Legal Precedents

People who are required to have a Health Care Professional CPR Certificate have a duty of care.

The lay public is protected by the Good Samaritan Act. Previously people assumed that this Act would also protect the professional who performed CPR. However with the development of professionals who are paid full-time and who are trained, this is less and less the case.

Litigation is on the rise and precedents have already been set. A California Grand Jury decision in 2007 specifically ruled that inability of professional medical personnel to perform CPR correctly contributed directly to the death of a victim. We can expect this trend to continue and for payout's to increase.