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In this episode of Inside EMS, Host Chris Cebollero is joined by Jason Brooks, BAS, EMT-P, I/C, to discuss the rising frequency of assaults against EMS providers.
Brooks owns and operates , providing defensive tactics for escaping, mitigating and surviving violent attacks. He has been in the EMS profession for over 25 years, serving as a firefighter, paramedic, paramedic educator and EMS administrator. He has spent nearly a decade studying the issue of violence in healthcare.
Together, they discuss:
- Personal defense and de-escalation training
- When to de-escalate domestic violence cases
- What to do when verbal de-escalation fails
- 4 rules of physicial and mental defense
- When to leave the scene
Notable quotes from Jason Brooks
If you鈥檙e being threatened, you need to make the decision, 鈥渋s this safe for me to stay here?鈥�
鈥淚t鈥檚 not patient abandonment to leave a scene that鈥檚 unsafe.鈥�
鈥淭here鈥檚 no law out there that says that you have to sit there and be abused, be assaulted, etc. If it鈥檚 unsafe, we need to know that care can end.鈥�
鈥淚f it gets to the point where it鈥檚 escalated so quickly, if you have to leave equipment behind for your safety, leave it.鈥�
Additional resources
- Special coverage: Protecting EMS providers from violence
- Preventing violence against EMS personnel
- Research Analysis: Preventing downstream consequences of EMS assaults
This article originally posted April 20, 2024. It has been updated.
