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Written lifeguard exam (Ellis & Associates) 2025 Questions and Answers mnemonic that helps to remember what to do for a guest with a wound ....ANSWER ...-R.I.C.E (rest, ice, compression, elevate) common lifeguard hand signal used to communicate information with all lifeguards ....ANSWER ...-"x" crossed arms - stop dispatch What does CARE stand for? - ....ANSWER ...-Confidence, Attentive, Responsive, Empathetic When would you give a 10-year-old CPR? - ....ANSWER ...-When there is no pulse, no breathing, nothing at all. what is the first step to back boarding? - ....ANSWER ...-Primary guard approaches with Guest & the other guard places the backboard in the pool. When would you give a secondary check? - ....ANSWER ...-when there is no life- threatening signs in the primary check. What is the order of a drowning? - ....ANSWER ...-Surprise, involuntary breath holding, unconsciousness, hypoxic convulsions, cardiac arrest, death....(remember the order goes: unconsciousness THEN hypoxic convulsions.) when would a tourniquet be used? - ....ANSWER ...-When there is a CATASTROPHIC injury and bleeding can't be stopped with gauze. …FOR STUDENTS ONLY…©️2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED… 1