To empower cultural and behavioral modification through the enforcement of exemplary customer service, reasonability, and industry best practices that yield a reduction in employer liability and culminate in an increase employee safety and security.
Focus: All levels of pre-hospital providers & firefighters
Length: 16 Hour (Two Day Course)
Escaping Violent Encounters for Healthcare Providers
The health care industry leads all other sectors in the incidence of nonfatal workplace assaults,
and the emergency department is a particularly vulnerable setting. Workplace violence is a significant occupational hazard facing emergency nurses- ENA
Focus: All levels of the in-hospital/home-health patient care setting (RN,LPN,MD,Techs,CNA)
Length: 8-hours
DT4EMS has several special courses available.
EVE4Women- Women's Course (Ages 13 & Up)
EVE4EP- Educational Professionals (School Staff)
EVEAdvanced- Advanced Skills Course (PreReqs)
EVEInstructor- Instructor Programs
The stories of providers injured due to violence on the job have broke my heart, hacked me off, but most importantly have motivated me. I have personally spoken with hundreds of providers from EMS bases, fire stations and emergency departments across the country. All who have a story that has either happened to them or […]
A simple change in verbiage, in “definitions” can help providers AND patients be safer in emergency medicine. There is NO such thing as a combative patient. Criminals assault. Patients do not. With the high numbers of EMS/Fire and Healthcare providers assaulted on the job by what so many refer to as “patients” I would like to […]
RELATED: ABOUT US (READ ME First) FAQs regarding DT4EMS’ EVE Q. What is DT4EMS’ EVE? A. DT4EMS’ is the company and Escaping Violent Encounters (EVE) is the course line. EVE originally called Defensive Tactics for EMS is a course created in 1996 and taught for CEU’s since 1997. EVE is a course designed specifically for those […]
If there is one thing I have found travelling the country speaking to and training with Firefighters (who run medical calls), EMTs, Medics and ED nurses is this… WE ARE THE SAME. We are wired the same. If you think I am wrong ask yourself this question… “Is an ED nurse different ( in […]
