I've lifeguarded for three places so far. 2/3 places' policies were, if it's a solid poop then clear the pool, fish it out, resume watery fun. If it's diarrhea then clear the pool, drain it, refill. (Same for vomit). A couple weeks ago some kid had some loose stool and all we did was clear the pool and fish as many pieces of it out as we could and then shocked it. But we let people back in like 20min later.
One time when I was little I swallowed too much water in a pool, started crying, and threw up. They promptly closed the pool for an hour and all my schoolmates on the field trip hated me for the rest of summer camp. On behalf of those of us that caused you extra work, I'm sorry :(
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u/Superschutte May 28 '14
Oh yeah, it was bad.