Dillon Pyron wrote:
> Thus spake "Cathy Kearns" :
>
>
>>"greatviz" wrote in message
>>news:DOPbf.245750$p_1.225730@tornado.tampabay.rr.com...
>>
>>>Unfortunately, on a transatlantic cruise you could be days away from
>>>pediatric emergency care. No medivacs/helicopters fly in that kind of
>>>range. On a coastal trip, there could still be a delay in appropriate
>>>treatment - but it won't be 3, 4, or 5 days delay.
>>>
>>>Pediatric emergencies in a child under the age of one are often outright
>>> -emergencies-
>>>Things can get very ugly very quickly. Although the chance of such an
>>>emergency is very small, the risks associated with it are extremely
>>>high. The cruise line has decided to limit some of that risk by
>>>creating rules that put limits on the ages of their child cruisers.
>>>
>>>There is a doctor and a few nurses on the ship, but unless the doc is a
>>>pediatrician experienced in all pediatric specialties, don't expect the
>>>level of care your child could receive at a land based facility.
>>>He can't perform every test. He doesn't have every drug available. He
>>>may be reliant on a phone call or internet services to make emergency
>>>consultations with a specialist. It takes very precious time relaying
>>>information back and forth and it doesn't take the place of actually
>>>examining the child her/himself. Experienced hands and a well equipped
>>>facility -can- make a difference in the final outcome in any medical
>>>emergency.
>>
>>This would obviously be true for the elderly too. There are no geriatric or
>>heart specialists on the cruise either, yet I've never heard any
>>restrictions on elderly, or for that matter less than healthy cruisers. Why
>>is that?
>>
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> Adults are capable of making decisions regarding their health.
> Children are not. So someone has to make them. In this case, it's
> simply a matter of CYA.
>
> I doubt there's any flex in the rule. Why have one if you'll be
> bending it. Once turns to twice turns to half a dozen etc.
On our first cruise we went with my daughter, her husband and her new
baby. The baby was way under one. More like 7 months or so. She was
of course the youngest on the ship and across the hall from us was the
oldest person on the cruise. He was 96. This was on NCL. Therefore,
if there was an age rule for kids under 1, it didn't apply in this case.
We even used Pursers as babysitters, therefore there was no hiding of
the child and she was carried and rolled in her stroller all over the ship. |