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Hard one to answer.
People who have been saved have actually sued for damages..... even though the actions taken have made them able by being alive to sue.
If you have someone on the floor gushing blood in 6 foot high spurts then they will most likely bleed out in minutes.
People can bleed out internally into the pelvic area rather quickly and thats hard to detect and beyond a TQ carried in a pocket.
Having a leg or arm ripped/blown off at the socket is a tough one, partial limb loss is easy to spot and apply a TQ or even 2.
If you go down the path of a TQ it will most likely be bloody obvious (pun intended) and outside of having a fully equipped ambulance and a paramedic on hand you are very limited.
Doctors, Surgeons, Paramedics etc etc all have legal in place and insurance in case of being sued by someone they save, it does happen. Malpractice and death by error is one for the courts to decide.
If you start CPR you are to continue until you are relived by help or you pass out yourself (does happen). Starting then deciding it's no good and stopping will land you in coroners court as you aren't qualified to make the decision to stop.
I deal with DNAR orders. As refered to by patients "a death warrant" this red A4 form is filled out by a consultant/Registar/Doctor and is a request NOT to perform CPR. If we know about the form, but don't have the form we do CPR against patients wishes, we can get a load of trouble for this, but it's standing orders, no form in hand so the order is void. If we think the Form is incorrect and let it stand, and let a patient go, we are in a world of trouble if the form is incorrect.
It's a minefield of ever changing standards.
You would be surprised at how casual some people are about DNAR's and don't really understand the paperwork and it's implications after they have gone.