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Failure to respond to a medical emergency
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Originally posted by Stevie Wonder BoyI can't see any way to do it can you please advise?
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Originally posted by SimonMac View PostWho?Comment
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Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostGerman trial over pensioner left to die in bank branch - BBC News
Should the German law be adopted in the UK?
Personally it would not affect me as I always step in. However I am often not the first and usually the last. Except last week when a young attractive lady was knocked off her bike and there was already a large crowd round her....His heart is in the right place - shame we can't say the same about his brain...Comment
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Originally posted by Paddy View PostReminds me of some years ago when I drove passed a motorcycle accident that had a crowd of people standing around the victim. I changed my mind and turned back only to find they were watching but not doing anything apart from someone had called an ambulance. They did not want to get involved for fear of being sued.
I remember having to look it up years ago as a student then again and again and again etc, because people keep coming out with that tulip.
So as a member of the public you would have to put them in immediate danger, deliberately harm them or steal from them and then you won't be facing a civil case but a criminal one. It's more complicated as a trained first aider or a medical professional but as long as you don't act outside your training or how you are instructed to by a more competent individual then there is no case against you. This is due to the principle @barrydidit has pointed out.
Originally posted by Paddy View PostI got a knife from the car to cut the backpack and helmet strap off the victim and made sure she (young kid) was breathing... covered her with a blanket etc. I got some thanks from the Ambulance men.
Never presume that bystanders are doing something."You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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Originally posted by Paddy View PostReminds me of some years ago when I drove passed a motorcycle accident that had a crowd of people standing around the victim. I changed my mind and turned back only to find they were watching but not doing anything apart from someone had called an ambulance. They did not want to get involved for fear of being sued.
I got a knife from the car to cut the backpack and helmet strap off the victim and made sure she (young kid) was breathing... covered her with a blanket etc. I got some thanks from the Ambulance men.
Never presume that bystanders are doing something.Comment
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Originally posted by woohoo View PostI've heard of people in China afraid of getting involved because they can be responsible for medical bills. Or perhaps in the US but never heard of anyone getting sued in the UK. Are you sure you are not a Russian spam bot?"You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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Originally posted by SimonMac View PostTwit Twit Who?Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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