As usual Lemmy downvoting things they don’t agree with, even if it’s true.
I was with a physician friend on the Las Vegas strip as a guy went down with a heart attack. I’m like, this is your moment! Go save them! And she grabs my arm and yanks me into a doorway so I can’t make a commotion, explains that no doctor will simply do that, it means they’re on the hook for it, when an EMT is just minutes away and is properly prepared to handle it. She said if doctors didn’t obey this unwritten rule, they’d constantly be giving out care to random people, possibly without admitting privileges in nearby hospitals, taking on liability they’re not insured for (being outside of a hospital), etc.
I don’t think that a plane in flight is likely to have good EMT coverage.
There’s a significant difference between “we’re in an easily reachable party of a major city and I can expect a fully equipped ambulance to be here in minutes” and “we’re in mid-air and even if we make an emergency landing the patient won’t receive medical care for another hour unless I provide it”.
by performing any medical intervention you are responsible for the care of the individual. this includes if you aren’t even a doctor and are simply first aid certified.
don’t blame the doctors, blame the politicians and lawyers who made the laws.
In Nevada, it wouldn’t surprise me. The US is indeed filled with assholes.1 Most of the world though, has good Samaritan laws and you won’t face criminal charges if you were actively trying to save a life outside of extremely gross negligence. Many places of the world also have strong first aid certification programs that further protect those certified as long as they followed the standard protocol.
As usual Lemmy downvoting things they don’t agree with, even if it’s true.
I was with a physician friend on the Las Vegas strip as a guy went down with a heart attack. I’m like, this is your moment! Go save them! And she grabs my arm and yanks me into a doorway so I can’t make a commotion, explains that no doctor will simply do that, it means they’re on the hook for it, when an EMT is just minutes away and is properly prepared to handle it. She said if doctors didn’t obey this unwritten rule, they’d constantly be giving out care to random people, possibly without admitting privileges in nearby hospitals, taking on liability they’re not insured for (being outside of a hospital), etc.
So you’re completely right.
So your data point of one american speaks for ‘most’ doctors globally. Sound stats.
I don’t think that a plane in flight is likely to have good EMT coverage.
There’s a significant difference between “we’re in an easily reachable party of a major city and I can expect a fully equipped ambulance to be here in minutes” and “we’re in mid-air and even if we make an emergency landing the patient won’t receive medical care for another hour unless I provide it”.
You can do CPR without saying you’re a doctor which is really all you can do in that situation. So maybe your friend is just a piece of shit?
by performing any medical intervention you are responsible for the care of the individual. this includes if you aren’t even a doctor and are simply first aid certified.
don’t blame the doctors, blame the politicians and lawyers who made the laws.
In Nevada, it wouldn’t surprise me. The US is indeed filled with assholes.1 Most of the world though, has good Samaritan laws and you won’t face criminal charges if you were actively trying to save a life outside of extremely gross negligence. Many places of the world also have strong first aid certification programs that further protect those certified as long as they followed the standard protocol.1: Disregard that comment, Nevada does have Good Samaritan laws, that person’s friend is just a piece of shit.
That isn’t true in the US or Europe so not sure where you’re talking about.
it was true when I became first response certified a decade ago.