(December 22, 2009 at 9:21 am)Meatball Wrote: I might be wrong on this, but this seems like it could be criminal negligence. People with medical training are held to a higher legal standard for things like this, if I'm not mistaken.
Their training has nothing to do with it is it were the Netherlands. There is still the myth going around that someone trained in first aid would be punishable under law when failing to help another person needing medical attention when someone who is not isn't, which is not true. The truth is that any Dutch citizen is obliged to help another person needing medical attention to the best of their ability, regardless of their medical training or background. So in their failure to help, regardless of their training, they can be (and probably will be) prosecuted for not helping out.
The problem is that a lot of Dutch people still believe that it is the case however that a first aid trained person would be treated differently legally, and therefore don't take first aid training. That is a serious issue.
Best regards,
Leo van Miert
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Leo van Miert
Horsepower is how hard you hit the wall --Torque is how far you take the wall with you
