Hurry hurts helping.

Overall 40% of the subjects offered some help to the victim.

53% of those delivering the message on the Good Samaritan offered help.

29% of those giving the talk on seminary jobs offered help.

Of the students told they could take their time, 63% helped.

Of those told they really had to hurry, only 10% stopped.

Hurry hurts helping.

The findings remind me of a training I took about suicide risk assessment. The trainer showed the class a research study about assessing for suicide risk in primary health settings. I will try to find the data, but essentially the research showed that many primary health care providers do not ask their patients about suicidal thoughts. One reason they didn’t ask was because the patients might say “yes.” If the patient says yes, then the provider has to take time to help.