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8/11/2019 My 8/25/14 investigation request to NJ Attorney General Consumer Affairs Division re: problematic training of water park lifeguards in Beach Haven, Seaside …

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8/11/2019 My 8/25/14 investigation request to NJ Attorney General Consumer Affairs Division re: problematic training of water park lifeguards in Beach Haven, Seaside …

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 ;ia  %ifeguards Trained &n 'ontroversial $rocedure  0 inesti$atie reporter Cind0 <ei$2tman% <51e/s% une 3"% "&':

 Iou>e proal0 2eard of t2e =eimli+2 6aneuer% a pro+edure +ommonl0 used /2en someone is+2okin$ on food. <2at ma0 surprise 0ou is t2at t2e pro+edure is also ein$ tau$2t 0 at least onelife$uard trainin$ a$en+0 to respond to dro/nin$s. 82e ational Auati+ afet0 Compan0% orAC1% /2i+2 trains life$uards at four e/ erse0 /aterparks% 2as een +riti+ied for usin$ apro+edure t2at 2as een +ondemned almost uniersall0 in t2e medi+al +ommunit0% in+ludin$ 0 t2e

 Ameri+an ?ed Cross.

...(<aterparks) t2at 2ae een +riti+ied in t2e past for usin$ t2e pro+edure% defend AC1. *ouCiri$liano is t2e ,ire+tor of 1perations at 5reak/ater 5ea+2% a /aterpark in easide =ei$2ts.

ust e+ause t2e ?ed Cross 2as one opinion% t2at>s not t2e final ans/er. Iou>re $onna $o to $etopen 2eart sur$er0% 0ou>re proal0 $oin$ to $o to t/o do+tors /2o $ie 0ou t/o different opinions.

 <e use AC1. 1ur park>s safet0 re+ord speaks for itself. AC1>s safet0 re+ord speaks for itself.D

...Furt2er do/n t2e s2ore% at illian>s <onderland 4ier in 1+ean Cit0% t2e life$uards use AC1.=ead life$uard ,an Arrin$ton sa0s it>s just a routine matter of trainin$.

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 Arrin$ton /ent to AC1 2eaduarters in 8exas to $et 2is trainin$. Bt falls to 2im to turn aroundand train most of t2e life$uards at t2e /aterpark /it2 some 2elp from AC1 offi+ials.

Iou s2ould e ale to use 0our o/n jud$ment%D (Arrin$ton said).

5ased on t2e aoe uotes% 5reak/ater 5ea+2% illians <onderland% and per2aps ot2er e/ erse0 /aterparks are apparentl0 un/illin$ to adeuatel0 address t2e matter% 2en+e t2is outrea+2.

82ank 0ou for 0our +onsideration and B look for/ard to 0our repl0. 4lease feel to +ommuni+ate /it2 me iae-mail.

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