Waiting for the government to “do something” leads to narcan gathering dust in parent’s medicine cabinets, increased costs for narcan to EMS agencies, kids ignoring adults and trying things for themselves and coffins being filled with people who didn’t get another chance. The calvary ain’t coming people. It’s up to those who are in the […]
…Society is filled with people suffering from emotional and psychological problems. Many of these folks lead productive lives once helped by remarkably effective treatments; therapy and medication produce tangible results in the mentally ill. Some patients have given up on treatment, choosing to make their own way in the world unimpeded by modern medicine. Most […]
Engine company members need to understand that an attack on them by a combative patient is not personal. The patient likely is seeing threats in the form of shapes and sounds and is reacting on an instinctual level. Treating the situation as a problem to be solved rather than a fight to win helps reduce […]