"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Sun, 08 Apr 2007 22:20:31 GMT, wrote:

So legal aspect will have to be cleared up accordingly. Otherwise some
good
Samaritans could be suit for wrong doing.

I'm not exactly sure where you live, but states have Good Samaritan
laws. As long as you help in good faith, and the simple fact that you
help is evidence of good faith, you are in the clear. In most states,
any legal filing related to emergency medical treatment has to pass a
medical review board and as long as it was in good faith, they never
pass it through to the courts. If you have emergency medical
training, the only criteria is that you don't exceed the limits of the
training - like giving a cardiac patient a drug or start an IV if your
training is at the First Responder or EMT-Basic level.

I have personal experience with this so I'm fairly familiar with the
process. :)


Having a defib unit aboard may negate the Good Samaritan considerations and
legally hold you, the boat owner, to training and certification on the use
and care of the unit.

Best to consult the experts on this, including your lawyer. It is indeed a
sad world we live in that we have to go to those extremes to protect our
self from losing everything we own when trying to save someone's life.