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I just had a recent couple of incidents. In baseball (JH game)I had a ball get fouled back bounced straight back off about a 6 inch gap in the fence bouced once and hit a 12-13 year old girl right on her head. Immediate crying and a catcher who almost started himself after hearing her cries. As a Paramedic and working towards a higher medical education I saw that people were crowding around her, since she was crying I knew the biggies are OK so I had to pull the catcher away so he could get his 3rd out. about 2 minutes later the inning was over and I walked over to the fence and asked if they needed help, I told them I was a paramedic and then they asked if I could look her over. So I asked her to come to the fence, asked her how she felt, asked what her name was, asked a quick math question and a short joke, asked mom if reactions were normal (yes) so I say play ball.
As I was coming home I of course run 10 seconds behind a car accident, so I'm out in the middle of a busy intersection in my full umpire gear with cleats checking the victims. What a day!
As far as where I work, you rarely have a duty to act when you are not on the clock, except for when you initiate care you can't leave. You could legally just drive by 3 bloody people on the way to game and not be held liable; but you will likely guilt yourself to death on the way to hell, so go ahead and stop , if you miss the kickoff you have a good excuse. As far as people in the peanut gallery, thats a shady area (in general); I would first pray that you have a nurse or doctor in the area, listen for those words (I'm a HCP) then get your game on. Some of those smaller games where you may be the only one on scene you have some tough decisions but a coach will likely not chew your as* if your doing compressions!
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