Emergency doctrine

Emergency doctrine

Emergency Doctrine is a principle that allows people to act in critical situations that call for quick action without danger of recrimination. For example, a person does cardiopulmonary resuscitation on a heart attack victim and in so doing breaks several of the victim's ribs. According to the doctrine the person will not be liable for the injuries caused.

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