Can You Be Suide Or Charged For Using First Aid?
i was told by the person that tort me first aid that no one has been sacefull been suide or charge for doing first aid but my dad trying to tell me that you can is this true or not?
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July 13th, 2010 at 2:26 pm
Here is Australia technically you can be sued for providing first aid. But to my knowledge no such suit has been successful.
If the person you are rendering first aid to is unconscious or for some reason unable to give or deny permission the courts presume permission is granted.
In the Northern Territory it is a criminal offence to not at least stop and offer to administer first aid if you have a first aid certificate. You can be charged for ignoring an emergency situation.
During the process of administering cpr for instance it is possible to crack ribs however if this happens and the person whose ribs you cracked decided to sue you for the damages the courts would consider that since saving their life was more important than not breaking bones they would not allow the suit to proceed. The danger of broken rib bones is a well known factor of cpr.
as far as I know no one in Australia has successfully sued anyone for damages. If we follow in the footsteps of other countries and allow such suits it will be more likely that less people will bother to stop and help those injured or in danger.
July 13th, 2010 at 4:58 pm
There are many forms of first aid, from putting on a band-aid to resusitation. Each state has a different law. If you save someones life do you think they would sue?
July 13th, 2010 at 6:42 pm
I know you can be sued and charged if you *don’t* use first aid and you are licensed.