Dannichu
Tragically unbeyachted.
Um... last I checked it's illegal to refuse treatment to "poor people" in an emergency situation.
Yeah, but it's illegal for gays to marry and I disagree with that. I was asking your opinion, not the law (I am sounding way more agressive than I mean to, I'm just genuinely curious).
If you're a first responder, like CPR and AED trained, it's illegal to leave someone in need of your trained services. It's okay to not do anything if the person needs more advanced care than you are lawfully trained to give, either way you need to call for EMS. So say John Smith collapses from a heart attack while shopping. You're trained to respond by calling 911, and if he's unconscious perform CPR if needed and setup the AED. In this case you need to help and if anything happens, person dies or suffers CPR related injuries, you're protected. Now say some John Smith has been in a car accident and is unconscious and trapped in his car. He may have suffered severe neck injuries and moving him without proper training and equipment could make things worse and might kill him. If you get him out of the car and he now must live his life in a bed tied to machines now you can be charged because you acted outside your training. This is when you call EMS and stay nearby until EMS arrives. It's called the Good Samaritan Act. Here's the law for here in MN.
This is very interesting. Hm.