MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'good samaritan'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:37:54 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4684263&cid=t_120012_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FQPvbHPrpY8g%2F By George Scoville DON'T FORGET: Our fiscal policy conference, "The Economic Impact of Government Spending," featuring Senators Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah), former Senator Phil Gramm (R-Tex.), Representative Kevin Brady (R-Tex.), and other distinguished guests, begins at 2:00 p.m. Eastern today. Please join us on the web--you can watch the conference LIVE here. Atlas Shrugged Motors presents the Chevy Volt. The parable of the Good Samaritan teaches us about the moral value of voluntary charity toward the needy--it says nothing about using coercive government programs of the modern welfare state. It is not the role of the Court to rewrite laws for Congress. The failed "war on drugs" has reshaped our budgets, politics, laws, and society--and for what? Thursday Links is a pos... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4684263 Thu, 07 Apr 2011 14:50:14 +0100 4684263 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3526812&cid=t_120012_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F05%2F03%2Fthe-situation-of-bystanders%2F ABC News‘s “What Would You Do?” series recently conducted a series of experiments testing the bystander effect. * * * * * * Most readers of The Situationist have likely seen the grainy video of Hugo Alfredo Tale-Yax‘s final moments on a street in Jamaica, Queens.  He was stabbed while saving a woman from a knife-wielding attacker and fell to the sidewalk, where he lay dying in a pool of his own blood for more than an hour while dozens of pedestrians passed by without calling for help. A.G. Sulzberger and Mick Meenan wrote an excellent piece, titled “Questions Surround a Delay in Help for a Dying Man” last week in The New York Times.  The article quotes Situationist Contributor John Darley whose now classic research on the bystander effects which, unf... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3526812 Mon, 03 May 2010 04:01:21 +0100 3526812 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3471808&cid=t_120012_101_f&fid=38969&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftheemtspot.com%2F2010%2F04%2F14%2Fthe-emt-liability-pop-quiz%2F There really is a dizzying array of stuff we can do to get ourselves in legal hot water in EMS. I was considering a few this afternoon and I got this idea. Let’s play a game. I’ll give you a whole list of scenarios and you match the legal transgression to the act. OK, that was a really boring and overly technical way to describe my game. I’ll say what they did; you tell me what they did wrong. Sound like fun? I agree. Let’s begin. Here are all the possible answers: Sounds OK to me Negligence Battery Abandonment Assault Jot your answers down on a scrap of paper. I’ll be back on Thursday with my answers and the rationale behind them. 1 ) An ambulance crew arrives on scene of a heart attack patient and discovers that their oxygen tank is empty. The patient end... The EMT Spot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3471808 Thu, 15 Apr 2010 04:46:14 +0100 3471808 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3212249&cid=t_120012_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fdr-john-gillis-travels-haiti%2F Oral and facial surgeon Dr. John Gillis left January 23 for a week of volunteer medical care in Haiti. On staff at Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center is being sponsored by the non-profit Children of Nations (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3212249 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 01:51:04 +0100 3212249 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3096878&cid=t_120012_101_f&fid=38969&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftheemtspot.com%2F2009%2F12%2F17%2Fregarding-the-duty-to-act%2F A while back, when I wrote about the duty to act, I emphasized the idea that the duty to act only extends to “on-duty” medical personnel. In fact, my exact words were, “If you are a trained medical professional and you are acting with an expectation of compensation you have a duty to act appropriately and within the scope of your training when called to assist with an emergency situation.” I figured I should emphasize the idea that trained EMTs don’t have a duty to act when they aren’t being compensated for their services. This seemed to be the point of greatest confusion. I never thought much about making it clear that while you are on duty, working as an EMT, you are required to act. I know … it seems painfully obvious. I thought so too. But over... The EMT Spot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3096878 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:00:17 +0100 3096878 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=624481&cid=t_120012_88_f&fid=35612&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftheknifeman.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F02%2Fhardly-dr-kildare.html I've taken a break from pilfering song lyrics to raid TV instead. The mighty Richard Chamberlain as arguably the first and most famous of TV Docs. (Albeit one fading fast from public consciousness now, I suspect)The reason he's on my mind is another abortive attempt of mine to play the medical hero. Deep in the back of my psyche lies a part of me that longs to run around in orange jumpsuits, shouting "stat" quite a lot. To slake this beast, I'm prone to stopping at accidents, if it seems I'd be able to help. In my mind, I will undoubtedly perform an heroic intervention, smooth my hair back into place, and stroll off into the sunset, adoring crowds swooning behind me. In practice, there's actually very little to be done in most cases. Which is generally good. If there is something I should ... The KnifeMan blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=624481 Sat, 10 Feb 2007 21:06:00 +0100 624481