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Over here with assisting homicide if they're found to have been with a drug overdose victim ?
Apparently they do in America ! Which is just great isn't it ?:(

In Britain paramedics are completely confidential , no police unless death is confirmed they are brilliant I hope you have the same system over here !








zophen
 
I don't think so, from what I understand you can be charged for some kind of criminal negligence if you see someone overdosing but do nothing about it however. From what I understand you are fine as long as you TRY to save the victim.
 
zophen said:
Over here with assisting homicide if they're found to have been with a drug overdose victim ?
Apparently they do in America ! Which is just great isn't it ?:(

In Britain paramedics are completely confidential , no police unless death is confirmed they are brilliant I hope you have the same system over here !
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Paramedics are pretty good here, as others have described, they only call police if they feel threatened or they believe a serious crime as been committed, or someone dies.

There haven't been any drug cases here that I can recall where police have attempted to charge the person who supplied the drug with causing the death (i.e. murder). If the deceased was administered the drug without their consent, that's a different story entirely. Also there might be further charges if the deceased was a minor.

As an example this drug dealer was given three months for letting a girl die of a G overdose in his car.
 
^ how people can be so callous as to not do everything possible is beyond me ! and i hope it always shall remain that way 1





zoph
 
zophen said:
^ how people can be so callous as to not do everything possible is beyond me ! and i hope it always shall remain that way 1





zoph
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I think it's mainly a fear thing, they're more scared (read: selfish) about what will happen to them if they're caught with someone who's OD'd than they are worried about their friend's life.
 
hoptis said:
Paramedics are pretty good here, as others have described, they only call police if they feel threatened or they believe a serious crime as been committed, or someone dies.
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in some really rough areas a police escort is standard for ambulances, but ive only heard of this happening in the country.
 
mepat1111 said:
I think it's mainly a fear thing, they're more scared (read: selfish) about what will happen to them if they're caught with someone who's OD'd than they are worried about their friend's life.
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Really you think selfishness like that is excusable ? Or are you merely being analytical about the where's and why fors of peoples actions ?





zophen
 
Yeah,No police unless they feel under threat,even then,if your polite i.e not yelling at the ambo's etc when you come to,the policr won't get involved...just watch
Not fun waking up to cop cars!!!Then again od sucks full stop.
 
zophen said:
Really you think selfishness like that is excusable ? Or are you merely being analytical about the where's and why fors of peoples actions ?





zophen
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No I definitely don't think it's excusable, as you suggested I was simplying being analytical.
 
Having Ambos in the family I know that if you have a friend who is ODing and you start up trouble then they may call the cops. Help your friend, and help the ambos, it's your best bet. They're not interested in enforcing the law, that's not their job. They get paid to assist the sick and injured and if your friend is ODing and you can help to make their job easier by giving them as much info as possible, they're not going to get the police involved. I've heard many stories where police involvement has made the situation much more difficult to handle; don't give them a reason to call them and they won't. Look after your mates!
 
for anyone who doesnt have ambulance cover consider this: $55 for 1 years cover compared to $800 per trip minimum without.
 
atom_boy said:
for anyone who doesnt have ambulance cover consider this: $55 for 1 years cover compared to $800 per trip minimum without.
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Abulances are free within the ACT, it's great :)
 
When my sister od'd, the police were not involved at all.
My best friend supplied us with the pills, needless to say she felt incredibly responsible, although ultimately it was up to my sister to be responsible with her drug use, which she definately wasnt that night.
As far as I know the first aid people/ambos dont call the police unless its a death/serious case.
At a rave I went to a few months ago, there were some dodgy/strong pills going around that night, and they stopped the event to make an announcement to everyone which was great.
 
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