老人跌倒敢扶嗎 衛生部發布《老年人跌倒干預技術指南》

A Ministry of Health guide telling people how to help elderly residents if they fall in the street has stirred controversy with people arguing that it is a lack of trust that prevents them helping, not a lack of medical knowledge.

The 41-page guide, available to download from the ministry's website, advises people who see old people fall "not to help them up in a hurry, but to observe and inquire about their health conditions first and then act accordingly."

The guide says that in many cases their help could lead to more serious problems from elderly people suffering bone fractures, strokes or heart disease.

Accidental falls have become the main cause of deaths of people over the age of 65 in China, with more than 40 million elderly people falling down at least once a year, the guide says.

It advises dialing 120 for medical help if people see someone on the ground unconscious. And if the person is conscious, it says they should ask why and how they had fallen before taking any action.

But there was derision online with posts saying the guide could only be effective if people were willing to lend a helping hand in the first place.

They said the government should focus on re-establishing social trust as the top priority after a series of cases across the country where people trying to help were instead wrongly accused of causing the accident. Some old people even tried to sue people who rushed to their aid.發現老年人跌倒時應該怎麼辦？衛生部6日公佈的《老年人跌倒干預技術指南》提出：不要急於扶起，要分情況進行處理。

指南提出，如老人意識不清，在場者應立即撥打急救電話。有外傷、出血，應立即止血、包紮；有嘔吐，應將其頭部偏向一側，並清理口、鼻腔嘔吐物，保證呼吸通暢；有抽搐，應移至平整軟地面或身體下墊軟物，防止碰、擦傷，必要時牙間墊較硬物，防止舌咬傷，不要硬掰抽搐肢體，防止肌肉、骨骼損傷；如呼吸、心跳停止，應立即進行胸外心臟按壓、口對口人工呼吸等急救措施；如需搬動，應保證平穩，儘量平臥。

事件背景：

8月26日，江蘇南通，一位騎三輪車的老人被撞受傷，客車司機殷紅彬下車攙扶老人，卻被其一口咬定是被他的客車撞倒，警方通過調取監控錄像才還了殷紅彬一個清白。

8月28日，湖北武漢，騎電動車的胡師傅途經漢口合作路與鄱陽街交叉路口時好心扶起一名摔倒的八旬婆婆，卻反被賴稱是被其電動車撞倒，目擊路人紛紛爲胡師傅作證，民警多方調查，胡師傅方纔驚險脫身。

9月2日晨，同樣是在湖北武漢，李大爺跌倒在漢陽區的知音西村菜場，菜場人來人往，卻沒人敢去扶他一把，一小時後李大爺離開了人世。