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I personally (as someone that was an EMT) would not render aid to someone I had to shoot. I might throw them a towel or something; but that's about it. What's to stop them from pulling a gun or knife or even grab your gun when you drop your gaurd and get close?
The police are going to go in first and make sure the scene is safe for the medics.
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Thing is, I am the EMT on scene.... after I determine that the scene is safe:
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if I was pretty sure the threat was ended (disarmed and incapacitated),
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I then have a Duty to Act, if it's in my district..... If he's still capable of hurting me, then of course the scene is not safe..... but if he's laying in my livingroom with a sucking chest wound, struggling to breathe, bleeding profusely, and I have his weapon, I can't very well just stand there and watch him expire.