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Un-freaking believeable.
Un-freaking believeable.
Supervisor told worker to stop CPR on colleague
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At the very least it's callous in the extreme to tell people "get back to work" when their co-worker's dead body lying on his/her desk isn't even cold yet.
It not just callous, failing to provide medical assistance when possible is a crime in many countries, Sweden among others.
If you fail to provide medical assistance you are in danger of being tried for something we call "Vållande till annans död", which is a more lenient form of manslaughter. Manslaughter gross negligence, would probably be the closest equivalent. I've seen it happen personally. I testified in a similar case.
If you fail to provide medical assistance you are in danger of being tried for something we call "Vållande till annans död", which is a more lenient form of manslaughter. Manslaughter gross negligence, would probably be the closest equivalent. I've seen it happen personally. I testified in a similar case.
I doubt that's the case in the US, to be honest. I'm not sure whether they have a concept of 'duty of care' outside of professionals like doctors and emergency services - but I'll defer to Alidar on that!
I'll reserve judgement on the case in the OP till more facts are known; it seems... unlikely to be the whole story, so I'd like to see some corroboration.
I have been summoned!
Short answer, it varies by state, so I can't be certain. However, only a very few states require you to act (as in I think just Minnesota and Vermont). A few others at least require you to report a crime, but they're also in the minority. Most states to address this have just done so with "Good Samaritan" laws, which says you can't get sued if you accidentally hurt someone while trying to help them in an emergency. Since Ohio has one of these laws, my guess is they exclusively went this route.
Stopping someone from acting is worse than simply not acting though.
Call centers are just a step above gulags. That said, I do want to wait to hear more because this really takes the cake.
Oh, I agree. That might be different.
It gets better:
The majority of states and no duty to act states. There are I believe two that impose a statutory duty to act.
Yeah, the only question is if stopping someone who was helping from continuing changes the situation.
Well. An AED sure does a shitload of good if it's kept under lock and key.
That's generally a good rule of thumb. Certainly, stopping is far more likely to kill someone than continuing.
Cardiac arrests are chaotic enough in hospitals. It's generally quite difficult to avoid even some panic around a controlled environment, so it would seem unlikely that getting back to work straight away was an option - and by extension that a manager suggested that.
I have a suspicion that there's possibly a lawsuit coming.
They're yanks, there is always a law suit coming from somewhere.
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