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Originally Posted by Mirajj
Using this part of the law, you can see how the example I posted earlier could just as easily happen here as it did in the States. A car has flipped over. I pull a person out of the car, and perform CPR on them, saving their life, but paralyzing them and breaking some ribs, for good measure.
They can still sue me for paralyzing them when I pulled them out of the car (as that is not considered First Aid or Medical Assistance) but they can't sue me for the rib(s) I broke while giving them CPR. See the difference? And that's just at first blush, the laws are riddled with holes and problems like that that lawyers (of which I am not one) can look for to exploit.
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Taking them out of a flipped over car to provide medical assistance certainly would fall under Medical assistance as they couldn't get the CPR you gave them if they remained in the car.
Also, no way would a judge rule that taking someone out of a flipped over car so that you could provide CPR to them would come close to gross negligence.
If these holes are riddled with holes provide us with all the examples of folks in Canada getting screwed by them. Heck provide one example of someone getting screwed by these loopholes.