[HamiltonJay]

Sorry, I don't think its unreasonable that if you have an AED on site, that when you have a person go down with no pulse, to use it. That's like arguing, yea I had the reach pole that could reach the drowning person, but hey, I didn't use it... but not my problem right?

She may have died anyway, but certainly what you have here is a case of UNTRAINED STAFF.

I will tell you this much, had it been my kid, I'd sue too, so that someone elses kid does not get treatment available because the mall management company was too damned inept or cheap to train their staff property. I'd do it to make sure that no one else had to go through what I did, and then I'd set up a trust with the money to fund getting these devices and proper training into other places.

Your instant assumption that greed is the motivator is depressing. There was clearly ineptitude in this situation.

[LibSnubber]

"Sorry, I don't think its unreasonable that if you have an AED on site, that when you have a person go down with no pulse, to use it."

If a person goes down, it's smart to hook them up to an AED if available. The AEDs analyze the person's heart rhythm (or lack thereof) and will tell you whether shock is advised. AEDs are only helpful with certain types of heart arrhythmias (like ventricular fribillation), so who knows if an AED would have been helpful. But it might have helped these parents move on had an AED at least been tried.

[trebb]

She may have died anyway, but certainly what you have here is a case of UNTRAINED STAFF.,p>How can you glean that from the story? There are no facts except she went into arrest, despite her doctors thinking it unlikely, and she died. There is no information on who saw her collapse, what they thought or did, who they notified, or the total time frame for the whole thing. What responsibility do her doctors have in the matter? If they had warned her that it might be a possibility, would she have taken stronger measures to ensure folks knew of the condition and been better prepared? What training would be required for the staff to be covered if they had used one of the defribilators and been unsuccessful? Should the place have stationed a trained person in her department, with a machine strapped to his hip, whenever the gal was on duty? You have no idea of what really went down, yet you condone suing. Amazing!

[subterfuge]

" had it been my kid, I'd sue too, so that someone elses kid does not get treatment available because the mall management company was too damned inept or cheap to train their staff property. I'd do it to make sure that no one else had to go through what I did."

Right. And who would you sue if the mall didn't have the devices, God? People who go through there lives thinking someone OWES them something suck. Your assumption that lawyers can fix the world is what is really depressing.

[Harrius Magnus]

"I'd sue too..."

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