Tag Archives: escaping violent encounters

Testing some improvised weapon advice…

What happens when you try to hit someone with the O2 Bottle? What about using the rescue bag, or clip board to block with? Whack ’em with the O2 Bottle! Use the rescue/first-in bag to block with… from DT4EMS (Kip Teitsort) on Vimeo.

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Firefighters Use of Force Captured on Camera; Is this a win?

I say, if you never trained them, how do you blame them? FFs, while heroic and courageous, they are still human. When faced with a use of force situation, they will respond. How they respond will be based upon their training- or lack of it. The pendulum of force swings in both directions. Too little, […]

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Shocking Video of Nurse Choked; What We Can Learn

There are a series of unfortunate mistakes occur in the video below.  It is not a “technique” or a talk-down de-escalation  trick, but a series of tactics AND techniques for a situation like this. In order to better protect staff and actual patients, culture change must take place. As with all videos we use for training, […]

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Nurse Ran Over In Hospital Parking Lot By Drunk Driver

  Police were dispatched to a report of a pedestrian struck in the parking lot of the hospital. Officers arrived to find an off-duty nurse, suffering severe traumatic injuries, barely clinging to life. Sources tell us the nurse, after just ending his 12-hour shift in the ED,  was walking to his car, when he was […]

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