The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has issued some guidelines to how TSA employees should act in the event of a medical emergency, while doing their security check work. The guidelines are quite clear that TS employees are not expected to step in with emergency work while they are involved in security checks. The TSA would not take the initiative to provide first aid training to its employees. Any effort made by TS employees to pitch in with emergency work , would not be viewed as being part of their normal roles and responsibilities. If they anyway wanted to contribute to ‘good Samaritan acts’ they would have to do so after getting permission from their supervisor. Any failure to do so, would be viewed as dereliction of duty. This leads to the question whether the TSA is encouraging its employees to stay aloof in the face of human need, and if this is really in the best interests of security of passengers.
There are many who would criticize these moves by the TSA as promoting a stand-offish and selfish attitude. But the TSA makes it very clear that its first and foremost duty is to provide security checks that are foolproof, and that there are other officials to attend to emergency work.
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