EMS First Responder

It's not only the legal aspect, you guys have lived in Thailand long enough to know that the Farang will get blamed for ANYTHING at the first chance they see of extorting a Baht.

Sad inditement, all I'm saying is tread very carefully.

Me, my 1st year and very naive came very close to getting stung trying to help a couple of motorcyclists. Long story but the bottom line was an old lady grabbed me by the arm and near on threw me into my car whilst yelling at the gathering crowd, told me in no uncertain terms to get out in a hurry.

Bandung_Dero wrote:It's not only the legal aspect, you guys have lived in Thailand long enough to know that the Farang will get blamed for ANYTHING at the first chance they see of extorting a Baht.

That's exactly my point. I have received plenty of first aid or EMS training during my 20 plus years of serving in military, but as I stated in my earlier post it depends on the circumstances . I would be very cautious and selective on what actions I would take should I decide to render any kind of medical assistance. Whether moral or immoral I wouldn't put myself in a position that's going to come back on me.

With that said I also believe that basic EMS training for anyone is invaluable in the following circumstances:

banpaeng wrote:I would like to present a different side. Most of the falangs are taught tCPR/First Aid in ones home country. It is not something taught all around in Thailand. My wife knew nothing of CPR until we came to the US. If this is true of your spouse then I would suggest you attend so that your spouse could help YOU or a family member in times of distress.

Weather you use this on the general populace is your own choice. I will not even go to the legal issue as I do not know.

However I do want to help my family, so would take the course to make sure my spouse could assist me when in trouble.

So let me see....... Doubters understandably worry that if they help a thai it comes back on them i see, me and others want to help another faramg in need...

So doubters is this ems training worth doing, or are you saying dont do it just in case?????
Wazza you are going for a looksie, so afetrwards and maybe you decide its not so bad they are teaching basic sensible stuff.... too late for the doubters to get it as its finished... mmm

i reckon just go if you learn one thing its worth it!!! with the added security that wazza im sure will point them towards any errors in a very face saving way of course!!!

really there is no debate on whether to go or not its just whether you have the time!!!

seymourbutts wrote:So let me see.....


really there is no debate on whether to go or not its just whether you have the time!!!

and of course the inclination.

seymourbutts wrote:......
So doubters is this ems training worth doing, or are you saying dont do it just in case?????
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Grow up Seymour!
You might have noticed a few of the doubters are ex military including myself and have probably had much better training than YOU will ever get here seeing the way these so called professional EMS guys work. Hope your newly found medical skills serves you proudly and doesn't turn around to bight you on the arse!

Here we go again .Can anyone explain to me how a simple invitation to attend a couse on EMS can degenerate into a slanging match. Other than that seems to be the norm on here these days. Actually I have just heard that with the ones that were interested from the forum added, the course is full . Maybe its time to lock it ?

so, i'm guessing your vote would be to keep mods around...............

very nice heads up though Val, somewhere down the line you may have saved a life.

Per the OP request.

I attended the course yesterday, but due to the low attendance, it was cancelled, (only two of us turned up).

To clarify the point a lot of posters have identified as a worry if they stopped to assist at the scene of an accident,that they could be held responsible in the event of a lawsuit, the following is the response I received, on asking the question to Dr Prachaksvich Lebanak, the Deputy Secretary General of the Emergeny Medical Institute of Thailand.

The Emergency Medical System Act 2008, states that persons having attended and passed a EMS First Responder Course and holding a current Certificate, is given full protection under this Act!

This course is being re-arranged, and hopefully, more of us will attend, from what I saw, this appeared to be an extemely well organised event,and conducted in English, and I believe that it would be benificial to all, even those of us that have had previous first aid training, and its Free, and an International Buffet Lunch is provided each day! And there is no strings attatched!!!!!!

Sorry mods, I have posted in the wrong thread, maybe you could move to the EMS First Responder thread, cheers!