Who is this directed to?Seriously?
Agreed. I can identify several secondary clues in that situation to heighten my awareness.I would wager that someone you encounter in a seedy motel with a shaved head, muttonchops, teardrops, and "P-A-I-N" tattooed across his forehead probably is statistically a little more likely to have a history of violence than the guy with a bowl cut who wears a sweater vest and Dockers and drives a minivan to his office job every day.
That said, it doesn't matter at all. You just can't judge a patient based on how they or the people around them look.
Everyone is potentially aggressive, no matter how they look.
The OP.Who is this directed to?
Iv found the presence of open alcohol containers is a bad sign most of the timeI believe the AAOS Emergency Care and Transport textbook actually lists tattoos as a sign of an aggressive individual. Funny we never actually mentioned that as an indicator back in class...probably because our instructor and half the students had tattoos as well.
Iv found the presence of open alcohol containers is a bad sign most of the time
This is reason enough to use extra caution!I have a tattoo on the back of my neck.
I'm a 5'6 female
I'm a female
This is reason enough to use extra caution!