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Co-worker Told to Stop CPR and Get Back to Work

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Don't the laws vary from State to State and you can be personally sued if you aren't qualified in some way such as completion of an emergency first response course?

I believe Missouri is that way.

BTW...last Summer those evil Ohio Republicans proposed a requirement for teens to learn CPR before they could get a driver's license...not sure if it passed or not.
 
JohnnyGage said:
Well, it was in reaction to the democrats when they tried to negotiate with the asteroid by apologizing to it for being "in the way". :biggrin:
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OMW to the hospital after failing out of my chair and hitting my head. 😀😀😀😀
 
I'm quite aware that, due to government regulations and our sue-happy society, companies are likely to institute a policy of calling 911 and waiting for the trained paramedics to arrive because they don't want the liability on their hands of having an employee provide CPR, whether it was successful or not. The boss was probably following company policy, a policy instituted to comply with government regulations.
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yay for a modern society!!! like i've said before, i'm not the sue happy type, if you save my life, but break my ribs in the process, i'd like to buy you a beer! sadly not everyone thinks like i do, they think: payday!! sad sad sad, which is why fewer people are helping eachother out in times like this
 
woolfe9999 said:
This is a sad story, but I can't see any political angle here. Generalizing about corporate culture from this incident is absurd.
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Didn't you hear? Republicans are either big bad CEOs or stupid bad lapdogs of CEOs. Obviously, since there's no evidence anyone involved was either, the idiot is a Republican! 🙄

More like it shows the insecurity of the hacks who post here. The Tea Party isn't the only group with an us-vs-them fallacy.
 
This is stupid.

This story is not about politics. If it's about anything, it's about litigation and having corporate policy determined by lawyers who are (probably rightfully so) concerned about potential litigation.

Fern
 
Oh, those damn, heartless Republicans. They just want others to die.

ROFLMAO!



Again, the two main elements of Bobo, the Post Turtle's, campaign are 1. Racism. and 2. Transfer of wealth. This is just another example of this strategy.
 
Republicans have wet dreams about writing this type of scenario into a companies policy. Pictures and all. Also to the plebes this is what awaits you all. A death of many sorts, one where you let someone die and other when its your time to die. AND THEY LET YOU DIE LIKE A DOG IN THE GUTTER!
 
Generator said:
Republicans have wet dreams about writing this type of scenario into a companies policy. Pictures and all. Also to the plebes this is what awaits you all. A death of many sorts, one where you let someone die and other when its your time to die. AND THEY LET YOU DIE LIKE A DOG IN THE GUTTER!
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Sorry buddy, you're almost there, but haven't quite achieved the "Dumbest shit posted in this thread" honor yet.
 
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This is about some low level manager / supervisor over a small call center in a small city making a really stupid decision by not letting the co-worker continue with CPR. We don't know if she would have lived with the CPR but at least they could have tried.

Call centers are the modern version of sweatshops.
 
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Texashiker said:
I do not remember the "exact" term that was used, but I remember people getting in trouble with the cops because they did not render aid after a car wreck.
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Thats a different situation and doesn't apply here. Generally you do not have a duty to aid someone, but if you start aiding someone you cannot just stop. Oddly enough I wouldn't be surprised if a court found what the manager did created liability for them, where as there was no liability before the employee stopped.
 
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Hayabusa Rider said:
I'm not familiar with specific laws but I can't imagine someone being compelled to provide medical assistance. I'd think it would be more along the lines of making a good faith effort to notify the authorities.
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I've been CPR certified in California and I was told I may decline to help ie; there is bodily fluid everywhere and no protection or I don't remember the correct procedures etc. However, once I begin I may not stop until emergency crews relieve me
 
Doc Savage Fan said:
Don't the laws vary from State to State and you can be personally sued if you aren't qualified in some way such as completion of an emergency first response course?
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The rules are fairly clear. If someone is in need of help and the person is unable to tell you they do not want help then you are within your rights to assist the best way that you know how within the realm of what a reasonable person would do. That means CPR, placing pressure on a wound, etc. That doesn't mean shaking the person violently to try to wake them up or slapping them to try to bring them around as a reasonable person wouldn't do that to someone they saw laying hurt.


When in doubt for most things involving the law it almost always comes down to what a reasonable person would do in the same situation.
 
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