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Scenario

How complicated outcomes affect emergency Good Samaritans

The paramedics said I saved my neighbor's life but she has been in a vegetative state for six months and her husband will not talk to me.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Life-saving interventions that result in survival without quality of life create moral ambiguity about whether the help provided was ultimately beneficial.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Emergency and first aid — evidence-based?”

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