These are difficult patients and may require being taken down but if you look at injuries they probably account for very few. These guys are scary and you are prepared. Sweet little old grannys can catch you off guard and deck you hard enough to see stars too:’)
“These are difficult patients and may require being taken down but if you look at injuries they probably account for very few.”
Good point.
“These guys are scary and you are prepared.”
Yup, preparation is key in any potential confrontation, be it verbal or physical. Esp. key in keeping that “potential” from escaliting to “actual.” Unfortunately, that isn’t always possible.
“Sweet little old grannys can catch you off guard and deck you hard enough to see stars too:’)”
Falls under the “it’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog” rubric. And man, some of those grannies have a LOT of fight!
I also once say a 110 lb man-child whacked out on something (crack? meth? speed?) literally throw around two 180 lb. plus grown men like rag dolls. Took four of them, one for each limb, to pin him down until the cops arrived. He probably tore half the muscles in his body in the process, but he was almost super-human in his strength, and also totally irrational. Scary, VERY scary.