Posted by Rich Spurr on March 28, 1998 at 12:58:33:
In Reply to: Re: Second Question posted by Peggy on March 26, 1998 at 16:36:56:
: : Does anyone have any examples of situations involving the Good Samaritan law? What are some legal issues involved
: I stopped and performed CPR on a man would had a cardiac arrest on his morning walk.
: His ribs fractured away from his sternum with the first compression. He survived and spent a few days in the ICU. If he would have
: wanted to sue, the EMS people never took my name for him to know who worked on him
Three years ago I was at a downtown restaurant and a young child had swallowed a piece of his food and it was lodged in the airway.
I performed the Heimlich procedure until the paramedics arrived. The child did fine and recovered fully according to the EMS who kept
me informed of his condition.