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http://www.cruiselawnews.com/2015/0...s-cruises-criticized-after-passenger-drowned/
Maybe Princess might assign at least one English speaking waiter to each swimming pool now?
While swimming in one of the pools at http://VelasVallarta.com earlier in February 2015 (or maybe October 2014) a woman walking in the water near me and asked if I was angry that Mr. Velas does not have a Defibrillator at the resort? Apparently she was participating in the daily water aerobics class at the other pool with approximately 40-50 other guests and suddenly the class realized a man was drowning less than 20 feet from them. She said she ran to her husband, a medical doctor about 100 feet away in the middle pool while some of the other guests with medical training (at least three medical doctors licensed in either USA or Canada) were in the pool or area, numerous nurses etc and apparently she was still in shock in the afternoon that the resort does not have a Defibrillator because maybe the resort guest had a heart attack or other problem and if the resort owned a Defibrillator and put it perhaps in the towel hut or near the resort life guard stand that medically trained hotel guests could have helped the drowning man. Apparently when you die in swimming pools in foreign countries or onboard cruise ships, your family needs to lower their expectations. I think cruise ships with put dead passenger bodies in refrigerated compartments until they reach the next port or later and ship to deliver to the local governments.
Is there really a question, request, or practical information here? People die all the time, sadly, sometimes while away from home. Yes, automatic defibrillators should be fairly handy wherever people are- just like fire extinguishers. Along with hand rails and ramps. It just takes the rest of the world a little longer to comply with U.S. standards that they are not subject to.
Much better- and something we can all do, is to learn CPR.
I guess one should check their travel insurance to see if it covers repatriation of a remains, should one expire while traveling. We had a shirt-tail relative who traveled to the Philippines for 'marginal' (my word) medical treatment for cancer. It didn't work, and he died there. His family are not people of means. He had no insurance to bring back his remains. It was decided to have him cremated there, then his son could bring the 'cremains' back in luggage to be interred as they wished, nearer home.
Jim
apparently she was still in shock in the afternoon that the resort does not have a Defibrillator because maybe the resort guest had a heart attack or other problem and if the resort owned a Defibrillator and put it perhaps in the towel hut or near the resort life guard stand that medically trained hotel guests could have helped the drowning man.
Unclear to me as well, but many many pools are "swim at your own risk" so I would not expect an English-speaking "waiter" at each pool.
Coming up on my first "birthday" after being revived with CPR and a couple of shots from an AED. Highly recommended if your heart stops like mine did (or whatever it did that caused a Physician to start CPR after I hit the floor).
Cheers