Facility Safety Flashcards
What is entrapment?
when an outside force or entanglement forces a swimmer underwater with no escape.
What is the most common form of entrapment?
Hair entrapment
What is Limb entrapment?
occurs most often with a broken or missing cover allowing curious children to stick their arm, leg or finger inside.
What is Evisceration/disembowelment?
When a swimmer’s buttocks form a seal over an open suction outlet, it can cause the rectum to burst and viscera to be withdrawn from the body.
Mechanical entrapment
occurs when something attached to the swimmer, such as a necklace or a button on a bathing suit, tangles in an opening of a cover or grate.
Body entrapment
occurs when a large part of the body is able to seal the suction outlet.
what does SOFA stand for?
suction outlet fitting assembly
What minimum SPF sunscreen is recommended?
15
The first layer of preventing unauthorized access to a pool area is:
Access
Drowning prevention starts with:
Swim Lessons
During an electrical/thunderstorm the first step is to:
Remove swimmers from water
Which of the following is NOT one of the four management work functions?
Thinking
