#The best defense is a good offense ##Have the rest of your party focus fire and eliminate the threat
The best defense is a good offense
Have the rest of your party focus fire and eliminate the threat
While keeping you alive was important, eliminating the threat may be of more import.
By allowing your teammates to take out the threat while you're making death saves, they may be able to do so quickly and still heal you before you outright die. Relying completely on you to take out the threat minimizes their contribution to combat outside of 'keeping you alive'.