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Originally Posted by Yahoshua
I'll tack on a personal #10: When right after a bad accident and bleeding profusely. Somebody comes up to you and yells in your face "ARE YOU OKAY!!??"
The following of which is responded to by a string of speech that would never have been uttered under more pleasant circumstances.
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If the person who asks is trained in first aid/CPR, they will ask this question if they follow procedure. You see, if someone is unable to respond, then you have the right to administer first aid by what is known as "implied consent" when they do not respond to that question.
If the person does respond, you next ask, "Do you want help?" If they say no, then you do not have the right to administer aid against their will. If they say yes, you may offer help.
Obviously some (ok, many!) people are just stupid and ask this question. But first aid responders ask this for legal reasons.