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Originally Posted by Matt 26z
Also note that police officers in the US are not allowed to do anything medically. It's an insurance liability. So they just let him sit there not breathing. Even if his wife knew CPR she wouldn't have been allowed to administer it. They aren't going to even check for a pulse until the EMS arrives to do that.
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I don't know about similiar legislation in the U.S. - but here in Canada under the Good Samaritan Act anyone trained and certified in First Aid (i.e. St. Johns first aid certification) cannot be held liable when administering first aid.
I'd assume most (if not all) cops are trained in first aid.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_samaritan_law