The law in this state allows people with a handgun permit to carry a handgun for personal protection. Not for any law enforcement function...personal protection. Litigation...yes. Anytime there's a shooting, there are "grounds for litigation" no matter what the circumstances. Your C-section analogy isn't applicable since you aren't trained to do it and have no legal authority to do so.
I, and the EMT-T's that I supervised, did train and qualify with firearms to SO standards, and took/passed this state's Application of Lethal Force test, the same one that all LEO's have to take in this state. Even so, it was a basic concept drilled into every one of them that use of lethal force by any Tactical EMT on the service was absolutely only in accordance with state personal protection laws and absolutely not the use-of-force laws that were statutorily granted to law enforcement officers.
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