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I really lack this angle from their studies. In their later study they conclude that: "Likewise, said Perman, people need to be assured it's OK to touch a woma

by tokai 4y ago

I really lack this angle from their studies. In their later study they conclude that: "Likewise, said Perman, people need to be assured it's OK to touch a woman you don't know if you are helping someone who might otherwise die" But that only holds if the risk of getting in trouble is not real. But they don't spend any energy figuring out if this barrier to CPR is imagined or real.

dvfjsdhgfv 4y ago
These two angles are not mutually exclusive.
- tokai 4y ago
  You'll have to explain yourself. What is not mutually exclusive?
  - dvfjsdhgfv 4y ago
    The fact that random bystanders and experienced staff in certain situations both have reservations about giving CPR to women.
elil17 4y ago
I would argue that, even if you will be falsely accused of a crime, you have a moral obligation to perform CPR because that accusation is so unlikely to go anywhere. I'm sure people make accusations, but from a Google search I can't find any cases where someone was actually arrested or charged for that. It's hard to imagine police or prosecutors not believing that defense, especially given that there would be medical evidence of cardiac arrest.
- michaelmcdonald 4y ago
  While it might be the case that it won't go anywhere, as a defendant / accused you still have to deal with possible reputation damage, legal costs, and time loss.
  - elil17 4y ago
    And the other person might have to deal with being dead - totally different magnitude of problem! I understand why people hesitate, but if someone is dying in front of you, I think you have to do something if you can, consequences be damned.
    - blueflow 4y ago
      Dead people can't sue you.
      - elil17 4y ago
        Neither can alive people apparently because I have not been able to find a case where someone actually sued the person who performed CPR on them. Edit: It won't let me reply to the link below but that has absolutely nothing to do with gender. That's about injuries sustained while performing CPR and, to quote the article, "You're more likely to get sued if you don't intervene" and "no non-medical person has been successfully sued for providing bystander CPR."
        blitzar 4y ago
        Of the three cases in which defendants were charged with battery assault because they did administer CPR, only one was convicted. And that was because "the patient already had a signed 'Do Not Resuscitate' order and received CPR anyway in their nursing home," But most states fully protect bystanders who sincerely try to help, Murphy stressed. Some states even have "Duty to Act" laws that establish fines specifically for bystanders who are medically trained to provide CPR but choose not to help when an emergency unfolds. (Minnesota, Rhode Island and Vermont are three such examples.) https://www.webmd.com/first-aid/news/20191112/you-wont-get-sued-if-you-do-cpr-review-suggests https://www.webmd.com/first-aid/news/20191112/you-wont-get-s...
      - gsibble 4y ago
        Indeed. Frighteningly, when I was trained on how to carry a weapon legally, we were taught to shoot to kill. Both because you never know what a live person with a weapon might still be able to do, and, yes, because a dead person cannot sue you. This was in a state certified carry permit training course in Tennessee. I'm not defending it, just saying it happened.
- gsibble 4y ago
  Absolutely not. The damage to your reputation, the real chance of losing your job, your family, plus the cost and time defending yourself....absolutely not worth it.
  - elil17 4y ago
    According to the CDC, performing CPR has a 10 to 20% chance of saving someone who would otherwise die (https://www.cdc.gov/heartdisease/cpr.htm https://www.cdc.gov/heartdisease/cpr.htm) In contrast, there are no documented cases of someone experiencing actual negative consequences from performing CPR. No lost jobs, no nights in jail, nothing. The closest thing I could find was a case in Japan where a man was questioned by police and let go as soon as he explained that he was using and AED (https://japantoday.com/category/national/man-revives-woman-with-aed-but-branded-pervert-for-removing-her-clothes-to-apply-electrode-pads https://japantoday.com/category/national/man-revives-woman-w...). It was in the unusual case where he performed AED outside, where many passers by were driving and didn't have time to see what was actually happening. Even then, nothing bad happened to him and he saved someones life.
