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If I provide CPR to someone who needs it, at least here in Tennessee I'm shielded.

Take a look at http://www.cprinstructor.com/legal.htm

Almost all the states are listed there.

You can be sued for anything. Being sued for something doesn't mean that act is: illegal, immoral, unethical, or mean.

That said, many many jurisdictions in the United States have a so-called "Good Samaritan" law. This is a law that protects you from criminal charges and--depending on the state--lawsuits. For instance, the law in Texas is quite broad and protects anyone who acts in good faith from any civil damages. On the other hand, California's law is much more strict, and protects only licensed EMTs, Doctors, Nurses, etc. at the actual scene of an emergency.

Know the law in your state! http://www.cprinstructor.com/legal.htm

And then, for crying out loud, fix your liability legislature. In this case, the proof of burden should
be reversed, so that the plaintiff has to prove that the defendant was acting against the training
he or she recieved in basic first aid training.

See http://www.cprinstructor.com/legal.htm (and weep).

It doesn't matter where I am - less than half the states have Good Samaritan laws that apply to everyone; in most cases you have to have an American Red Cross certification, be a nurse or a doctor to avoid liability.

Some of the so-called "Good Samaritan" laws even go further the other way, where groups that one would think should be required to give common sense emergency assistance are explicitly exempt from having to do so. In some states, if your kid's teacher watches your kid choke or drown and doesn't even try to save him, the Good Samaritan law prevents the teacher and school from being sued over it.

I prefer the system found in some European countries, where it's a felony to not assist people in dire need until someone better qualified arrives. The first person at the scene of an accident is obligated to assist, and both can and will be put in jail if ignoring a life-threatening accident. If you don't know anything that may help, it's then your obligation to with utmost urgency get hold of someone who can. Calling an emergency number isn't enough - you have to flag down others who may be able to assist where you can't. And honestly, I don't think that's too much to expect. Next time it may be you who need that help.

I do believe you are blatantly wrong on both counts. I am fairly certain that most states have some kind of "Good Samaritan" law that requires you to help

Now, IANALE, but I know how to use Google and I found this one from Tennessee and this one from Oklahoma and many more pretty much along the same lines.

That being said, Microsoft is not watching people burn

And lastly, who modded you "Insightful"? "Interesting", maybe, but not "Insightful".

And your post which was factually incorrect is considered "informative". Go figure.

there may be laws that protect you if you try and perform first aid, for example, rhode island's "good samaritan" law.