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The REAL reason for the rising assaults on healthcare providers!

What started out as a routine cardiac transport, became a struggle between life and death, and not for just the patient. In the fall of 2000, an early monring call for service, changed me and the direction of DT4EMS forever. During transport, dispatch asked if we could check on a “body in the ditch." Our [...]

Assaulted Nurse: Head Strikes Wall, Suffers Seizure and is Intubated… The aftermath is worse.

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Isn’t it Ironic?

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What is causing the spike in assaults on healthcare providers?

I’ve been doing this DT4EMS culture change movement for nearly 20 years, and the one thing I can assure you is…assaults are not really increasing. What we are witnessing is an increase in the recognition and ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of criminal assaults on staff. Rise in Assaults? from Kip Teitsort on Vimeo. With this newly found acknowledgement, […]

“All I could think of was this Kip guy must be some Dojo Donnie”

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…this letter was a plea… an anonymous plea that is, for help

While checking the DT4EMS business Post Office Box for mail, I found a letter and immediately noticed it had no return address on the envelope. At first I thought it was going to be some form of junk mail. When I opened the letter and began to read it, I found myself scratching my head […]

Watch These People Get Punched in the Face. You May Rethink Hand Positioning

Someone sent me this clip quite a while back. I do not know the creator of it, but would like to send him props for his work. I’d also love to get his plans for how he created the punching machine. It would be a great tool for practice when no training partner is available. […]

4 D’s of Critical Decision Making Essential for Healthcare Providers Facing Violence

By: Kip Teitsort In medicine, we are unique. Not another person on the planet must recognize the difference between a true patient or a criminal attacker in a split second. Not a police officer, not a lady walking in a park, not a guy in a bar, no one. This means our situation stinks. […]

Violence in EMS/Fire and Nursing IS Here. There is No Denying It. Watch These Video Clips

Hey OSHA! Look here… Why don’t you help expose this “dirty little secret” like you did with BloodBorne Pathogens, crashes, back injures, slip/trip/fall hazards? Providers, take a moment and click these hyperlinks. There you can see the Pre-hospital Assault on Staff Log and the in-hospital Assault on Staff Log where we keep record of media […]

Quotes From DT4EMS’ Founder Regarding Violence in Emergency Medicine

Here are a few quotes that help drive some points home.

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