Is it wrong to want to punch a patient before he tells you to fuck off and he's going kill you? Even though you have personally been extremely nice to them.This is our first job.
It's going to be a long night…
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Sent from a mobile phone, probably from the cab of an ambulance.
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To want to? No, that's absolutely fine.To actually go ahead and do it? Questionable…
No!! It's normal, and should be permitted.
At least if you had punched him there you would have had a level of satisfaction to face the rest of the long night ahead with . . .
Morally, legally or ethically ?
No. I once punched a Warrant Officer who took a swing at me after I asked him to return to his bed and stop disrupting the ward – patients on Heminvrin can be such buggers to deal with. Next morning he reported me to the ward sister, a Tartar of a Captain. She just looked at me with a wry smile and asked me how my hand was.
No…I think you guys need a medal for how much abuse your face everyday!!
That comment just made my evening! Thank you……
how rude…did their parents not teach them *any* manners? the scum of society…
(i meant the nasty patient, not you tom 😀 …)
Note that in law a proportionate pre-emptive strike may be a defence to prosecution for an assault so… erm.. go for it!
It would purely be the balance of good and evil….and would probaly feel deeply satisfying!
Depends. One thing's for sure – if you punch him “fuck off and he's going kill you” is almost certain to follow, even from the nicest person.An interesting experiment in pre-emptive something or other.
Yes – you said before ;)Now, AFTER he's told you to fuck off and said he'd kill you then a pre-emptive act of restraint using appropriate force in accordance with the circumstances (i.e. self-defence) – oh yeah, fair game mate!
If thee had infomation that he possessed a weapon of mean distruction, then use the BB technique of a preemptive punch before he can do thee damage to thy vital signs. The Hague could be consulted, then thy local mafia could be informed .
There are some schools of thought that say you should never fight fire with fire. On the other hand those people have probably never worked a night shift on the back of a truck in an inner city. If they had they'd be screaming for a stab vest & a cattle prod to control some of the demented halfwits we have to deal with.
it's acceptable and should be allowed a minimum of 3 times per shift