Comments on: What Is The Duty To Act?

By: Safe At Home

Safe At Home — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 21:08:07 +0000

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By: Anon

Anon — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:07:39 +0000

@Bart: If you are transporting a pt, any pt, let’s say it’s just some kid who fell and sprained his ankle…

and you come across armafreakinggeddon……ten car pileup, and an arm flys out of one of them and leaves a bloody streak on your white hood of the ambulance…

you have to keep transporting your patient.

you may not stop.

you’d be abandoning your patient.

If you’re on the way to the scene of said sprained ankle, you can call up dispatch and say “hey, can you divert me to this pileup I just witnessed?” and if they dispatch someone else to the sprain, you can run over to the pileup and save the day.

but you can’t self-dispatch in most areas

By: Steve Whitehead

Steve Whitehead — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 22:00:50 +0000

@Bart You do not have a duty to act if you are already commited to patient care or assigned to the care of a patient. But you should assess the needs of the patients on the scene vs the nature of the patient in the rig and consider splitting your crew until more help arrives.

@Anita All the information above applies to you in New Jersey. If you are on duty you have a legal duty to act. If you are not on duty, you do not have a legal duty to act. The moral perspective is up to you to decide.

By: anita

anita — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 21:18:34 +0000

Does an emt in new jersey have a moral or legal duty to take care of a person in need of help? Whether on the job or oFF? An trying to find an answer to this ? for a class I am taking. Thanks in advance if you know the answer.

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By: Bart Cowan

Bart Cowan — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:20:17 +0000

If you are a paid provider and have a pt in the back and come upon an accident, do you still have a duty to act in the state of KY?

By: Steve Whitehead

Steve Whitehead — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 12:13:48 +0000

Aida your expectation of compensation will still dictate if you have a duty to act or are a “good samaritan.” Acceptable response times will depend on your community and the resources available.

By: Steve Whitehead

Steve Whitehead — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 12:12:15 +0000

I agree with Greg, HM. On most calls you can fall back and take the BLS seat, but if you’re the only dude there and ALS intervention is needed, you need to pull out all the stops. The public and the law doesn’t care about subtle pay differences. If your a trained and approved ALS provider in the system, you need to step up. Legaly and morally.