💩Fecals & 🤮Vomit

Fecals can shut down our lessons for the entire rest of the day. Prevention is the best and easiest way to handle a fecal.

Regurgitation does not require a shut down, and lessons can continue.

Quick Summary

You must be familiar with the detailed procedures further down this page. These quick summaries should only be used as basic reminders to prompt you about which step comes next.

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💩Fecals

If You Have A Fecal Incident

Get your kids out of the pool with belts on.
Take kid who fecal'd to the bathroom, if needed (follow regular bathroom procedure).
Scoop the pool (if you can).
Text Clo & the business line in a group text.
Tell the front desk/maintenance team.
Report back to us with what they said.

If You Are Uncertain If There's Been A Fecal Incident

Get your kids out of the pool with belts on.
Text Clo & the business line in a group text.
Tell the front desk/maintenance team about it (that you're not sure if it's a fecal or something else).
Report back to us with what they said.

🤮Vomit

If A Child Vomits In The Pool

Get your kids out of the pool with belts on.
Scoop the pool with the leaf scooper.
Text Clo & the business line in a group text.
Tell the front desk/maintenance team.
Report back to us with what they said with regards to what to do now.

If A Child Regurgitates In The Pool

Continue with your lesson - there is no reason to inform the office or the hotel as there is nothing to worry about with regurgitation.

Detailed Procedures

💩Fecals

Fecals can shut down our lessons for the entire rest of the day. Prevention is the best and easiest way to handle a fecal.

Fecal Information

All children under four years old are required to wear swim diapers to our lessons (parents have been notified - see what we send them here). If you have a student under four who is not wearing a swim diaper, and should be, please educate them.
Kids of any age can have a fecal in the pool, but it is most common with kids under five years old.
Fecals often happen when kids are sitting on the stairs, waiting their turn. If a child looks like they’re concentrating or forcing something, they are likely about to poop. Get them out of the pool immediately before the fecal happens in the pool.

What To Do If You Have A Fecal Incident In The Pool

Get your kids out of the pool.
Sit kids away from the pool (make sure they have their belts on).
Ask kid that fecal’d if they need to go to the bathroom: if yes, everyone goes to the bathroom with you (all kids are glued to you at all times), or have the one parent you have on the pool deck take them to the bathroom.
Scoop the pool using the blue scooper. Kids are sitting away from the pool safely with their belts. If they’re not, get your class in control and then scoop as safety is #1.
Text the business line and Clo's personal line in a group text to inform us of the incident and that you are going to the front desk to inform the maintenance team.
Go to the front desk and ask for their maintenance manager to let them know that a fecal incident has happened and they will educate on what to do next.
- If there is no maintenance manager or team member working at that time, inform the front desk and they will advise.
Report back to us in the group text to let us know what the maintenance manager/front desk said the next steps would be, and we will advise/execute anything that needs to be done (if anything).

What To Do If You Are Uncertain If There's Been A Fecal Incident

Get your kids out of the pool.
Sit kids away from the pool (make sure they have their belts on).
Text the business line and Clo's personal line in a group text to inform us that you may have a fecal incident, and that you are going to the front desk to inform the maintenance team for clarification.
Go to the front desk and ask for their maintenance manager to let them know what you are seeing in the pool and that you are unsure of what it is, and they will educate on what to do next. (For example, one of our coaches was unsure if a fecal occurred or not. She went to the front desk, and the maintenance manager informed her that it was algae, not a fecal, and that lessons were fine to continue).
- If there is no maintenance manager or team member working at that time, inform the front desk and they will advise.
Report back to us in the group text to let us know what the maintenance manager/front desk said the next steps would be, and we will advise/execute anything that needs to be done (if anything).

🤮Vomit

Regurgitation does not require a shut down, and lessons can continue.

Vomit vs Regurgitation

It's important to assess whether a child has actually vomited, or has just regurgitated (from swallowing too much pool water or air).

Regurgitation: The child showed signs of retching, or forcing anything up. It will typically be clear in color, and may contain small pieces of undigested food. Regurgitation is not easy to scoop up and doesn't spread throughout the pool

Vomit: The child will show physical signs of retching, or forcing something up. It may or may not be clear in color, and will contain partially digested food. It will be chunky and will spread throughout the pool quickly. In the case of vomit, it will require scooping of the pool.

If a child starts coughing on water:

Immediately move them to the nearest side of the pool, and get them out of the water by boosting them up or by getting their mouth over the pool deck.
If they are going to regurgitate or vomit, we want them to do it on the pool deck, not in the pool.
Many kids have a snack before their lesson (which we tell parents not to do), and when they cough on the water, they either regurgitate or vomit.
If a child coughs more than three times in a lesson, it means the skill is too hard for them and you need to give them a better progression. Continue to teach them to close their mouth.

What To Do If A Child Vomits In The Pool

Get your kids out of the pool.
Sit kids away from the pool (make sure they have their belts on - safety first).
Scoop the pool using the leaf scooper. Kids are sitting away from the pool safely with their belts. If they’re not, get your class in control and then scoop.
Text the business line and Clo's personal line in a group text to inform us of the incident and that you are going to the front desk to inform them.
Go to the front desk and ask for their maintenance manager and let the maintenance man know that a child has vomited in the pool and that you are ready, sorry for the inconvenience. They will educate you on what to do next.
- If there is no maintenance manager or maintenance staff working at that time, inform the front desk and they will advise.
Report back to us in the group text to let us know what the maintenance manager/front desk said the next steps would be, and we will advise/execute anything that needs to be done (if anything). Keep your phone on you so we can call you if necessary.

What To Do If A Child Regurgitates In The Pool

Continue with your lesson - there is no reason to inform the office or the hotel as there is nothing to worry about with regurgitation.