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Re:Driving an Ambulance in the Age of Narcan by soulofmischief on Saturday September 07, 2019 @01:49PM (#20905357)
It's sad that such altruistic behavior can lead to massive litigation, but that's probably what the EMTs were thinking. You did the right thing for sure, but I'm willing to bet junkies are statistically more likely to attempt litigation in order to feed their addiction.
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Re:Driving an Ambulance in the Age of Narcan by snazz on Saturday September 07, 2019 @02:35PM (#20905641)
Good Samaritan laws are pretty common in the US to solve that problem.
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Re:Driving an Ambulance in the Age of Narcan by cobbzilla on Saturday September 07, 2019 @03:17PM (#20905877)
many Good Samaritan laws don’t apply to licensed providers, and excessive litigation is absolutely a problem.

In my town, an ambulance was involved in a traffic collision. The ambulance was not moving, and was still found to be at fault. Go figure.

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Re:Driving an Ambulance in the Age of Narcan by 1123581321 on Saturday September 07, 2019 @03:58PM (#20906111)
Can you elaborate on the circumstances? Regardless, traffic collision at-fault rulings have little to do with professional error liability.
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Re:Driving an Ambulance in the Age of Narcan by monieseee on Saturday September 07, 2019 @08:57PM (#20907813)
Maybe it was parked in a really stupid way which made a collision likely.
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Re:Driving an Ambulance in the Age of Narcan by misterdoubt on Saturday September 07, 2019 @05:54PM (#20906799)
Yes, junkies overdosing in public are well-known for their legal acumen.
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Re:Driving an Ambulance in the Age of Narcan by FlyMoreRockets on Saturday September 07, 2019 @10:31PM (#20908221)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambulance_chasing
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Re:Driving an Ambulance in the Age of Narcan by soulofmischief on Sunday September 08, 2019 @02:50AM (#20909009)
They aren't, but some scumbags are. They only need to find out who to call.
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