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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 [...]

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Considering Self-Defense on the Job? Watch this.

I wanted to share a few of the points we make in the opening section of an EVE course. Some of these you may have thought of, others you may not. There is so much more to self-defense than just the moves… DT4EMS_EVE_Intro_ppt from Kip Teitsort on Vimeo.

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I Remember You…

When you told me how you were punched by a drunk in the emergency department, I remember you. When you told me about being choked by a drunk in the ambulance, I remember you. When you told me how the girl looked like your daughter, just before she slashed your face, I remember you. When […]

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Soft Restraints = Hard Times for Healthcare Providers!

Restraint situations are probably the single most dangerous time in which EMTs, medics and nurses find themselves the victim of a violent encounter.  Restrained patient chokes and threatens to kill medic Man Slips out of Handcuffs- Jumps Out of Ambulance Punched in the face-Female EMT attacked while attempting patient restraint EMTs attacked when patient slips out of […]

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