Swimming, the lifesaving skills and techniques

When do you use a rescue rope?

When someone jumps into the water.

It is used as a pool accessory

When someone is in difficulty is too far away to carry out a reach rescue

When someone is out of water

How do you secure a rescue rope?

With hands.

With object or foot.

Someone else to hold it

You don't secure it before using.

Where is the rescue rope being aimed at?

Casualty's shoulder

Behind the casualty

In front of the casualty

Casualty's legs

When is the non-contact rescue used?

When someone is underwater

When someone is in difficulty is near the edge

When someone is out of the water

When someone is doing laps

How do you perform the non-contact rescue correctly?

Lie down with the chest on the ground and grasp their hand and pull to safety.

Lie down with the chest on the ground and grasp their legs and pull to safety.

Lie back to ground and grasp their hand and pull to safety

Sit on the ground near pool edge and grasp their hand and pull to safety

When doing a shallow dive, how far should how feet be apart?

2 inches

3 inches

5 inches

6 inches

Finish this sentence: When performing a contact jump you _____

Straighten legs

Put one leg out and one leg in

Bring the legs together and keep them relaxed but straight (not stiff).

Legs are apart and relaxed

Once under water, tuck or pike the body to slow....

Downward motion

Upward motion

Side wards motion

Flip motion

Keep the body _____, streamlined and protected with arms across the body

Slouched

Vertical

Horizontal

Curled in a ball

When survival sculling do you keep your head under water or above.

Above

Under

While sculling, bend both knees to submerge the

Stomach

Thighs

Elbows

Wrisits

When performing egg beater kick you drive the legs alternatively in a

Square motion

Triangular motion

Straight motion

Circular motion

Where can you not perform safety jump and contact jump?

Deep water

Shallow water

Which technique can you use when jumping into a unknown depth water?

Slide in

Just jump in

Dive

Curl up and jump in

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