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Most first aid can be broken down very basically.

Call a professional for help. Are they breathing, is their heart beating, are they bleeding.

If you haven’t called someone that can actually save the persons life no amount of first aid will help.

Unfortunately unless something is obviously preventing breathing as someone untrained theres not a lot you can do if they aren’t breathing.

Heart beating is pretty easy, chest compressions…

Bleeding again, pressure, and a lot of it to try to prevent the bleeding.

I would want to check what an AI response is to some situations but as long as it just tackles those cases it can probably only do more good than harm.

Id be more worried some good samaritan would start cutting people to try to “get an airway” or some nonsense. That would significantly increase mortality rates…




My time in rescue gave me a ton a faith in good samaritans. To try to do something in an emergency is productive 99% of the time (imo).

The only case I've experienced where it wasn’t was when someone in our area was actively listening in in emergency channels and trying to preempt ambulances. The issue was that they had training in the basics but often went past that in care they provided. Something that I believe is not covered by Good Samaritan laws.

I’m much more worried about folks like that than people who find themselves in an emergency and are trying to help.




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