"I write to you because I recently got word of a Gan Yisroel camp in [the] Detroit [area] that apparently doesn't have an EMT on site. Last week [the first week of July] a kid went into respiratory distress and didn't receive any help until 27 minutes later. The woman who runs the infirmary didn't know how to use a nebulizer or how to administer meds to this kid…"
From an email I received a few days ago:
I write to you because I recently got word of a Gan Yisroel camp in [the] Detroit [area] that apparently doesn't have an EMT on site. Last week [the first week of July] a kid went into respiratory distress and didn't receive any help until 27 minutes later. The woman who runs the infirmary didn't know how to use a nebulizer or how to administer meds to this kid, and the only trained EMT in camp was notified and got there in 27 minutes.
After this incident the EMT approached the directors and told them that he thinks it's urgent that they hire a full time designated EMT. The conversation ended something like the director telling him to shut up and that he doesn't know what he's talking about. They further informed him that he has no right to perform any medical procedures on any children. This guy quit on Friday [July 8] right after the incident and is back in New York.
It is my understanding that right now there's only that one woman who was trained by this EMT in camp (who was hired for lifeguarding purposes). He trained her in general first response and first aid, but nothing more advanced than that.…Once again let me remind you that this woman didn't know how to help a boy in distress. Furthurmore, the camp is located pretty far from metro areas and hospitals. It is believed that it takes about 27 minutes for an ambulance to make it to camp on a call of urgency.…[T]hese kids are not safe, these directors are playing with fire.