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Old Mon Jan 13, 2003, 08:46am
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Originally posted by Mark Dexter
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Originally posted by zebraman
Are you serious? How would us "non-medical" people know if they are doing their jobs. Can you imagine how much we could get sued if we tried to intervene and prevent treatment because we thought someone was no qualified? Do you remember what issue that was in? I'd love to read that and show it a liability attorney.
I'd be worried in the other direction.

Let's say (God forbid) something goes wrong and the kid dies, either regardless of or as a result of the medical care he recieved on the field - are the officials (who should have been observing the EMTs/Paramedics/MDs) now responsible?

Does NASO need to provide malpractice coverage with its other insurance?

It would be interesting to get a lawyer's opinion on this.
I had a kid do this on my game this year. I had to perform CPR and other medical services until the EMS arrived. There wasn't any legal issues that I had to deal with. But that is a good question.
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