Good Samaritan laws are laws enacted by individual states, in most cases, which protect a person who renders cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) or other medical aid, from frivolous lawsuits. The intent of Good Samaritan laws is to make it possible for those wary of lawsuits to help save a person without fear of legal recourse if the person is hurt by the treatment or dies.
Often Good Samaritan laws may apply only to medical professionals or those who have completed Red Cross training or the equivalent in CPR. The helping person must act with the person’s consent, when possible, and this must be an entirely voluntary act. Good Samaritan laws do not apply to medical personnel working in a hospital, for example. Even when help is voluntary, these laws do not mean that a person cannot ever be sued for performing CPR that goes wrong.
Most Good Samaritan laws call for the helping person to act in a prudential and responsible way. A medical professional who acts in an irresponsible way, or who can be shown to be inebriated while delivering care may still be subject to a lawsuit if the outcome of the help is not favorable. This can only occur when negligence can be proven.
Pretty sad, but most of you wouldnt have done it either. A person you dont know (really know), and you must actually go mouth to mouth? Not likely this day and age. Most hospital have guards or use an ambu bag.
CPR usually doesnt help anyway, especially on the elderly that have many underlying issues to begin with. Now, a child or young adult with no other health problems? Different story (although not much when it comes to outcome)
Had a friend robbed he legally owned a gun and shot the robber in the knee. Police came and took the intruder to hospital and jail. Later he got out sued my buddy and won 40k in damages. Made me sick to my stomach
Pretty sad, but most of you wouldnt have done it either. A person you dont know (really know), and you must actually go mouth to mouth? Not likely this day and age. Most hospital have guards or use an ambu bag.
CPR usually doesnt help anyway, especially on the elderly that have many underlying issues to begin with. Now, a child or young adult with no other health problems? Different story (although not much when it comes to outcome)
Myth: Proper CPR technique should include frequent use of “mouth to mouth” in between compressions.
In fact, the 2010 guidelines set out by the American Heart Association (AHA) do not recommend breathing for someone while performing CPR (and not for your health, as you might think, but for the person experiencing cardiac arrest’s chances of survival). If you’re a person who was trained in CPR a long time ago, you might be familiar with the once staple “15 chest compressions then 2 breaths”. If you followed the 2005 guidelines, then you’re familiar with the “30 compressions then 2 breaths” technique. In both cases, you should throw those out the window.
I'm well aware as I have to get recertified every 2 years. Its amazing they keep changing little things. Not sure why becuase its usually futile.
New thought is to just keep blood flowing (no new breaths). They even have an automatic machine (we call it the geeser squeezer), but it never works (bring people back to life). Seen it used for the last few years and never once has the person survived.
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