Shishkabob
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I use a scalpel if I need to shank a patient.
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I use a scalpel if I need to shank a patient.
Exactly the reason I am not a fan of EMS carrying knives. If there isn't a weapon on-scene already there is one now.
I just carry a leatherman juice (smaller one) and my trauma shears will take care of the seatbelt
There is ALWAYS a weapon on scene. Take a look around you right now, what could you use as a blunt weapon? What could you use as a penetrating weapon? Be creative.
You make a good point of which I am aware and I think others are aware too. It's one thing to have a patient throw a book, lamp, etc. at you and another for a patient to grab the knife on your belt while your turned around, bent over, and preoccupied and end up with a blade stuck in ya.
If it's not necessary to have a knife involved in a situation than why have it there? That's my point.
Knives*
In regards to window punch, they should be on the truck next to the ring cutter...very rarely needed but stored away in case. A flashlight works better and as any extrication class will teach you, every car has a window punch...it is called an antenna. They snap right off and shatter a windshield perfectly.
It amuses me that you'd make a grammatical error to point out a spelling error; in other words, that in your haste to point out the spelling error, you failed to use a complete sentence to do so. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muphry's_law