First rule of first aid, don’t create a second person needing rescue.
I believe this second trumps the first...and would personally die trying to save one of my own, and day of the week and twice on Sundays. And I am a certified 1st responder.
Well, that’s the Nanny State view.
Didn’t look like they did much ‘aiding’ in any case.
“First rule of first aid, don’t create a second person needing rescue.”
There is nobody you love so much that you would not risk your life to try to save? OK Spock.
You’re absolutely right. It’s really, truly much more important to let babies die than violate rules.
First rule of first aid, don’t create a second person needing rescueSounds like a cop-out rule created by gutless, self-centered wussies. It sounds like a rule easily abused by cowards to conceal their uselessness.
It was the father's decision and it was his life on the line. All the cowardly "rescuers" needed to say was, "we're too pathetic and scared to risk our own hides saving you too, so if you go in there, you're on your own." After saying that, all they needed to do was move their useless, unionized, vomit-inducing cowardice out of the father's way and let him do the "hard work" that they themselves couldn't dig deep enough to find the sense of duty and honor to perform.
Maybe they could have loaned him some bunker gear and kept water on him as much as they could. But no, they tasered him -- I would surmise partly due to the fear that he would succeed while they only stood around and watched, making them look bad as much as "saving him from himself". "Saving him from himself" is their cover now. They will tote that lie to their graves.
Every last one of those "rescuers" should have "coward" engraved on their tombstone when they are thankfully gone.
Rescuers used to be made of much sterner stuff.
Apologies to all if I'm a bit too blunt, but this just has me torqued off.
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