Originally Posted by
Sparky5019
I’m curious about her legal exposure if she’s “treating” or helping those other than family members who are significantly injured. I’m in anesthesia and this crosses my mind constantly being that live in such a litigious society.
Originally Posted by
Tanner
To risk sounding callous and uncaring, I will not render aid to strangers or get involved in any trauma that does not involve family. Harsh? Cruel? Evil sub human monster? Maybe, perhaps but not really. An ER nurse I know rendered aid to a gentleman who collapsed at a mall some time ago and was subsequently sued for her efforts. I'll call 911 for someone or to report an incident but will not get personally involved for the most part.
Originally Posted by
Caduceus
As an ER doc and former EMT ... I get it, and kind of side with your wife.
IT guys, you don't cruise around town with a few extra pentiums stashed in your truck, do you?
Sometimes work is work, and work isn't home.
And let's be honest, ICU docs are, for the most part, NOT trained in first aid. I'm guessing she's IM residency, ICU fellowship trained? If so, even less likely to know first aid. Where do you hide money from an internist? Under the patient's bandages...
Point is, she's probably exceptional with sick people, but that doesn't translate over to the field. There's no labs, medicines, nurses, radiography, etc, in the field. And finally, she's probably worried about liability. My FAK has dumbed down over the years due to this. Hell, I passed on a sweet airway kit for $60 a few weeks ago, mostly for that reason.
Thanks everyone for the input. Like I started out with, my main thought was that if something happened to someone in the family, would my wife look back and think “If only I had a …”, kind of like Rmorris lamented- but a lot more personal and impactful. I’m getting a kit like T2C mentioned for each car as a starting point and probably add a few things like Rmoriss mentioned.
Wife is hard-core. I dated another doc that I only found out didn’t like the sight of Blood, which I only found out on our way to see “Pulp Fiction”.
Also found a cool Gerber AR15 tool in my search. Win-win all around…
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