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There was a point raised on the Needle vs. Chest Tube thread that I though was interesting and I didnt want to hijack that thread so here we are.
So if any of these people ever needled a chest in civilian life as a bystander would they still fall under the Good Samaritan Law? Usually when were talking about people doing invasive stuff in the field, even if they are trained to do it, its still a non-issue because the equipment is not available. I can see how someone, particularly someone with the personality to overreact in a situation, might walk around with an angiocath and do this. Or use a knife to cric someone or whatever.
Ive often heard the protection of the Good Sam Laws and covering anyone who tries to help without payment, without a duty to act and up to the lever of their training. Are they covered? Its a cop out to say that theyre covered if theyre successful and not if they kill someone.
Tiger26 said:So anyway, this is kinda messed up, but . . . I was at Ft. Lewis, WA to get commissioned as an Army officer before med school starts this fall, while my other ROTC colleagues were there between their junior and senior years of college. Anyway, we were 'learning' first aid (put on a field dressing, stop someone from choking, put on a tourniquet) when we get a station about needle decompression. Yeah, that's right, now they're apparantly teaching every Joe in the Army how to do needle decompression. I don't know if it was some over zealous training officer watching Three Kings or what, but even ROTC cadets were learning it. Of course I apply the term "learn" loosely since it was an Army Reserve unit doing the training, and the occupation of the instructors included jobs like 'horse breeder, amateaur fighter, machinist, and admin secretary"
So if any of these people ever needled a chest in civilian life as a bystander would they still fall under the Good Samaritan Law? Usually when were talking about people doing invasive stuff in the field, even if they are trained to do it, its still a non-issue because the equipment is not available. I can see how someone, particularly someone with the personality to overreact in a situation, might walk around with an angiocath and do this. Or use a knife to cric someone or whatever.
Ive often heard the protection of the Good Sam Laws and covering anyone who tries to help without payment, without a duty to act and up to the lever of their training. Are they covered? Its a cop out to say that theyre covered if theyre successful and not if they kill someone.