Good Sam law/responsibility - was RE: [SCA-AE] Chirurgeon Title Changes

[Mcandrew, Janet M]

Just a "heads-up"

It is the responsibility of each chirurgeon to be responsible w/ the
Good Sam laws of their state (this is in the Chirurgeon Handbook).  For
example, the Good Sam law in Pennsylvania only covers you if your
certification *is* current.

Amaryllis 



For the record, "What SHE said!" -- with the additional caveat that
mundane law trumps SCA regulation, and the last I knew it can be
actionable for a trained individual to function at less than their full
capacity (in some jurisdictions, esp. under something like the "Good
Samaritan" circumstances).

And to establish why I feel so strongly about this, consider the
following:  I've received more "first responder" training, and been such
a trainer at one time, than I currently care to remember.  No, I am not
fully current on certification, and never fully processed through the
SCA system -- but in an emergency situation, I am *still* a
"medically-trained first response resource".  I will defer to current
cert holders, I will follow guidance from medical doctors, nurses, EMT,
paramedic, etc. -- but I will not stand aside and do nothing if there is
not one such more currently trained person present.  That's how *I* was
trained...

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