DragonClaw
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Partner and I were talking about various tactical things. I mentioned the story our VST told us about a medic being blasted through the door with like a .44 mag or something. He was DRT. VST (who was a medic or an EMT at the time)
Partner said you should never stand in front of the door for that reason. Stand to the side. He said he thought everyone was taught that a as basic.
I know that because my dad's army training and all the stuff he would hound me about but now that I think of it, my EMT class certainly didn't teach much of scene safety.
Granted, it was online mostly, but training varies heavily from one class to another and instructor.
Even though we are transfer service, I have been extra careful going into residences, especially after dark and in bad areas. We commonly didn't take our dispatch phone with the built in panic button (we don't get radios), but I've been making sure to. I usually did but now I go out of my way to make sure I have it.
Aside from getting hit on by a weird dude at a residence or going to an apparent drug dealers apartment after dark in the described "Worst/Most dangerous apartment complex" There's not really been anything too crazy. But still. You never know.
A stab victim approached a crew for help not too long ago. It was pretty minor as far as I've heard.
With everything ramping up and increased tension, it's a good time to refresh on safety of all kinds.
Whether it is violence, hazmat, iso, what are your tricks of the trade for staying safe?
Partner said you should never stand in front of the door for that reason. Stand to the side. He said he thought everyone was taught that a as basic.
I know that because my dad's army training and all the stuff he would hound me about but now that I think of it, my EMT class certainly didn't teach much of scene safety.
Granted, it was online mostly, but training varies heavily from one class to another and instructor.
Even though we are transfer service, I have been extra careful going into residences, especially after dark and in bad areas. We commonly didn't take our dispatch phone with the built in panic button (we don't get radios), but I've been making sure to. I usually did but now I go out of my way to make sure I have it.
Aside from getting hit on by a weird dude at a residence or going to an apparent drug dealers apartment after dark in the described "Worst/Most dangerous apartment complex" There's not really been anything too crazy. But still. You never know.
A stab victim approached a crew for help not too long ago. It was pretty minor as far as I've heard.
With everything ramping up and increased tension, it's a good time to refresh on safety of all kinds.
Whether it is violence, hazmat, iso, what are your tricks of the trade for staying safe?