In message <[log in to unmask]> you wrote:
> re. Ahmad's recent nasty experience with an aggressive patient, I see
> that the King's Fund have published a training pack called Agression in
> Primary Care. Developed by Dept. GP in Birmingham.
If this is the same training pack that I have come across then
it is more to do with gaze aversion, keeping your distance, and
generally defusing the situation. All rather boring. What we
really need is a physical self-defence course that teaches us
how to strike first - a well-aimed kick to the goolies, that
sort of thing. :-)
> Wonder if it includes that nifty trick of Spock's involving a pressure
> point at the nape of the neck?
Ah, you mean the Vulcan death grip?
> Anyway, it costs 250 plus 10 p&p. Available from Birmingham Research &
> Development Ltd., Birmingham Research Park, Vinvent drive, Birmingham B15
> 2SQ, UK.
Cheap at half the price.
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