Emergency Aid Staged Activity Badge
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European Good Samaritan Law
- “The European Good Samaritan Law requires every driver to stop and provide assistance in the event of an accident, so it is strongly advisable to carry a first aid kit”.
- http://www.motoring-into-europe.co.uk/product-fak.html Good Samaritan Laws
- All rescuers should not be afraid of liability affecting them whilst performing their duties. In many cases, it is often best to provide care and to do so to the best of your ability without worry of legal implications.
- Good Samaritan laws in the United States and Canada are laws that reduce the liability to those who choose to aid others who are injured or ill, though it does not protect you from being sued, it just significantly reduces your liability. Ontario's Good Samaritan Act is one example of such legislation. They are intended to reduce bystanders' hesitation to assist, for fear of being prosecuted for unintentional injury or wrongful death. In other countries (as well as the Canadian province of Quebec), Good Samaritan laws describe a legal requirement for citizens to assist people in distress, unless doing so would put themselves in harm's way. Citizens are often required to, at minimum, call the local emergency number.
- Check with your government for applicable legislation in your area.Typically, the Good Samaritan legislation does not cover an individual who exceeds their training level or scope of practice; nor would you be protected against gross negligence.
- https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/First_Aid/Legal_Liability
- https://www.resus.org.uk/resuscitation-guidelines/Autoinjectors
- http://www.emerade.com/
- http://www.jext.co.uk/
- http://www.epipen.co.uk/Asthma
Emergency inhalers in schools
Contacting the Emergency Services if you are Deaf
Head Bump Sample Handout
Sickle Cell
112
- 112 is the common emergency telephone number that can be dialed free of charge from most mobile telephones and, in some countries, fixed telephones in order to reach emergency services (ambulance, fire and rescue, police).
- 112 is a part of the GSM standard and all GSM-compatible telephone handsets are able to dial 112 even when locked or with no SIM card present. It is also the common emergency number in all member states of the European Union as well as several other countries of Europe and the world. 112 often available alongside other numbers traditionally used in the given country to access emergency services. In some countries, calls to 112 are not connected directly but forwarded by the GSM network to local emergency numbers (e.g., 911 in North America or 000 in Australia).
Meningitis
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