At water parks, most of the employees are CPR certified with extensive lifeguard training, but the experience can be rewarding and the skills learned at this summer job may help them down the road.
Demonstrating the ability to CPR carry out on an adult manikin.
If this happens, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is performed to restore and maintain breathing and circulation and to provide oxygen and blood flow to the heart, brain, and other vital organs.
Because infants and children under the age of eight have smaller upper and lower airways and faster heart rates than adults, CPR techniques are different for them than for older children and adults.
Children and adolescents aged eight years and older have reached a body size that can be handled using adult CPR techniques and are thus classified as adults for delivery of CPR and life support.
