Tactics of prevention then techniques of escape. All too often providers are given a band-aid to stop an exsanguinating hemorrhage, meaning offered a class on techniques and not addressing the underlying issue of the actual problem.
- No technique is 100% for self-defense or to control someone. If such a technique existed, why do police officers have tools on their belt for when empty hand control techniques fail?
- Martial arts style techniques of finishing, destroying or submitting my opponent have no place in medicine.
- The Win. Must be defined differently for medical staff. A win is never using force or escaping a violent encounter with little or no injury.
- The techniques used in emergency medicine should be reserved for when tactics of prevention were not an option (i.e. spontaneous attack)