My first thought was...'great idea, but lawyers will fuck it up'. Guaranteed, someone will drop from a heart attack. Someone will respond to do CPR and in the process of doing CPR, will break a rib or 2 (it happens...all the time). Then lawyers will get involved and try to sue the person responding and/or the EMS/911 agency. I can also see the argument that the people who respond are doing so as an agent of the EMS agency.
Lawyers ruin everything. On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 6:06 PM, C. Hatton Humphrey <[email protected]> wrote: > >> If it works, it should be used by every EMS call center in the world. > > I have a few concerns with this concept: > * What if you get a message and can't respond? No one is saying you > are *obligated* to provide assistance by any means but I'm guessing > there would be some guilt if you got a call, couldn't respond and then > found out later that no one did. > * My initial thought was, "great idea until someone tries to abuse it > to look like a hero." > * Will it update when calls are answered so that someone trying to > respond doesn't hurt themselves trying to get there? > > Don't get me wrong, it's a great concept - just logistical and > training issues to go through. > > Hatton > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:333708 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
