Unsupervised Boy drowns in hotel swimming pool -now parents demand defibrillators

[Ultor]

Originally Posted by phma

Someone should put the defibrillator to the parents !!!

One pad on each ear should do the trick!

[1AngryTaxPayer]

Darwinism. Morons..

[phma]

Originally Posted by Ultor

One pad on each ear should do the trick!

I see your medical training has paid off with highlighting the correct procedure !!! Good call !!!

[GotHereQuickAsICould]

Defibrillators cost thousands, require regular maintenance that costs hundreds, and only work for a certain range of heart situations.

Hard to say whether it would have saved this boy.

What would have kept him safe was adult supervision.

[hbdwihdh378y9]

Originally Posted by TigerLily24

Why is it a bad idea?

It’s not uncommon for pools to have defibrillators.

Were the parents told that the boy may have been saved if the equipment had been available?
If so, then their call isn’t at all unreasonable.

Of course the kids shouldn’t have been unsupervised but kids drown under supervision too.

If there’s a possibility of saving just one family from this nightmare, what’s the harm in trying to have something good come from their loss?

The harm is the cost. Obviously.

[workingclasshero]

Originally Posted by boneyard1962

One of the biggest complaints I hear about American families on vacation, is that the parents expect the hotel staff to be baby sitters.
The worst case scenario has happened and now the truly guilty are looking for someone to blame.

even worse on a cruise