Due diligence on DT4EMS’ EVE Related post: DT4EMS is Bullsh!t One thing is certain, researching an unfamiliar topic, especially one with such a high-frequency, high-liability presence, can be taxing and time consuming. To save you some of your valuable time, this post will help speed up your research process. Parts of due diligence for training […]
I would like to preface this little non-scientific experiment letting you know I HATE pepper spray for its effect on me, but LOVE it for its use on bad guys. This clip is not about how to use, or when to use, or even if you should use pepper spray/gel/foam while on duty. As a […]
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. […]
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This clip explains how great customer service can be used as a self-defense tactic in emergency medicine. When I was a kid, growing up in South Florida, we had this sign on our fence. It had importance then, and it has even more now. Watch the video to see what I mean.- Kip I […]
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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. […]
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 […]
In an unprecedented move to streamline airway adjuncts and oxygen use, several EMS agencies and fire departments have removed all airway devices from their units except for one. The only emergency airway intervention left on their rescue trucks and ambulances is the surgical cricothyrotomy kit. These seemingly progressive departments filled with educated administrators felt there […]
If a provider in emergency medicine were permitted to have a concealed weapon on the job, what should it be? A handgun, expandable baton, pepper spray or a knife may be options, but I would like to share with you what I believe to be hands-down THE best one. “Be polite, be professional, but have […]
