Do these laws apply to non-EMS people also? Let me try a hypothetical: let's say I observe a person who has been shot in the leg and their femoral artery is severed. They are already unconcious. If I do nothing they will bleed to death in minutes and there is no one else around. Drawing on my 30 year old Boy Scout training I apply a tourniquet which I leave on until the ambulance arrives. But because I never loosened the tourniquet they lose their leg above the knee.

Am I liable even though, had I done nothing, they would have died? If so, I can understand why people don't get involved.

Vince