“But you don’t get paid! Why would you do something if you don’t get paid for it!”
The brain of an American seems to be fundamentally broken at this point
On call is not really what we discuss here, emergency may require a trained person to at least identify as one and try helping. Of course it depends on the legislation
Weve got a bootstraps mentality in the US. Its not worth helping others because 1. No one would help you and 2. Because youre putting yourself at risk by trying to be a good samaritan.
Pretty sure it would be illegal to not help in quite a lot of countries, especially as a doctor. Apparently USA is not one of those countries.
“But you don’t get paid! Why would you do something if you don’t get paid for it!”
The brain of an American seems to be fundamentally broken at this point
All they have to do is have a glass or two of wine and say they’re not able to act in a professional capacity.
Unless you are incapacitated you need to help and two glasses of wine don’t count here. But again this is valid for “normal” countries.
2 glasses is over the limit for doctors. When on call you can’t drink even one.
On call is not really what we discuss here, emergency may require a trained person to at least identify as one and try helping. Of course it depends on the legislation
Do they serve wine on Spirit Airlines?
“is there a doctor on the flight?”
“yes! two glasses of picpoul de Pinet please”
Gross
Weve got a bootstraps mentality in the US. Its not worth helping others because 1. No one would help you and 2. Because youre putting yourself at risk by trying to be a good samaritan.