“Duty of care is an obligation towards anyone who may be harmed by a person's lack of care. It must be “reasonably foreseeable” that an injury could result from a lack of care” (Townsend & Luck, 2013) Duty of care is the one thing that all healthcare professionals, and to some extent first responders, use in their practices It is believed that paramedics always have a duty of care when acting or serving in a professional capacity legal aspects, as well as the guidelines and risks that arise from establishing a duty of care, i.e. a negligence law (Townsend & Luck, 2013). health workers and first aid workers operate according to a pre-established standard of care. The law imposes a duty on doctors to provide the care and skills necessary to diagnose, give advice and treat patients. In NSW all doctors have a duty ...