Essay On Negligence

Within the fire service all personnel see different issues that are always going to be around and not disappear. One civil issue that I think is a big issue is Negligence. You may ask yourself what is negligence, but a pinpoint definition is as follows, “the failure to exercise the care that the reasonably prudent person would have exercised under the circumstances that caused damages to another” (Varone, 2012, P.248). With negligence, there are different things that fall under this main topic. One element of negligence is what we call breach of the standard of care. “A measure of what the community expects and demands from a person in a given situation; the ordinary standard of care is the degree of care that the reasonably prudent person would

When we talk about that they breached the care, it means they either did something that they did not know how to do and it ended up making the person in worst state than they started. This person who acted out of their scope of care can be sued. Then you have your Emergency Medical Technicians and your Paramedics that can be charged with negligence, but they fall under a different type of care which is professional standard of care, “The standard of care that a person with professional skills and training is required to exercise, namely, the care that the reasonably prudent professional of like training and experience would have exercised under the circumstances” (Varone, 2012, P.255). When an EMT arrives on scene, they are expected per the medical director of whom they are working under, to provide care within the scope of their practice, and if they need someone who has more training then they need to call them and have that person assess the patient. So, if the EMT does something that is out of their scope, or they do not act within reason, they can be charged with negligence. This can lead to the person most likely losing their license to practice within that area, and possibly not allowed to apply for a