Self Defense Instruments
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Rin
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I've modified my stethoscope to double as a spiked flail.
Most of my coworkers just carry a small folding knife for utility purposes. I can't imagine anyone pulling one in a fight...it would take too long to tie their left hand to their opponent's and find a radio station playing Michael Jackson's "Beat It."
Most of my coworkers just carry a small folding knife for utility purposes. I can't imagine anyone pulling one in a fight...it would take too long to tie their left hand to their opponent's and find a radio station playing Michael Jackson's "Beat It."
DesertMedic66
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I carry a knife on me on and off duty. It's more for utilities than for self defense.
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We're not allowed to carry any type of weapon (asp, tazer ect) but we are allowed to carry knives for whatever reason.
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Never worked at a place that allowed self defense type equipment to be carried. A small locker is ok, but someone would likely have words with you if your waltzed in with a big ol' sheath knife. I know people that carry big flashlights on their belt, but that looks like a pain.
I have also worked with people that carried a gun on the ambulance and I was not entirely pleased by that.
In most places carrying any sort of weapon (and yes a knife is a weapon but let's leave that out) isn't going to be allowed. Boston EMS carries handcuffs but I never saw the need for that either, there's not much that Kerlix and a spitsock can't solve.
I have also worked with people that carried a gun on the ambulance and I was not entirely pleased by that.
In most places carrying any sort of weapon (and yes a knife is a weapon but let's leave that out) isn't going to be allowed. Boston EMS carries handcuffs but I never saw the need for that either, there's not much that Kerlix and a spitsock can't solve.
JPINFV
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1. Treadmills and seat belts would save more EMS lives than knives or guns.
2. How are cuffs "defensive weapons"? Do you swing them like nunchucks?
2. How are cuffs "defensive weapons"? Do you swing them like nunchucks?
DesertMedic66
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I've seen them used as a sort of "brass knuckles"
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Three words...Roll of quarters.
Not only could you pack you fist you can buy snacks too!
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Not only could you pack you fist you can buy snacks too!
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I carry a little something I call, "Not being a d-bag at work".
100% effective so far....
100% effective so far....
I'll largely agree with Merck, but I'll note that when I was working as a security guard in a BAD part of town, I successfully used my clipboard (The same one I carry now) as both a defensive shield and as an offensive weapon. You could probably do the same with a toughbook...but unlike my clipboard, it probably wouldn't still work as a toughbook after.
socalmedic
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it will work... those things can take a beating better than my last partner.
joshrunkle35
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I've carried a gun every day for 10 years, yet, if I go into work as a paramedic, somehow people assume that I would somehow be a liability if I carried a gun.
I would love to be able to defend myself. I wish real life were like television where if you mind your own business and comply with bad guys, everything is ok. Unfortunately, a lot of people like Tom Givens or Claude Werner (former LEO/FBI guys) who are actually doing massive work breaking down the DOJ statistics are concluding that resistance rather than compliance with crime has higher survival rates.
Real life is not tv. People on tv walk up and give you a choice to hand over your drug box and then if you do, they leave you alone. In real life, criminals don't like witnesses. Even if you comply, you may still get injured or killed. I shouldn't have to jeopardize my own safety in order to help others.
I would love to be able to defend myself. I wish real life were like television where if you mind your own business and comply with bad guys, everything is ok. Unfortunately, a lot of people like Tom Givens or Claude Werner (former LEO/FBI guys) who are actually doing massive work breaking down the DOJ statistics are concluding that resistance rather than compliance with crime has higher survival rates.
Real life is not tv. People on tv walk up and give you a choice to hand over your drug box and then if you do, they leave you alone. In real life, criminals don't like witnesses. Even if you comply, you may still get injured or killed. I shouldn't have to jeopardize my own safety in order to help others.
cprted
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If you're interested in carrying batons, tasers, wearing kevlar vests, this is the agency you should be looking at ...
Same here
Same here
My son is an FDNY EMT. He was shot at twice so I bought him a bulletproof vest.
cprted
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Yes.
These guys are pretty good too. http://vancouver.ca/police/recruiting/police-officers/index.html
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Nice! Just curious, did you do your training through the Justice Institute? If not, where?
cprted
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JI. Feel free to send a PM. I'm not really going to post my biography on the forum.
epipusher
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I can carry around a pair of ballet shoes for 10 years, doesn't make me an expert.