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Copyright 1994-2005: Ray Terry and Martial Arts Resource The Internet's premier discussion forum devoted to Filipino Martial Arts. 2000 members. Provided in memory of Mangisursuro Michael G. Inay (1944-2000). See the Filipino Martial Arts (FMA) FAQ and the online search engine for back issues of the Eskrima/FMA digest at http://MartialArtsResource.com Mabuhay ang eskrima! Today's Topics: 1. FYI: Sudden and Unexpected Deaths (Ray Terry) 2. Formal Training (jklk175@earthlink.net) 3. Eskrima De Campo JDC-IO Seminar coming to New jersey (Jason) --__--__-- Message: 1 From: Ray Terry To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net (Eskrima) Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 14:50:02 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Eskrima] FYI: Sudden and Unexpected Deaths Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Forwarding... An FYI to LEOs and other LEO instructors. >Guest article by: >Chris Lawrence >Team Leader >Defensive Tactics Training Section >Ontario Police College >& Co-Author of "Investigator Protocol: Sudden In-Custody Death" > >The circumstances that surround such an event have been well documented. >Police and ambulance personnel are called to a location where a subject is >acting in a bizarre manner. The subject is located and attempts to deal >with him rationally do not go well. Either the subject begins to attack the >officers or the subject attempts to flee. Force is used to control the >subject but the struggle becomes substantial. > >Several officers are involved and in spite of their number, collective >strength and experience, they have great difficulty gaining control of the >subject. Shortly after establishing control the subject is found to be >unresponsive. Resuscitation attempts are unsuccessful. Death may occur at >the scene, in the ambulance, in the Emergency department or even several >days later. > >The public and the media then place police under great scrutiny. The >pressure rises and can become relentless. Officers are placed on >administrative leave and community relations can become tense indeed. > >THE FIRST STEP IN DEALING WITH IT IS UNDERSTANDING IT > >In order for police officers to effectively deal with an issue they must >first understand it. Law enforcement officers cannot understand a problem >if explanations are either unavailable or if the use of technical jargon >precludes comprehension. This misunderstanding is not an accident. As >reported by Dr. Wanda Mohr, a noted expert on psychiatric patient restraint >and her colleagues Dr. Theodore Petit, a psychiatrist and Dr. Brian Mohr, a >cardiologist "consensus does not exist concerning the causes of death or >injury associated with the use of restraints." > >The explanation being provided here is by no means exhaustive. The general >circumstances are pared down to the simplest concepts. > >There are two primary groups of people who are at risk of dying suddenly and >unexpectedly after an altercation with law enforcement officers: subjects >who consume/abuse drugs and subjects suffering from mental illness. It is >often difficult for a medical professional to tell the difference between >someone who is suffering from a psychotic episode that results from drug >abuse and someone who is experiencing psychosis due to their mental >illness. > >Police officers cannot be expected to tell the difference. The commonality >between the two situations is a change in brain chemistry. This change in >brain chemistry is what causes the subject's altered perception of reality, >in this particular type of situation the subject is either paranoid or may >believe they possess "superhuman" abilities. > >Cocaine, amphetamines, methamphetamines, LSD, MDA, MDMA, PCP, even marijuana >all have the capability of causing either paranoid ideation or psychosis. >Doctors and researchers have known for years that alcohol's effects are >"biphasic". Some people initially respond to alcohol as a stimulant. They >become talkative, less inhibited and euphoric in the early stages of their >alcohol consumption. Later as the blood/alcohol level reaches higher limits >the sedative properties of alcohol become more apparent. There is evidence >that the faster the rise of the blood/alcohol concentrations (BAC) the >greater the euphoria and intoxication that occurs. It may be that the >combination of the biphasic effect (stimulation) of alcohol and cocaine make >this particular combination lethal at concentrations that individually are >non-lethal. > >Officers involved in a sudden and unexpected death may have a subject who >is experiencing major sympathetic nervous system activation - the fight or >flight response, something we all have, except in these cases the fight or >flight response goes into hyper drive. > >Subjects who die suddenly and unexpectedly have common classic behaviors of >the fight or flight response: > >unbelievable strength; >impervious to pain; >able to put up resistance sufficient to exhaust several officers; >irrational behavior; > >What is different about sudden death cases is that the subject may be >imperceptibly fragile because his or her sympathetic nervous system