For the third year in a row, a lifeguard shortage could cause thousands of pools to close or change hours this summer.
2:43third year in a rowWyatt Werneth, a spokesperson for the American Lifeguard Association and former chief lifeguard, told "GMA" that the profession used to carry more weight and is in need of renewed interest.
"There’s not any serious people wanting to become lifeguards. They don’t think that it’s a job of prestige and we need to bring that back," he said.The American Lifeguard Association said nearly one-third of the nation's public pools are struggling to find lifeguards, which has been an issue since 2020 during the"We used to rely on people coming, enjoying the job and telling other people about it and coming back," Werneth said.
Despite the shortages, there are other steps swimmers and guardians can take to stay safe in the water., told "GMA" that water competency is paramount to make sure "everybody who's around has some kind of basic level of skill in the water." "Your kids should have swim lessons, adults should know how to swim, how to intervene, what drowning looks like and how to do CPR," she said.Adam Katchmarchi, executive director of the National Drowning Prevention Alliance and an assistant professor in sport management at Indiana University of Pennsylvania in Indiana, Pennsylvania, agreed that avoiding blue swimsuits is one way to prevent water dangers like drowning.
"After someone does experience a drowning incident, they can submerge below the water and whether that's in a pool or in a natural body of water, that can really distort what we're able to see surface level, to even see that there may be a situation we need to respond to," Katchmarchi told "GMA." "So wearing bright colors, no matter what the age, is really a good safety recommendation.
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