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  • IcooIeyIcooIey@mastodon.green
    Oct 16, 2026, 11:14 AM

    @afewbugs @BashStKid I think some of the reluctance to acting is fear of liability (either for inappropriate touching, or injuring someone through misuse). In the US, at least, while laws differ between states, Good Samaritan laws protect people who take good faith action to help. Though, on the flip side, people are also legally protected when they DON’T act to help. There is no legal duty to help save a life (though there may be a moral one.)

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  • IcooIeyIcooIey@mastodon.green
    Oct 16, 2026, 11:14 AM

    AED’s are pretty simple to use. I agree that providing training to more people is the best way to get over the hesitation of using one. It’s really amazing how the bigger the group, the less likely people are to act in an emergency. Everyone assumes someone else will, meanwhile a persons life is at stake every second of delay.

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