Comment on My mom an old school nurse will stop at traffic accidents and try to help if no one is around, my new school sister nurse won't. Saying everyone is sue happy thesedays. Who is right?

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• seblin@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I’m assuming the US, because

  steinberginjurylawyers.com/…/what-you-should-know…

  heitingandirwin.com/suing-the-good-samaritan-when…

  abcnews.com/TheLaw/story?id=6498405&page=1

  nevinlawgroup.com/how-many-successful-good-samari…

  4.7% of lawsuits ending with a judgement against the good samaritan is not much, but more than 0

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  • sem@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I can’t find their source for the “2019” review with the 4.7 %, but the main thing to know is that the good Samaritan laws protect you when you are acting in good faith and following your training.

    So for example it would protect you while giving cpr like you’ve been trained to do, or while following directions from 911, but won’t protect you if you stick a pen in someone’s neck because you thought they needed a DIY trachyometry like you saw in a movie once.

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  • toynbee@piefed.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I mean, it ended Seinfeld.

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• Rivalarrival@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Depends probably on your location. In a lot of countries (for example Germany) you are obligated to give first aid (independent of yourknowledge) . You can even be sued for not helping in an emergency.

  This is the case for licensed medical practitioners as well, including doctors and nurses. If a Flock camera catches the sister leaving the scene of an accident, and the sister is an RN, the sister can be civilly liable and possibly even criminally culpable for refusing to render aid within her professional scope.

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• diablicja@lemmy.zip ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I’ve been to Frankfurt area this summer and passed by accidents on the highway every couple days or so. They just usually clean them up very quickly.

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