I too am very sorry for your loss.
I was in a terrible car accident in Negril in 2009 with all ribs cracked or broken (where they have one of the stop lights now :-)) and I was a fortunate one. Not only did an Ambulance arrive -- yes it took a while, and the ride was bumpy to Sav, the police and locals helped me on the scene until they arrived and I spent 3 days in the hospital with very good care.
Getting back to the original dilemma ... even if a hospital is built and ambulance service increases .. small steps can be taken sooner by the resorts by having defibrillators on site. You do not need to be trained to use them, as when the pads are placed on the person, a voice walks you through the process. CPR can still work if there is a pulse .. with no pulse, little can be done to save the person without other intervention, so a doctor could only do the same as a trained first aider .. at least that is my understanding. I don't know how many doctors there are on-call in Negril .. they could carry a difibrillator as well. That being said, you never stop CPR and especially on a child. Read up on CPR as things have changed. I'm not sure if Customs would allow one to bring a difibrillator or not. Some can be purchased as low as $400 and they do need maintenance. As a additional suggestion, we can bring first aid books to hotels and teach some of them how to perform emergency first aid. I'm sure all possible was done in this instance without the presence of the medical profession and I do support the need for the hopsital and more ambulances.
| believe we become all too familiar with the place we love and travel to over and over again. I would recommend the extra purchase of emergency flight insurance to get you home if you need it. In my case, I didn't need that .. however my current insurance did cover me for all my expenses (which I did not pay upfront), and increased my return flight to first class. The doctor recommended I did not fly for two weeks; however the medical personnel from my insurance company reviewed the doctor's report and said I could fly home on my scheduled date which was one week after the accident.
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