Posted by susan C on August 23, 2001, at 12:17:47
In reply to Re: Duty to Rescue » SalArmy4me, posted by akc on August 23, 2001, at 10:03:37
AKC,
Interestingly my son took First Responder First aid, for Red Cross and Mountineering. Basically what to do when you are three days from anywhere. I will have to ask him if they talked about mental illness issues, but it did come up ubout people hiking out for help. They passed someone with a cell phone and that person did not and did not have to help, he said he would be liable if he did offer. It required the people to keep walking for two days and return with help.
Another interesting bit, is if you see an accident on the side of the road, with the police officers waving traffic through, even if you are trained, you do not stop to offer help.
There is a reason we pay our taxes.
And sometimes you can only do so much.
A retired Mighty Mouse.
> Actually, this is not true. Almost all states do not have good Samaritan laws. You can stand by and watch someone die -- whether by their own hand or by accident -- and not come to their aid. It is one of the first principles you study in law school -- law professors love it because of the ethics behind it. Why is it that in the U.S. we don't have such statutes, whereas must European countries do? I don't know where you live Sal, so maybe your state or community has some type of rescue statute, but generally in America, there is no duty to rescue.
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> AKC
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> > Everyone is technically licensed to prevent suicide-- In fact, in the U.S., you can be imprisoned or sued for not trying to prevent the death of someone who is known to be suicidal!
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> > > I say, let's hear from the only one of us *licensed* to do this.
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> > > Zo
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