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RE: [RC] Woman hurt at Loomis Basin Arena? Perhaps First Aid Training should be added to our horse training? - Jim Holland

That’s basically the way First Responder training works. You can “help” a victim/patient with his medication, or offer him medication/help, but he has to administer/ask for your help, unless he is unresponsive, in which case “implied” consent is in effect.  However, I think the LEVEL of training is better for the First Responder, in that we are better trained to recognize the symptoms and help the victims. We have to pass “practicals”, where we are presented with situations that require us to demonstrate/verbalize what care we would provide.  We CAN give oxygen here in Fannin County. How much you can do is controlled by “local protocols”.  You are working under the license of the Medical Examiner of the entity for which you work/volunteer. It’s ironic that while you can be sued for “failure to provide quality of care”, you can also be sued for NOT responding to an emergency.  It is your “duty” as a First Responder to help once you are certified. You can do more under “online direction” (on the phone/radio) with a physician/paramedic than you can “offline”, i.e. on your own. We are trained to do more things than we are allowed to do “offline”.  Many states have a “Good Samaritan” law, which protects care givers unless they are negligent.

 

Jim, Sun of Dimanche+, and Mahada Magic

 

Richard T. "Jim" Holland

Three Creeks Farm

175 Hells Hollow Drive

Blue Ridge, Ga 30513

(706) 258-2830

www.threecreeksarabians.com

Callsign KI4BEN

From: Barbara McCrary [mailto:bigcreekranch@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 5:56 PM
To: Jim Holland; ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [RC] Woman hurt at Loomis Basin Arena? Perhaps First Aid Training should be added to our horse training?

 

We belong to a State Park Mounted Assistance Unit and all of the member patrol, in pairs, once a month.  Some patrol the beach and some, like us, patrol the forest and mountain trails.  We are required to take CPR and First Aid and keep qualified by reviewing the course at least once every year or two.  It sounds like your training is far better than ours, however.  The peculiar part of our duty is that although we carry a first aid kit while patrolling, we are not allowed by the State to administer anything at all.....no Band-Aids, no aspirin, no painkilling cream for wasp stings, nothing.  We could give someone a Band-Aid, but we can't apply it.  All this because of liability risks.  Is this just a California thing?  Of course, if someone needed CPR, we could administer that in dire cases, but other than that, all we can do is use our radio to call for help (providing we can reach anyone from our location) or leave one person with the injured party while the other gallops for help.  I guess it's better than no training at all. 

 

Barbara