I guess my want to render aid, comes from when I was sworn LE. I wouldn't worry about people lying about what I was doing. I would do what I needed to do to be able to sleep at night. If you verbalize exactly what you're doing, then there shouldn't be an issue. Obviously once law enforcement and EMS show up, they will see that you were controlling bleeding. Of course I would perform a cursory search of the individual before rendering aid. I don't need to get shot or stabbed by the person. Haha reminds me of my customary question before frisking people, "You don't have anything that's going to cut, prick, stab, bite or blow up on me? No guns, grenade, needles or bazookas, right?" :P
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