Reply #31: not sure about ohio's good samaritan law, but abandoning a patient is a major no-no

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in some states, starting cpr legally amounts to asserting a claim of some (minimal) level of medical expertise and accepting the person as a patient. abandoning cpr on a patient that has not been legally declared dead is a crime in some states.

good samaritan laws generally protect lay people from attempting cpr and doing it poorly or improperly, but abandoning it and going "back to work"? i don't know about that.

obviously the supervisor is scum and should be fired and possibly sued, but the really despicable part is that the supervisor put the good samaritan in quite a pickle, as they may not face real legal consequences for listening to their boss (who had NO authority over the medical situation).