    - gsibble 4y ago
      There's a great saying I've learned in life: "Perception is reality" Try again.
      - elil17 4y ago
        I genuinely don't understand what you mean. Are you saying that the man in that case suffered negative consequences because others perceived him negatively? I would argue that, in the end, others perceived him positively, as evidenced by the fact that there are news articles lauding him. Edit: Seems like I've maxed out the conversation tree depth so I'll reply via edit. I absolutely agree, and I think it's therefore important to educate people and let them know that this has never happened and, if it did, the legal system would have their back. I'm not saying I don't believe the medic above, I'm sure people make accusations. And if you're performing CPR all the time, having a partner with you absolutely makes sense for more reasons than one. However, there is no evidence that any of those claims has ever gone anywhere, or that it's a relevant issue for us non-medical people who are unlikely to perform CPR more than once in our lives.
- blueflow 4y ago
  The law in Germany mandates that you have to help (§323c StGB), and gives you a "Haftungsprivileg" for this situation, making you less liable if you do something wrong. It even goes further, if you suffer damages during giving first aid, you are eligible for compensation. Everything within the appropiate limits, of course.
  - elil17 4y ago
    Good law!
  - deleted 4y ago
    [deleted]
- throwawaysleep 4y ago
  Most men accused of bad behaviour never see a courtroom.
- MichaelCollins 4y ago
  > you have a moral obligation to perform CPR I think that's a dodgy claim, but suppose it's true and you convince everybody that it's true: We know people aren't actually perfect moral decision makers. Even if you manage to convince everybody in the world they have a moral imperative to help, people are still people. At least some of them will put their own skin before their moral imperative to render assistance. Every day, people around the world do things they personally believe to be immoral because they stand to profit from it. Scolding people about their moral obligations hasn't solved crime, and I don't think it ever will. Anyway, I said I think it's a dodgy claim. Here's why; we can generalize that moral assertion to people having a moral duty to render assistance despite the risk to themselves. But obviously there must be limits to this, the magnitude of the risk is vital to the question. Do you, a casual bystander, have a moral duty to run into a burning building to save somebody? Sometimes people choose to do this and manage to save somebody; obviously they're heroes. But is there a moral obligation for you to run into a burning building, without any firefighting gear or training? Obviously not, the risk is enormous. So the moral duty to render assistance must depend on the magnitude of the risk. But where you put the threshold is entirely subjective and a personal judgement call. Some people have families to support, while other people have nothing to lose. How can you draw one line for both? Some people have a very good reason to believe society distrusts them and will believe the worst in any ambiguous situation. Somebody who's well respected in their community can likely tolerate more risk than somebody who lives on the fringes, maybe has a few criminal convictions in their past, belongs to a demographic popularly discriminated against, etc, etc. Hypothetical: I'm a single parent with 3 kids to support and a criminal conviction in my past, time served and debt to society payed. I have a lot to lose, three kids that depend on me and will likely get abused in the foster system if I get arrested again. And because this hypothetical me has a criminal record, I know that the system and society are strongly biased against me. Society doesn't really trust me, even though I served my time and payed my debt to society. Do I have a moral duty to help somebody else? Perhaps. But I also have a moral duty to provide for my kids. These factors dissuade me from rendering assistance even if you convince me this moral imperative exists.

