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Old 04-22-2008, 07:49 PM   #43 (link to here)
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Re: Preventing Heat Exhaustion During Protests

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Originally Posted by anonymousmedic View Post
Your best bet on this is to get with a local ambulance company and see if they can provide a volunteer EMT for the event. Anons giving out medicine, even over the counter, is bad juju. (This is why you sign a release for your kids at school, or a first aid release at work). If someone has a reaction, or gets sick, they could hold you legally responsable for it. Also, I would avoid asprin, just for the simple fact it has diuretic qualities in moderate doses (I.e. Makes you urinate more), and it can be unsafe to give in people who have a high body temperature. (Reye's Syndrome)
Doesn't the Good Samaritan law/act protect a person not a medical professional who gives medical assistance in good faith (in some sort of emergency, or vaguely urgent situation)?
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