Elf Sternberg

The minimum standard of care for a facility venue with delayed access to EMS is a First Responder with access to oxygen, AED and advanced first aid supplies. Many use EMTs for the added level of safety. A few enlighened ones use either RNs (old school) or paramedics (more modern) for venues with 5,000 people or more.

A water park with no oxygen! That's criminal, as in grossly negligent and a guarantee of losing a lawsuit. It is reasonable to foresee that someone might drown at a water park and that oxygen is a lifesaving intervention.

As for not having AEDs at the gym, it all depends on your local EMS, fire and police agencies. You're safer having one anyway, but if they can arrive in 3-5 minutes packing an AED, it's OK. Not good, but OK.

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