may have >been running for quite some time prior to the officers' arrival. The SNS >activation could occur as a result of the stimulant effect of a drug or the >deterioration of his or her mental condition. Mental illnesses such as >schizophrenia are not curable only manageable, the disease state waxes and >wanes. Abrupt changes to a subject's prescribed medication can precipitate >a psychotic event. A subject who suddenly stops taking their medication can >have a similar result. There is even evidence a change as simple as a >person experiencing low blood sugar and stress can trigger violent behavior. > >It is possible that the agitation or delirium may be the result of a drug >overdose, alcohol or drug withdrawal or could result from a disease state >such as meningitis. The subject may die after being restrained as well as >dying suddenly without any restraint used at all. It has been suggested that >people who are behaving in a psychotic manner may be experiencing a medical >emergency. They may require medical attention well beyond what an officer >can provide. Medical attention is available to the irrational subject, but >only after the officers have gained control of him or her. Control requires >that force be used to overcome the subject's resistance. The greater the >subject's resistance the greater amount of control is required. > >Keep in mind that although the subject displays superhuman strength he or >she may be physiologically exhausted. The drugs of abuse or the medication >they have ingested may cause them to be susceptible to an arrhythmia, an >uncoordinated beating of the heart. What is particularly problematic about >the arrhythmia is that while the subject is struggling, yelling and >breathing their heart is no longer working as an efficient pump. Blood may >not be circulating through the lungs to pick up oxygen as it normally would. >At the same time oxygenated blood is not being pumped to the brain. The >heart is quivering (fibrillating) rather than pumping. The subject may >suddenly and quickly cease struggling. Resuscitation efforts have >historically been futile. > >Drugs of abuse and certain prescribed medications are known to have cardiac >related side effects that can result in an arrhythmia. Many drugs of abuse, >including alcohol, plus certain prescribed medications are associated with >the breakdown of muscle tissue, a process known as rhabdomyolysis. When this >process occurs the contents of the damaged muscle cells leach into the blood >stream and problems begin to develop. One of the outcomes of this leaching >process can be an increased risk of having an arrhythmia. Rhabdomyolysis can >also result from physical exertion. This exertion can occur prior to the >arrival of officers as well as during the struggle with the officers trying >to gain control and or the subject's struggle against restraints, either >while awaiting medical transport or in the back of the ambulance. > >YOUR OPTIONS AS AN OFFICER > >Do the best you can with what you have - get help, have an ambulance >standing by whenever possible. If advanced life support paramedics are >available, ask for them. Have a plan to subdue the subject as efficiently >as possible given your circumstances. Use only the force necessary. Pain >compliance techniques and aerosol weapons may not work at all. Anything that >causes the subject to perceive that he or she is unable to breathe can be >expected to cause a greater willingness to fight. Once control is >established do whatever you can to minimize the time the subject is kept in >the face down position. The position the subject is transported in is one of >the few things that may be altered by the officers. Do what must be done to >transport the subject to the hospital safely for all concerned but try to >do it on their side, left side down, whenever possible. > >Should the subject stop resisting and become quiet his pulse rate, blood >pressure and temperature should be taken and recorded. If a defibrillator >is available make use of it. Begin to take notes and describe the struggle. >Note the subject's breathing pattern. Describe in detail any continued >resistance against restraints and the duration of that struggle. Record >whether or not the subject is hot to the touch as well as whether or not >the subject is sweating. If the subject dies, certain evidence needs to be >collected. Some of the evidence may be lost within the first few moments if >it is not collected. Ask for a blood sample as soon as possible. It may be >later determined that the sample cannot be used to indicate the subject's >condition at the time of death, however, samples uncollected can never be >used. > >The subject's body temperature should be determined right away and every 10 >minutes, including after the death of the subject. Record the temperature >and humidity of the scene plus the climate control settings of the subject >transport vehicles and any rooms where the subject was treated. Avoid >having to reconstruct this evidence several days later. The temperature and >humidity at the airport weather station may be markedly different than the >temperature downtown or in the residence where the incident unfolded. Good >evidence