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The legal side of first aid.
Jul. 24th, 2014 08:00 amSo, over three days I'm brushing up on basic first-aid - which has been grim but fic-thought-provoking, in terms of how things like crush injuries or hypothermia play out.
Also mildly interesting legally. It seems that having achieved a certain level of certification in first aid, the certified person is legally obliged to help (I nearly said "render assistance"! This legalesque language has a terrible way of seeping into the brain.) We were also told that no good-Samaritan-style first-aider "has yet been sued successfully" in Australia for a blunder in their treatment - which strongly suggests that they have been sued, but not "successfully".
One person said that in... Sweden? A qualification in first aid is a pre-requisite for getting a driver's licence, which seems like a sane idea. Here drivers of vehicles in accidents have to stay on the scene, and help if they can, but there's no mandatory first aid training.
Also mildly interesting legally. It seems that having achieved a certain level of certification in first aid, the certified person is legally obliged to help (I nearly said "render assistance"! This legalesque language has a terrible way of seeping into the brain.) We were also told that no good-Samaritan-style first-aider "has yet been sued successfully" in Australia for a blunder in their treatment - which strongly suggests that they have been sued, but not "successfully".
One person said that in... Sweden? A qualification in first aid is a pre-requisite for getting a driver's licence, which seems like a sane idea. Here drivers of vehicles in accidents have to stay on the scene, and help if they can, but there's no mandatory first aid training.
