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Re:An account of a serious medical emergency on a transocean... by lyschoening on Saturday September 03, 2016 @04:32AM (#12418326)
That is a feature of US law, isn't it? Quite a few countries have laws that compel people to render first aid and at the same time offer protection from prosecution even if the first aid makes matters worse.
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Re:An account of a serious medical emergency on a transocean... by blakeyrat on Saturday September 03, 2016 @11:26AM (#12419536)
Both China and India have huge problems with citizens ignoring medical emergency to avoid being held responsible if the patient doesn't recover. The case of Wang Yue is famous enough that even most Americans have heard of it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Wang_Yue
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Re:An account of a serious medical emergency on a transocean... by barking on Saturday September 03, 2016 @04:37AM (#12418347)
There's an intersting article here on the US situation. Seems you do have good protection, though it's not absolute.

http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/medical-economics...

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