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No, it wouldn't.
The question has been asked before, the results are in....and birdshot out of a pistol is slightly less effective than simply throwing the pistol at the assailant.
Even 12 Ga birdshot out of a full sized shotgun has very limited effectiveness and relies almost entirely on the shot acting as a single unit. The .410 pistol doesn't have a large enough payload, very low velocity (due to the short barrel) and such a high rate of 'spread' due to the rifling the shot won't impact as a 'mass' and will most likely not even slow an attacker down.
Taurus makes a lot of nice, reasonably priced weapons which people tend to discount, and that .410 pistol would be just the ticket if I worked on a ranch and had to kill snakes frequently as well as larger animals from time to time. The pistol you refer to would not be too bad if loaded with .45 colt, but I wouldn't trust it at all with birdshot.
Don't count on 'distractions', plan on flat out incapacitation. If you plan on making it physically impossible for an assailant to continue an attack, you are probably thinking along the right lines. If you are relying on distracting someone you may very well be very surprised to find they are more committed to the fight than ever (and while holding an empty gun).
I know of several instances where an assailant was severely wounded and instead of slowing down, responded (probably due to the additional adrenaline) with increased aggression until they were killed/truly incapacitated.
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