Health

Ace your StarGuard certification exam with this fully updated and verified review guide for 2025/2026. Covers all 5 components of the StarGuard Risk Management Model — from Prevention Strategy to Workplace Expectations — and reinforces essential health concepts like RWI (Recreational Water Illness). Designed for lifeguards committed to top-tier aquatic safety and emergency preparedness, this document ensures you're ready for anything. Português: Guia completo StarGuard com respostas certas — gestão de riscos e segurança em piscinas. Español: Modelo de gestión de riesgos de StarGuard explicado con respuestas 100% correctas. Italiano: Revisione scritta StarGuard con tutte le risposte corrette — modello aggiornato 2025/2026. Tags: StarGuard risk model, RWI, lifeguard written test, aquatic safety, verified 2025, emergency care, workplace expectations

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Answers | Verified | Latest Version
What are the 5 components of the StarGuard risk management model? - ✔✔
1. Prevention Strategy
2. Surveillance
3. Response & Rescue
4. Emergency Care
5. Workplace Expectations
What does RWI stand for? - ✔✔Recreational Water Illness
What does it mean to Observe Universal Precaution? - ✔✔Acting as though bodily fluids are infected,
whether you know if they are or aren't.
What is the difference between distress and drowning? - ✔✔A distressed person has their head above
the water, a drowning person is completely below the water.
Where should you check first in 3-D triage scanning? - ✔✔The bottom
What makes a zone the appropriate size? - ✔✔10-20 Rule: You can scan it in 10 seconds, get to the
farthest point in 20 seconds.
What is the Duty to Act? - ✔✔A requirement to act towards the public with watchfulness, attention,
caution, and prudence.
What does the acronym STAAR stand for? - ✔✔Scan, Target, Asses, Alert, Rescue
What are the benefits of a leg-wrap rescue? - ✔✔It limits torso-to-torso contact and keeps the guard
above water.
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What are the 5 components of the StarGuard risk management model? - ✔✔

  1. Prevention Strategy
  2. Surveillance
  3. Response & Rescue
  4. Emergency Care
  5. Workplace Expectations What does RWI stand for? - ✔✔Recreational Water Illness What does it mean to Observe Universal Precaution? - ✔✔Acting as though bodily fluids are infected, whether you know if they are or aren't. What is the difference between distress and drowning? - ✔✔A distressed person has their head above the water, a drowning person is completely below the water. Where should you check first in 3-D triage scanning? - ✔✔The bottom What makes a zone the appropriate size? - ✔✔ 10 - 20 Rule: You can scan it in 10 seconds, get to the farthest point in 20 seconds. What is the Duty to Act? - ✔✔A requirement to act towards the public with watchfulness, attention, caution, and prudence. What does the acronym STAAR stand for? - ✔✔Scan, Target, Asses, Alert, Rescue What are the benefits of a leg-wrap rescue? - ✔✔It limits torso-to-torso contact and keeps the guard above water.

How do you get a struggling swimmer to release you? - ✔✔Place your hands under the person's upper arms and push firmly up and away (go beneath the water). SUCK TUCK DUCK! How do you begin the rescue of a swimmer having a seizure? - ✔✔Keep their head above the water. When do you use in-line stabilization? - ✔✔If a person has a suspected spinal injury. Why do we use in-line stabilization? - ✔✔The objective is to minimize movement of the head, neck and spine while keeping the head above water. What is the order of straps when back boarding a patron? - ✔✔Chest first, move down, head last. What is the primary objective when managing an unresponsive guest? - ✔✔Obtaining an open airway. What is agonal breathing? - ✔✔When a guest is suffering cardiac arrest, it will sound like they're gasping for air, but they ARE NOT ACTUALLY BREATHING! What is MSDS? - ✔✔Material Safety Data Sheet (guidelines and precautions for chemicals and hazardous materials) What are the 3 RID factors? - ✔✔Recognition, Intrusion, Distraction What does it mean to have a professional image? - ✔✔Instilling confidence in the patrons you serve by maintaining good posture, wearing clean and correct uniform, and just exhibition professional behavior in general. What is the most important goal when extricating an unconscious guest? - ✔✔Speed - you want to get the guest on the deck and begin AR or CPR ASAP.

What do you do if the first rescue breath doesn't go in? - ✔✔Readjust/reopen the airway and give another breath. How do you communicate with a large crowd? - ✔✔Get their attention and speak in short phrases, loud and clear. What is the most important predictor of survival for a drowning victim? - ✔✔Time submerged What are the best practices for lifeguarding? - ✔✔Recognize, Respond and Rescue, Resuscitate. How do you minimize risk of injury at an aquatic facility? - ✔✔Eliminate or reduce known hazards, be prepared for environmental hazards such as weather, and enforce rules and policies. What are the 5 things you should do when enforcing rules? - ✔✔1. Signal to get the patron's attention

  1. Use communication to indicate that a behavior is unacceptable
  2. Tell the patron that you have to continue watching the water while you talk to them
  3. Be courteous and positive
  4. Use the sandwich approach When should you evacuate the pool for severe weather? - ✔✔Once you hear thunder from an approaching storm. How long should you keep swimmers out of the water after a storm has passed through? - ✔✔Until the storm is at least 10 miles away or about 30 minutes since the last lightening or thunder. What are some examples of blood borne pathogens? - ✔✔HIV and all variations of Hepatitis What are two types of barrier masks? - ✔✔Bag Valve Mask (BVM) and pocket mask What are the 5 links in the chain of survival? - ✔✔1. Early recognition and response
  1. Early activation of EMS
  2. Early CPR
  3. Early defibrillation
  4. Early advanced life support Name as many legal considerations as you can (there are 9 total). - ✔✔1. Duty to act
  5. Good Samaritan principle
  6. Consent
  7. Confidentiality
  8. Standard of care
  9. Negligence
  10. Refusal of care
  11. Advance directives, living wills, and do not resuscitate (DNR) orders
  12. Documentation How can a lifeguard protect them self from the sun? - ✔✔Sunscreen and shade. How often do you switch out who performs CPR? - ✔✔Every 2 minutes When do you use ABCs vs CAB? - ✔✔ABC is drowning, CAB is a non water related incident. What is the function of a regulator on an oxygen tank? - ✔✔It controls how fast the oxygen flows from the cylinder. What is the indicator gauge on the oxygen tank? - ✔✔It show how much oxygen is in the cylinder. Why might emergency oxygen be beneficial for certain guests? - ✔✔Most drownings are due to hypoxia
  • and they need lots of oxygen fast to get them back going again.