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We have all heard the jokes about “O2 Therapy” as a self-defense response. If not “reasonable” in selection the provider will find themselves unemployed and possibly in jail. Train for the probabilities, not the possibilities.
It’s more than just the physical skills. We truly provide the much needed critical thinking skills for medical staff to deal with the on-the-job violent encounter.
Medicine is unique. We can’t just train in techniques because a confused patient can grab in a similar manner as a drunk or drugged attacker. Treating one like the other can have dire consequences.
You don’t have to die to be changed forever from a violent encounter on the job.
Saving Yours, while you save others.
Lethal Force IS Lethal Force.
Mental Preparation for the Violent Encounter
Use a Proper System
Scene Safety requires more than just a policy on staging. Preparation for the violent encounter is not the same as being paranoid.
Laws don’t offer protection, but they prove their is a problem with violence in medicine.
We train different in our approach in addressing the violent encounter.
We are changing the culture.
Learning to defend yourself while being attacked …
Drunk is not sick.
Make sure you are training all 4 areas.
We hear about how lives are changed after the violent encounter (PTSD)
A simple safety tactic (not technique) we taught the NAEMT
There is a huge difference in fighting vs self-defense
Wise do at the start
