What's wrong with society?

[NickS VR4]

What's wrong with society? Just heard on the radio a story from a retired CCT/PJ. Story goes like this... He comes across a car accident where there is a man driver, female in passenger seat, and child in her lap. Child is dead, mother is walking wounded, father has crushed chest, punctured lung, and crushed throat. This CCT/PJ saved his life with a tracheotomy and chest decompression. Later this man gets an infection at the trach site and sues the CCT/PJ. That retiree had to pay $80,000 in lawyer fees just to defend himself. A soldier in combat would owe this man his life, a civilian would sue, WTF?

Now I know that most aren't like this, but for the few that are, you are the scum of society.

Copied from my rant on Facebook.

[2fnloud]

Agreed!!!

Maybe, CCT/PJ should counter suit to recover said 80K in legal fees.

[93STLTH]

Or, he could sue for the trauma of having to see a child killed because of gross negligence.

I thought there were laws created to prevent this type of suit? I remember something like a "good samaritan" law, where a person couldn't sue someone for damages when the intent was to save that persons life.

[NickS VR4]

Or, he could sue for the trauma of having to see a child killed because of gross negligence.

I thought there were laws created to prevent this type of suit? I remember something like a "good samaritan" law, where a person couldn't sue someone for damages when the intent was to save that persons life.

Guy on radio said the good samaritan law did not apply because he was a licensed paramedic.

[rlacasse1]

Crap like that pisses me off. I don't understand how someone could really be that much of a POS.

[MeTarzan]

This is another reason as why I hate the human race, expecially all the cry baby pos that look a gift horse in the mouth...MuthaFuka you'd be DEAD if he didnt save your life I think you should be KISSING HIS ASS not sueing it.

[stealthee]

Guy on radio said the good samaritan law did not apply because he was a licensed paramedic.

Licensed paramedic or not, if he stopped under his own volition and was not on duty he should qualify under the law.

[IPD]

i have no hope for humanity.

[NickS VR4]

Licensed paramedic or not, if he stopped under his own volition and was not on duty he should qualify under the law.

My guess is this... In the military, while deployed, there is no mal-intent, You do what you can with what you have. (Plus you cant sue).

As a paramedic, he "should know better" than to do this procedure without being sterile. He probably wasn't properly equipped so therefor considered working outside his scope of practice.

Problem is that in the military mindset saving a life comes before all, and you want to do everything you can to save a persons life. This works in an environment where you cant be sued.

For example as a medic stateside, I had many different scopes based on the situation.
In a hospital, I have permission to do X skills.
In an ambulance I can do another X skills. If the patient is military I can do that X + Y skills
Deployed I could do just about anything I have been trained to do, whatever it takes to save a life.

I'm sure he knew that he was working outside his scope in that instance, but he placed life above all and it bit him in the ass by the guy he put it on the line for.

Because he worked outside his scope given the circumstances, that is why I do not think the Good Samaritan law applied.

[NickS VR4]

I can understand the paramedic board revoking his license, even though i'd object to that as well. I cannot accept the man he saved being the one that sued him. The CCT/PJ said that the guy had caught wind that the CCT/PJ had a nice amount of money, and was talked into suing him by a lawyer.