title: Legal aspects of first aid and emergency care: 3.
abstract: The first and second articles in this series considered whether there was a duty in law to volunteer help when there was no pre-existing duty to do so and discussed the standard of care that should be followed. This article examines the volunteer's rights if he/she is injured while assisting at an accident.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dimond
mesh_terms: D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D016529:Emergency Nursing / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005392:First Aid; D006801:Humans; D006113:United Kingdom; D014838:Volunteers / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*