Some time back, there was a news article about a kid who had a severe asthma attack at school. He/she had forgotten his/her inhaler. IIRC, the teacher called for help, and as the kid started turning blue or something, another asthmatic child ran over and told the kid to use her inhaler, so the kid was still breathing when paramedics arrived. The school had a cow. Neither of the kids' parents had a problem with this solution, just the school.

So, what do you do if you have the means to fix a potentially life-threatening problem, but do nothing? Brain death comes in 3-5 minutes, paramedics sometimes take more time to get there due to location.

Has America reached the point where the fear of being sued surpasses keeping an innocent alive?

I offer this question out of curiosity. I know what *I* would do, as I prefer to be able to sleep at night.

Since we have a couple of attorneys here, I thought their insight might be interesting.

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