My wife can't even apply a band-aid. Child has to go to the office. Due to budget cuts there is only 1 nurse for every 5 schools. So if your child goes to my wife's school you had better hope he/she gets hurt on a Wednesday, just saying.
If a child is choking/ cardiac arrest/ needs CPR or other instant life saving help teachers are SUPPOSED to just watch, unless they have had the training THROUGH or SPONSORED by the school district. It would not matter if you had been a nurse for 20 years prior to becoming a teacher. Your Job would/could be on the line.
Couple good things. Utah has good Samaritan law which would prevent you from being sued for trying but not succeeding in helping. Anyone with a CCW can carry in ANY public building. This includes any public school, and includes the state capitol building. Basically if tax dollars paid for it you can carry inside (minus Federal level buildings of course).
My wife has determined she will not be a victim and she will not stand by watching so she takes the needed actions daily.
I know of no other entity so worried about liability as school districts. I assume this is due to the fact they take care of children. The reason schools are not safer is absolutely based on liability. They will not hire armed guards (I would volunteer once a week) because of fear of an accident. They will not fortify schools (this is slowly changing) for fear of security measure failing and then being liable for not doing enough.
If they deny that a mass casualty event is possible then they can do nothing. Makes me sick personally.
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