will assist in completing a thorough investigation. > >The January 2004 edition of The Police Chief has an article entitled >"Investigator Protocol: Sudden In-Custody Death" written by Chris Lawrence >and Dr. Wanda K. Mohr, Ph.D. Chris and Wanda have designed the document >primarily to assist investigators who will be doing the in-depth >investigation that will take several days to complete. The steps suggested >here have been taken from the protocol and identify some of the evidence >that can be collected by the officers on-scene. Whenever possible, >uninvolved officers should collect this evidence. If that is not possible, >then on-scene officers should attempt to have their recordings witnessed >independently. > >Again, this explanation has been simplified to assist in understanding the >problem. There are many other factors that may be at play in this situation. >The involved officer can change very few of these additional factors. >Medical professionals are in a better position to manage many of these >factors at the hospital. > >Under certain circumstances some subjects may die without medical attention. >A police officer cannot be expected to know who does and who does not need >to get to a hospital. Officers should act on their authority, use their >judgment and training and affect their lawful purpose with only the force >necessary given the totality of the situation. > >ABOUT THE AUTHOR >"Chris Lawrence is the Team Leader of the Defensive Tactics Training Section >at the Ontario Police College. A police officer from 1979 until his >appointment to the College in 1996, his past assignments have included >Patrol, Underwater Search & Recovery, Tactical & Rescue Unit, Criminal >Investigation Bureau and Training. He has been accepted as an expert in use >of force training, police tactics and subject control in Ontario, Quebec and >Newfoundland. Chris has presented on the topic of sudden death relating to >excited delirium and restraint throughout North America and Australia. --__--__-- Message: 2 From: To: Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 19:48:27 -0500 Subject: [Eskrima] Formal Training Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Well Fellow FMA's, After much research, soul-searching, and finally making a decision, I have entered into the world of formal FMA training. I joined Atienza Kali this week and it is fantastic. Great atmosphere, good bunch of guys, and excellent instructors, what more could I ask for. Since Oct. '03 (when I discovered about FMA) I joined this forum, read a few books on the subject, secured one video on the subject, vehemently searched and read the internet, attended two seminars, and hooked up one on one with a great instructor who showed me some FMA informally over the course of the last several months. Thus the journey continues. I just want to thank all on this forum for showing me the way. Still alittle stiff from Sunday's workout, but my interest, desire, and inspiration, has only grown. Glad to have found a home. Salamat, Jim Kinney NJ --__--__-- Message: 3 From: "Jason" To: Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 17:41:06 -0800 Subject: [Eskrima] Eskrima De Campo JDC-IO Seminar coming to New jersey Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net If after the recent stir on the Digest has sparked your curiosity about Eskrima De Campo JDC-IO, Guro Roger will be conducting a seminar in New Jersey on February 5th. Jason Decampousa@hotmail.com http://www.deCampoUSA.com Bakbakans World Headquarters proudly presents: The 1st Eskrima De Campo JDC-IO Seminar on the East Coast Roger Agbulos is one of the original students of Lameco Eskrima under the world renowned Grandmaster Edgar G. Sulite, and senior instructor in the deadly art of Eskrima De Campo JDC-IO under Grandmaster Ireneo “Eric” Olavides. In this workshop, you will learn to: Control long range encounters with broken, flowing or a combination of strikes, all non-telegraphic, regardless of angle! Hit moving targets with speed, power & accuracy. Increase striking ability in both forward & backward movements utilizing dynamic footwork drills. Understand proper timing to initiate powerful entries – counter strikes, pre-emptive strikes, intercepting strikes and many other practical techniques to get the upperhand in sparring or full contact matches. BRING A PAIR OF RATTAN STICKS, TRAINING KNIFE & SAFETY GEARS ex.: HAND PROTECTORS or HOCKEY GLOVES, ARM PROTECTORS, SPARRING HELMET, GROIN PROTECTOR Saturday, February 5, 2005 /10 AM TO 3 PM Pre-Registration: $40.00 Walk-in: $50.00 Attendees will be awarded a certificate of participation. BAKBAKAN Martial Arts Center (WHQ) 95B Dell Glen Avenue Lodi, NJ 07644 USA Tel: (973) 253-1946 http://www.bakbakan.com STRICTLY COMBAT ORIENTATION LARGO MANO IMPACT WEAPON APPLICATION --__--__-- _______________________________________________ Eskrima mailing list Eskrima@martialartsresource.net http://martialartsresource.net/mailman/listinfo/eskrima http://eskrima-fma.net Old digest issues @ ftp://ftp.martialartsresource.com/pub/eskrima Copyright 1994-2005: Ray Terry, MartialArtsResource.com, Sudlud.com Standard disclaimers apply. Remember September 11. End of Eskrima Digest