I am going to have to completely agree with threesevenkilo with this one. If my partner is attacked you'd better believe I'm going to have his back. I'm conscious of the threat of injury when I get involved but if I did nothing and something serious happened to my partner and I didn't get...
There are a bunch of EMT's that I know that work in Springfield, MA that work for AMR that wear armor and a few carry guns. I have also heard of a few that wear armor in Hartford, CT. Both Hartford and Springfield have very high gun crime rates.
There are also other reasons you can wear...
Talking with a pt. is a very important thing to do. It makes the pt. think of you as a human being and may become more comfortable with you and be more willing to give you information about their ailment. It also tells your pt that you care about them and don’t just see them as another...
Armor
There are a few places around here that many EMT's wear concealable armor or carry firearms because the cities they work in are dangerous and LEO's dont always respond with EMS. You can buy armor online but just remember the type of threat you are looking to defeat and that the higher the...