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To: Mark17; arthurus

Thank God I grew up and live in Fla which has always had strong good Samaritan laws. Once I ID myself as a nurse, an officer can’t really interfere with me if I’m administering aid. I keep my nurses bag in my car, and I now have NARCAN in my bag. I can give the Narcan if it’s obvious by evidence around the patient (crack pipe) or friends/bystanders/family say it’s a drug overdose. That’s why the officers number one job was to contact the family and find out her meds. What I can’t do is diagnose, As long as I use due care, in a very broad sense, Morgan and Morgan would love it in this state if an officer stopped me from administering aid.


25 posted on 08/02/2023 5:32:41 AM PDT by Waverunner
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To: Mark17; arthurus

By diagnose, I mean telling the person medical conditions, like it looks like you had a diabetic coma starting, rather than treating conditions like, I’m immobilizing your arm to reduce the pain your reporting to me. Or I’m applying pressure to reduce your bleeding. Or to an unconscious patient, I’m administering NARCAN because your friends said you just smoked some bad crack.


26 posted on 08/02/2023 5:38:11 AM PDT by Waverunner
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