just for so, the Good Samaritan response has long been a serious risk for people in the medical profession. ---------------- I got it Carol. I think it is somewhat different. For your example to fit, you father would have actually administered first aid, which possibly saved the persons life, the victim then went to the press and thanked him publicly. Then the AMA comes along and says there is a law against you helping perople in an emegrency situation so we are going to suspend your license for 3 months. The victim then says to lay off the guy, and the AMA does it anyway. If that had happened, then it would have made sense. Whenever you try to assist someone there is always a risk you will make a mistake and make things worse, there is also a risk the victim will CLAIM there was a foul up and take 'revenge'. Here though, we have a case where someone was punished for SUCCEEDING. * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *