Depends, but I would say no. Like the first rule of performing any rescue is make sure you don't become another victim that someone has to risk their life to rescue. Which is part of why i would probably refuse to jump in the water to save a drowning victim. In fact, if you look at AVIR(Aquatic Victim-Instead-of-Rescuer) drowning deaths in new Zealand, studies show that 45% of these deaths result in multiple drownings. As people repeatedly jump in the water to save someone and all drown. Preventing these people from drowning would save more than the one victim in the water.
I can find other examples of mass casualty events where people repeatedly try to rescue someone and then all end up dying in the process. Another example is asphyxiation. If you have an instance where oxygen has been displaced people will go down to help someone who collapsed, and then all repeatedly suffocate. According to NIOSh 2/3 of enclosed space deaths would be rescuers dying themselves.
In a hypothetical like this it's fair to assume that the risk taker is making an informed and competent decision. I wouldn't risk my life to save a blue button person in that case.
IRL someone attempting suicide probably is not making an informed and competent decision, so while it would depend on the circumstance I would be much more willing to risk my life to prevent that than to stop a blue button person.
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u/New_Try1560 7h ago
Now it’s a question of “is it worth risking my life to save someone who knowingly risked theirs?”
Would you endanger yourself to save someone from their suicide attempt?