After a close call in June, police and firefighters in Dudley (MA) have received defensive tactics training, reports Telegram & Gazette.
Dudley Fire Department Capt. Paul Konieczny won’t soon forget the moment an angry man grabbed him in a bear hug, forced him through a closed door and slammed him into a pickup truck with such force that an impression of his body was left behind in the metal.
Now, after completing a three-session class on defensive tactics for EMS, Capt. Konieczny said he might react differently in a similar situation.
Matthew Mullen, a veteran paramedic who works for Worcester EMS and an ambulance service in Natick, began teaching the classes in March.
He received special instructor training and said the Escaping Violent Encounters for Fire/EMS program, offered by DT4EMS, was the best he could find when he began looking for a protective measure after a fellow paramedic was bitten by a patient and struck the man in order to free himself only to learn he’d put his job at risk.
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