Failure to respond to a medical emergency

[SimonMac]

Are we going to have to phone Luton Mental Health Crisis Team every time Suity posts?

Who?

[northernladyuk]

Who?

Whichever of us is on the rota as his on-call key worker.

[Mordac]

German trial over pensioner left to die in bank branch - BBC News

Should the German law be adopted in the UK?

Personally it would not affect me as I always step in. However I am often not the first and usually the last. Except last week when a young attractive lady was knocked off her bike and there was already a large crowd round her....

Here in the UK it would be assumed the 'stricken' individual was either pissed, or out of their skull on spice.

[SueEllen]

Reminds me of some years ago when I drove passed a motorcycle accident that had a crowd of people standing around the victim. I changed my mind and turned back only to find they were watching but not doing anything apart from someone had called an ambulance. They did not want to get involved for fear of being sued.

You won't get sued unless you do something so monumentality stupid according to your level of medical training.

I remember having to look it up years ago as a student then again and again and again etc, because people keep coming out with that tulip.

So as a member of the public you would have to put them in immediate danger, deliberately harm them or steal from them and then you won't be facing a civil case but a criminal one. It's more complicated as a trained first aider or a medical professional but as long as you don't act outside your training or how you are instructed to by a more competent individual then there is no case against you. This is due to the principle @barrydidit has pointed out.

I got a knife from the car to cut the backpack and helmet strap off the victim and made sure she (young kid) was breathing... covered her with a blanket etc. I got some thanks from the Ambulance men.

Never presume that bystanders are doing something.

Well done you.

[woohoo]

Reminds me of some years ago when I drove passed a motorcycle accident that had a crowd of people standing around the victim. I changed my mind and turned back only to find they were watching but not doing anything apart from someone had called an ambulance. They did not want to get involved for fear of being sued.

I got a knife from the car to cut the backpack and helmet strap off the victim and made sure she (young kid) was breathing... covered her with a blanket etc. I got some thanks from the Ambulance men.

Never presume that bystanders are doing something.

I've heard of people in China afraid of getting involved because they can be responsible for medical bills. Or perhaps in the US but never heard of anyone getting sued in the UK. Are you sure you are not a Russian spam bot?

[SueEllen]

I've heard of people in China afraid of getting involved because they can be responsible for medical bills. Or perhaps in the US but never heard of anyone getting sued in the UK. Are you sure you are not a Russian spam bot?

He's an HMRC mole.

[vetran]

Twit Twit Who?

he thinks he is an owl now?

[zeitghost]

he thinks he is an owl now?

Is it real or a replicant?