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| Name the 4 competitive strokes |
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Definition
| Butterfly, backstroke, breast stroke, freestyle |
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Term
| Name the 3 resting strokes |
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Definition
| Elementary Backstroke, Breatstroke, Sidestroke |
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Term
Strokes to Kicks:
freestyle, elementary back, back crawl, breastroke |
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Definition
| flutter, frog, flutter, frog |
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Term
| When you raise your head out of the water what happens? |
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Definition
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Term
| Name the six reasons for drowning and dangerous accidents |
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Definition
1.alcohol and drugs
2. diving into unknown water
3. overestimations of skill/stamina
4. sudden immersion
5. accidnets involving boats
6.medical emergencies |
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Term
| What are the 7 things you tell an EMS dispatcher |
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Definition
1.Location
2.Phone # from the phone you are using
3. Your name
4. What happened
5.Victims condition
6. Victim's number
7. Help being given |
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Term
| What are the 4 PFDs and what are they |
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Definition
Lifepreserver-to turn and unconscious person from down to vertical position
Buoyant vest-same as lifepreserver but with less buoyoncy
Special Purpose Device-makes a concious person more comfortable
Buoyant cushion or ring buoy-thrown to victim during emergency but not worn |
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Term
| How do you escape a river current? |
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Definition
| Roll on your back and swim diagonally witht he current |
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Term
| How do you escape a vertical whirlpool? |
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Definition
| swim to bottom and out with current |
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Term
| How do you escape an ocean current? |
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Definition
| Swim diagonally with the current toward shore |
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Term
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Definition
Green-safe
Yellow-caution, limited
Red-Danger |
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