Polls: Society & Politics

1. Provides immunity to anyone who applies any skill or training they possess, whether licensed or unlicensed, in the event of a medical emergency when one reasonably believes the nearest ambulance or authorized first responder is more than 15 minutes away or when a disaster occurs in the area. This excludes the administration of controlled prescription medications or pharmaceuticals not prescribed to the patient other than oxygen and standard IV fluids. This immunity expands the Good Samaritan Act to prevent individuals from facing reprimand on their professional license when assisting persons experiencing a medical emergency or potentially life-threatening injury with skills beyond basic first aid, knowing that death or disability may occur if care is not administered promptly.
2. Requires any private-sector (non-profit or for-profit) entity that is delegated as a fire department, rescue squad, or other emergency response agency to provide transparency regarding their board of directors, board meetings, and hearings. These entities shall be required to hold public hearings at least semi-annually. Civilians living within the service area of these agencies shall be able to express concerns, ideas, and grievances without retaliation.
3. Expands the state EMS board's role to provide advocacy for improvements and reforms instead of serving solely as regulatory.
4. Enhances penalties for assaults against firefighters and EMS personnel to a minimum of a Class E felony.
5. Provides avenues for EMS professionals to appeal sanctions against their licenses
6. Enables the legal formation of special purpose districts or "authorities" to address lack of emergency service resources. Special purpose districts are autonomous government entities and their own subdivision of the state that serve a singular purpose, much like utility districts and school districts. They are overseen by a board of directors where its seats are elected by the public, appointed, or combination of both.

I propose one should be able to use any sort of training or skill, even if unlicensed and not under medical direction, in the event a medical emergency occurs where first responders are more than 20 minutes away.

There are many areas in my state that are lacking first responders that can arrive promptly in the event of an emergency. Many areas are within what is called "ambulance deserts"

There is no excuse to penalize or even charge someone with trying to help when the resources are not there.

There should be an act in place to decriminalize and give immunity to these selfless heroes.

Five years ago at this time, we were told to stay home. Don't visit friends and family. Don't protest. Yes, the economy will be devastated. Education will be greatly harmed. But it will save lives. In hindsight, was it all worth it?

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This is going to be the longest and greatest high school break up 💔 ever! The fact that it comes during pride 🌈 month is icing on the cake! 🎂

I'm making light of what will be a global impact juvenile spat in the sandbox between two seriously damaged children. May the flying spaghetti monster have mercy on us! 🍝

Drumpf unveiled plans to renew his travel ban from his first administration as POTUS. The first iteration faced multiple legal challenges but ultimately succeeded. It’s expected that those previous challenges gave the new administration the advantage in fast-tracking the latest version.
I wonder though, especially with the recent success China had with smuggling a deadly and destructive pathogen into the US, why isn’t China on the list of restricted countries?

www.detroitnews.com/.../

Interestingly, Drumpf referred to the recent attack in Boulder, Colorado in justifying these restrictions. Yet the attacker’s home country of Egypt is not on the list of travel restrictions.

www.usatoday.com/.../

Are these merely oversights on the part of the FBI, DOJ, HS, and SD? Or are Drumpf’s critics right that he’s merely seizing the opportunity to demonstrate his xenophobia, directed primarily at Muslims, and not at all concerned about national security?

Ashkenazi Zionists pushed them out of their homes and took over their country. And yet the right wing loves the zionists. Lol

Makes you think he ain’t rich or ain’t smart

“It will add about $3.8 trillion to the federal government's $36.2 trillion in debt”

And while spending can be good…it’s how you spend it. Tax cuts? No. Infrastructure? Yes. Education funding, yes. Is that part of the Trumps bill?

If you really think about it this whole mentality stems from an outdated belief system where women aren't capable of providing for themselves and therefore need a man to do it?

Mine:

The aggressive, radical use of identity politics and sociopolitical engineering that challenges traditions and the status quo, often coupled with the idea that society is systemically racist, xenophobic, homophobic, or biased towards a class of people