As for good samaritans - I don@t have a choice as the Nursing code of conduct states that we have to stop at an accident if required and if we don't then we can be struck off - diffilcult to enforce but there as a threat!
Stopping at the scene of an accident as an ordinary person and using the good samaritan defence if things get legal subsequently is one thing, but as far as I understand, as a medical professional your expected standards - even if off duty- at the side of the road are higher than for the rest of us.
I know quite a few doctors who are extemely reluctant to get involved for this reason. Their (staggeringly large) MDU subscription provides legal backup for worktime problems but vulnerable to charges that they should have left it to the emergency services on duty
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