Posted on 06/27/2023 10:51:35 AM PDT by Libloather
A British father died in Jamaica after attempting a challenge at a hotel pool bar to try and drink all 21 cocktails on the menu, an inquest has heard.
Timothy Southern, from Lichfield, Staffordshire, had drunk 12 of the cocktails when he went to his room at the Royal Decameron Club Caribbean, in Saint Ann.
The 53-year-old was on holiday with his sister, children, and other relatives when tragedy struck in May, 2022.
Loved-ones rushed to Timothy's room after the alarm was raised.
One of them told his inquest: 'He was on his back choking. I put him in the recovery position and screamed for an ambulance.
'He was making a gurgling sound. As soon as he was in the recovery position he vomited. I was shouting his name with no response.
'When the nurse arrived I said had an ambulance been called and she said 'no'. I thought she would take over. But that was not the case.
'I noticed he was starting to lose temperature. I checked his pulse and couldn't find it.
'She said he had a pulse. I was starting to lose it. I got a full look at his face and I thought he had passed away.
'I said, "Don't just sit there looking at him, start CPR".
'She only gave him chest compressions. Maybe if she had known what she was doing, maybe he would still be here. The service and treatment he received was disgusting.'
The inquest heard Timothy had already been drinking brandy and beer in the morning when he met two Canadian women trying to complete the 21 cocktail challenge before midnight to celebrate one of their birthdays.
A pathologist in Kingston, Jamaica, gave the cause of death as 'acute gastroenteritis due to alcohol consumption'.
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Exactly. At least they didn’t have to embalm him.
Maybe had he not drunk 21 cocktails, maybe he would still be here.
Play stupid prizes, win stupid games.
"At least he died doing something he loved.""Play stoopid games, win stoopid prozes."
There’s another thread about Americans being exceptionally stupid.
This is an example that belies such exceptionalism.
LOL 18 seconds!
Stupid is as, stupid does, or stuck on stupid.
prozes -> prizes. Geez, fingers, c’mon man!
Only 12 !?! I’ll do 13 or die !
The American Red Cross now teaches chest compressions only. I agree with you, and frankly had they tried mouth to mouth about the only thing the would be rescuer would have gotten is a mouthful of vomit.
Current CPR teaching is that the rescue breaths are optional.
Having made it 53 years with that brain, he should count himself lucky.
I accidentally wrote it backwards, which seems oddly appropriate here.
Brits will always top that, especially the soccer fans, when playing abroad.
“She only gave him chest compressions.”
Some people claim that there’s a woman to blame
But we know, it’s his own damn fault.
PS. Did they find a shaker of salt nearby?
Party on....
I’m surprised. Per the photo in the article the late gentleman looked very serious and sober-minded
I would never attempt the drinking game I played on 12/30/80. It involved shots of Jagermeister, and I stopped counting at 12. The most I imbibe now is perhaps a bottle of wine, usually with dinner.
It was that last one that did it.
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