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Tesco staff lacking first aid training did not notice collapsed shopper had stopped breathing, inquest hears (www.standard.co.uk)
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[–] MintyFresh@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Ya, that's tragic af, but I don't think emergency medical care is in a grocery store's remit. Perhaps whomever was on the other side of that 911 (or whatever it is over there) call could have given better instructions though.

[–] Theoriginalthon@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

https://www.hse.gov.uk/firstaid/legislation.htm

Basically you have a duty of care to your employees, this includes first aid, health and safety etc. However:

The Regulations do not place a legal duty on employers to make first-aid provision for non-employees such as the public or children in schools. However, HSE strongly recommends that non-employees are included in an assessment of first-aid needs and that provision is made for them.

And anyone who has ever been first aid trained knows that, you help someone regardless, most if not all first aid courses include insurance against liability if you do something not quite right. More often than not, doing something is better than doing nothing.