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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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. […]
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 […]
During a break in an instructor class, a salty, well seasoned medic from the night-shift streets of Denver told me he was my disciple. Before I get to far, let me take you back to a class I taught in Denver back in 2010. This class was filled with seasoned EMS providers from the busy […]
A little boy and his grandfather were leisurely walking down their street talking about what the boy wanted for his upcoming birthday. The boy had no sooner finished saying “I want a shiny new bike grandpa”, when they came upon an old rusty bicycle with a hand written “For Sale $20.00” sign on it. The […]
I receive a ton of questions about how to convince administrators there is a need for staff to train for violence. Here is one I just received: “Dt4ems I seek your guidance. I began working with a new company this month. This company provides EMS for some dangerous areas, and as typical police are on […]
By Kip Teitsort, Founder DT4EMS, LLC Frequently when staff are interviewed about a violent encounter ( in which staff was criminally assaulted) something as simple as using SOAP could have mitigated many of them. In nearly every initial “patient” contact a provider can use the SOAP method to buy a moment in time to decided […]
