Tattoos

[EMTIsee]

Well we where taught, a potentially aggressive sign. Could be tattoos on the face neck or hands. Any one else taught this.

 

[gotbeerz001]

To categorize anybody by a single characteristic is a bad move in this field (and in life).

I am far more wary of the less obvious "signs of aggression".

 

[Handsome Robb]

Seriously?

 

[STXmedic]

Tattoo on face = murderer. Leave scene until scene is rendered safe by PD (they'll remove the tattoo for you).

 

[gotbeerz001]

Seriously?

Who is this directed to?

 

[COmedic17]

I have a tattoo on the back of my neck.


I'm a 5'6 female who paints her toenails pink, dances in the car, and has a family.. I think I hardly come off as "aggressive" and I doubt I would strike fear into your heart if you saw me....

 

[Carlos Danger]

I would wager that someone you encounter in a seedy motel with a shaved head, muttonchops, teardrops, and "P-A-I-N" tattooed across his forehead probably is statistically a little more likely to have a history of violence than the guy with a bowl cut who wears a sweater vest and Dockers and drives a minivan to his office job every day.

That said, it doesn't matter at all. You just can't judge a patient based on how they or the people around them look.

Everyone is potentially aggressive, no matter how they look.

 

[gotbeerz001]

I would wager that someone you encounter in a seedy motel with a shaved head, muttonchops, teardrops, and "P-A-I-N" tattooed across his forehead probably is statistically a little more likely to have a history of violence than the guy with a bowl cut who wears a sweater vest and Dockers and drives a minivan to his office job every day.

That said, it doesn't matter at all. You just can't judge a patient based on how they or the people around them look.

Everyone is potentially aggressive, no matter how they look.

Agreed. I can identify several secondary clues in that situation to heighten my awareness.

 

[Handsome Robb]

Who is this directed to?

The OP.

 

[Crabby Apple]

I believe the AAOS Emergency Care and Transport textbook actually lists tattoos as a sign of an aggressive individual. Funny we never actually mentioned that as an indicator back in class...probably because our instructor and half the students had tattoos as well.

 

[EMTIsee]

Iv

I believe the AAOS Emergency Care and Transport textbook actually lists tattoos as a sign of an aggressive individual. Funny we never actually mentioned that as an indicator back in class...probably because our instructor and half the students had tattoos as well.

Iv found the presence of open alcohol containers is a bad sign most of the time

 

[Crabby Apple]

Iv found the presence of open alcohol containers is a bad sign most of the time

No doubt. If encountered turn and run screaming from the scene as fast as possible

 

[Bullets]

I have a tattoo on the back of my neck.


I'm a 5'6 female

This is reason enough to use extra caution!

 

[DesertMedic66]

I'm a female

This is reason enough to use extra caution!

Fixed it for you..

 

[COmedic17]

Or I could be a 400+ pound male convicted offender.

 

[irishboxer384]

A tattoo being viewed as aggressive is equal to profiling an Islamic Jihadist terrorist being a 'fighting aged male' between 14 and 30.
Is it 100% accurate..nope, does it have SOME foundation in reality? Sure, someone has to earn a paycheck writing the profiling documents for agencies lol