July 6, 201214 yr Glad some people still do the right thing with no regard for themselves. He gave up a job to save a life, that will pay off in the end. Live each day with no regrets.
July 7, 201214 yr Question, if he is a certified life guard does he not have a civic duty to save anyone that is drowning any where regardless of where it is? Kinda like if you are CPR certified, and someone is in need, you have an obligation to administer CPR. Every CPR class I have ever been in has said that if someone were in distress and we (being CPR Certified) did not step in to administer CPR we could be found liable. Not true at all. You may have a moral obligation to render aid but no legal obligation.
July 7, 201214 yr Not true at all. You may have a moral obligation to render aid but no legal obligation. That's not the way I've always understood it. If you are certified you have an obligation to try and administer aid until professionals arrive. Has something changed and instructors are not telling us? Edited July 7, 201214 yr by JCVD forgot a word
July 7, 201214 yr That's not the way I've always understood it. If you are certified you have an obligation to try and administer aid until professionals arrive. Has something changed and instructors are not telling us? This is correct, or at least that is what I was told last week in my CPR re certify class.
July 7, 201214 yr Even with CPR certification you are still considered a "lay" person with no specialized training. If you are also a paramedic, nurse, physician etc. then there is some legal obligation but even then it's not absolute. A physician is not required by law to stop and render aid at an accident site. Maybe one of the attorneys that frequents this site can shed further light on this subject but as someone who does have a specialized medical certification and been CPR certified for over 30 years I've never been aware of any legal obligation to render aid outside of my regular scope of practice. It has been my experience that the instructors at Red Cross and American Heart Association tend to exaggerate.
July 7, 201214 yr Even with CPR certification you are still considered a "lay" person with no specialized training. If you are also a paramedic, nurse, physician etc. then there is some legal obligation but even then it's not absolute. A physician is not required by law to stop and render aid at an accident site. Maybe one of the attorneys that frequents this site can shed further light on this subject but as someone who does have a specialized medical certification and been CPR certified for over 30 years I've never been aware of any legal obligation to render aid outside of my regular scope of practice. It has been my experience that the instructors at Red Cross and American Heart Association tend to exaggerate. I would like to know from our legal BPGers as well. My training has always been done by one of the Senior EMT's at the local firehouse and they have told us that we were obligated to administer CPR/first aid to our best ability until EMT help arrived.
July 8, 201214 yr I would like to know from our legal BPGers as well. My training has always been done by one of the Senior EMT's at the local firehouse and they have told us that we were obligated to administer CPR/first aid to our best ability until EMT help arrived. That is what I was told as well at my training.
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