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Interesting equipment...I travel with a pen (provided by a local pharmaceutical rep) that I use just like their defensive stylus. It is all metal, flaired at the tip and when the pen tip is out, is sharp enough for a stab to anywhere. Works well with plane travel since it is a pen that writes....
I especially like face and neck....never trust penetration of thick clothing and inflicted enough injury to disable when hitting the chest or abdoment (unless it is a bullet or 6-9 inch blade. I believe we have all seen the less than stoppable bad guy after he/she has taken a hit from a defensive weapon that simply pissed them off worse. It goes back to our old martial arts training...almost anything is a potential weapon if you 1) have the skills to use it and 2) understand the limitations of the weapon, i.e., tensile strength, etc. I have hit the human face with a rolled magazine and it was enough to momentarily 'stun' my opponent giving me enough time to utilize the tactical Nike retreat and save my ass.
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'Revel in action, translate perceptions into instant judgements, and these into actions that are irrevocable, monumentous and dreadful - all this with lightning speed, in conditions of great stress and in an environment of high tension:what is expected of "us" is the impossible, yet we deliver just that.
(adapted from: Sherwin B. Nuland, MD, surgeon and author: The Wisdom of the Body, 1997 )
Education is the anti-ignorance we all need to better treat our patients. ss, 2008.
The blade is so sharp that the incision is perfect. They don't realize they've been cut until they're out of the fight: A Surgeon Warrior. I use a knife to defend life and to save it. ss (aka traumadoc)
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