by tokai 4y ago

dvfjsdhgfv 4y ago

These two angles are not mutually exclusive.

tokai 4y ago
You'll have to explain yourself. What is not mutually exclusive?
- dvfjsdhgfv 4y ago
  The fact that random bystanders and experienced staff in certain situations both have reservations about giving CPR to women.

elil17 4y ago

I would argue that, even if you will be falsely accused of a crime, you have a moral obligation to perform CPR because that accusation is so unlikely to go anywhere. I'm sure people make accusations, but from a Google search I can't find any cases where someone was actually arrested or charged for that. It's hard to imagine police or prosecutors not believing that defense, especially given that there would be medical evidence of cardiac arrest.

michaelmcdonald 4y ago
While it might be the case that it won't go anywhere, as a defendant / accused you still have to deal with possible reputation damage, legal costs, and time loss.
- elil17 4y ago
  And the other person might have to deal with being dead - totally different magnitude of problem! I understand why people hesitate, but if someone is dying in front of you, I think you have to do something if you can, consequences be damned.
  - blueflow 4y ago
    Dead people can't sue you.
    - elil17 4y ago
      Neither can alive people apparently because I have not been able to find a case where someone actually sued the person who performed CPR on them. Edit: It won't let me reply to the link below but that has absolutely nothing to do with gender. That's about injuries sustained while performing CPR and, to quote the article, "You're more likely to get sued if you don't intervene" and "no non-medical person has been successfully sued for providing bystander CPR."
      - blitzar 4y ago
        Of the three cases in which defendants were charged with battery assault because they did administer CPR, only one was convicted. And that was because "the patient already had a signed 'Do Not Resuscitate' order and received CPR anyway in their nursing home," But most states fully protect bystanders who sincerely try to help, Murphy stressed. Some states even have "Duty to Act" laws that establish fines specifically for bystanders who are medically trained to provide CPR but choose not to help when an emergency unfolds. (Minnesota, Rhode Island and Vermont are three such examples.) https://www.webmd.com/first-aid/news/20191112/you-wont-get-sued-if-you-do-cpr-review-suggests https://www.webmd.com/first-aid/news/20191112/you-wont-get-s...
    - gsibble 4y ago
      Indeed. Frighteningly, when I was trained on how to carry a weapon legally, we were taught to shoot to kill. Both because you never know what a live person with a weapon might still be able to do, and, yes, because a dead person cannot sue you. This was in a state certified carry permit training course in Tennessee. I'm not defending it, just saying it happened.
gsibble 4y ago
Absolutely not. The damage to your reputation, the real chance of losing your job, your family, plus the cost and time defending yourself....absolutely not worth it.
- elil17 4y ago
  According to the CDC, performing CPR has a 10 to 20% chance of saving someone who would otherwise die (https://www.cdc.gov/heartdisease/cpr.htm https://www.cdc.gov/heartdisease/cpr.htm) In contrast, there are no documented cases of someone experiencing actual negative consequences from performing CPR. No lost jobs, no nights in jail, nothing. The closest thing I could find was a case in Japan where a man was questioned by police and let go as soon as he explained that he was using and AED (https://japantoday.com/category/national/man-revives-woman-with-aed-but-branded-pervert-for-removing-her-clothes-to-apply-electrode-pads https://japantoday.com/category/national/man-revives-woman-w...). It was in the unusual case where he performed AED outside, where many passers by were driving and didn't have time to see what was actually happening. Even then, nothing bad happened to him and he saved someones life.
  - gsibble 4y ago
    There's a great saying I've learned in life: "Perception is reality" Try again.
    - elil17 4y ago
      I genuinely don't understand what you mean. Are you saying that the man in that case suffered negative consequences because others perceived him negatively? I would argue that, in the end, others perceived him positively, as evidenced by the fact that there are news articles lauding him. Edit: Seems like I've maxed out the conversation tree depth so I'll reply via edit. I absolutely agree, and I think it's therefore important to educate people and let them know that this has never happened and, if it did, the legal system would have their back. I'm not saying I don't believe the medic above, I'm sure people make accusations. And if you're performing CPR all the time, having a partner with you absolutely makes sense for more reasons than one. However, there is no evidence that any of those claims has ever gone anywhere, or that it's a relevant issue for us non-medical people who are unlikely to perform CPR more than once in our lives.
blueflow 4y ago
The law in Germany mandates that you have to help (§323c StGB), and gives you a "Haftungsprivileg" for this situation, making you less liable if you do something wrong. It even goes further, if you suffer damages during giving first aid, you are eligible for compensation. Everything within the appropiate limits, of course.
- elil17 4y ago
  Good law!
- deleted 4y ago
  [deleted]
throwawaysleep 4y ago
Most men accused of bad behaviour never see a courtroom.
MichaelCollins 4y ago
> you have a moral obligation to perform CPR I think that's a dodgy claim, but suppose it's true and you convince everybody that it's true: We know people aren't actually perfect moral decision makers. Even if you manage to convince everybody in the world they have a moral imperative to help, people are still people. At least some of them will put their own skin before their moral imperative to render assistance. Every day, people around the world do things they personally believe to be immoral because they stand to profit from it. Scolding people about their moral obligations hasn't solved crime, and I don't think it ever will. Anyway, I said I think it's a dodgy claim. Here's why; we can generalize that moral assertion to people having a moral duty to render assistance despite the risk to themselves. But obviously there must be limits to this, the magnitude of the risk is vital to the question. Do you, a casual bystander, have a moral duty to run into a burning building to save somebody? Sometimes people choose to do this and manage to save somebody; obviously they're heroes. But is there a moral obligation for you to run into a burning building, without any firefighting gear or training? Obviously not, the risk is enormous. So the moral duty to render assistance must depend on the magnitude of the risk. But where you put the threshold is entirely subjective and a personal judgement call. Some people have families to support, while other people have nothing to lose. How can you draw one line for both? Some people have a very good reason to believe society distrusts them and will believe the worst in any ambiguous situation. Somebody who's well respected in their community can likely tolerate more risk than somebody who lives on the fringes, maybe has a few criminal convictions in their past, belongs to a demographic popularly discriminated against, etc, etc. Hypothetical: I'm a single parent with 3 kids to support and a criminal conviction in my past, time served and debt to society payed. I have a lot to lose, three kids that depend on me and will likely get abused in the foster system if I get arrested again. And because this hypothetical me has a criminal record, I know that the system and society are strongly biased against me. Society doesn't really trust me, even though I served my time and payed my debt to society. Do I have a moral duty to help somebody else? Perhaps. But I also have a moral duty to provide for my kids. These factors dissuade me from rendering assistance even if you convince me this moral imperative exists.