Totally agree. Lawyers suck lol. On Jan 25, 2011, at 6:16 PM, Scott Stroz wrote:
> > 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:333709 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
