Duty Of Care/emergency Services Officer

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Duty Of Care/emergency Services Officer

...rural location, such as an island in the Northern Territory of Australia requires that a person should wear many hats. It is the responsibility of the emergency services officer to respond with whatever action an emergency situation requires. If a person is injured, the emergency services officer administers first aid. In case of fire, he or she undertakes firefighting and between emergencies, the emergency services officer acts as a security guard. As this indicates, the duty of care for this position is extensive.
"Duty of care" is generally defined as the duty to use care toward others that could be reasonable expected by the average prudent person in order to protect other individuals from unnecessary risk of harm. For example, in a typical malpractice case, an individual suing a doctor must first show that the doctor had a legal duty of care to that individual and then that the doctor failed in that duty causing injury to that individual.
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