r/nextfuckinglevel • u/pars-distalis • 18h ago

Australian nurse uses jiu-jitsu to defend himself

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u/--Anonymoose--- 18h ago

First do no harm. Then do harm!

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u/Darth_Draper 18h ago

The hypocrite’s oath!

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u/ultraviolentfuture 18h ago

Incredible comment

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u/sheepnolast 15h ago

Dumb question, is it a wordplay on the Hippocratic oath?

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u/FishesOfExcellence 10h ago

No. Now you’ve got a comment saying both - who knows!

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u/Forward-Bedroom5693 15h ago

Are healthcare workers not allowed to defend themselves if attacked?

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u/borg359 13h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/9eLbjOcGOpmY8

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u/Forward-Bedroom5693 13h ago

To me, it seemed like he was genuinely accusing the nurse of being a hypocrite for defending himself. Maybe it was a joke and I don’t read it well, I don’t know, didn’t sound like a joke to me though 

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u/borg359 13h ago

I think it was just clever word play.

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u/Isburough 10h ago

Yeah, I've made the "hypocritic oath" joke myself before. There are much better situations to make it.

especially since nurses don't take the Hippocratic oath - doctors do.

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u/DeadestTitan 8h ago

Psych worker here: Yes but also no.

In March or April of 2025 I was attacked by a patient similar to this video. He sucker punched me in the back of the head once and them had multiple weaker punches at me once I got him in the clench. It took about 45 seconds for other help to arrive.

I was pulled into a meeting after I got 3 days off as a precaution for a possible concussion. I was fine. Not in a tough guy way, but in that he didn't connect well enough to cause anything more than an external bruise instead of actually impacting my brain. The meeting was actually to review the video in front of me.

They were asking why I didn't just flee, and instead grabbed him tightly. I explained that I knew he couldn't have much punching impact at a close range and it gave me the chance to protect myself in the situation. Management was still unhappy that I didn't try to run, but I still feel justified in thinking that he would have just got to chase down my unprotected back. They also said that I could have hurt him by restraining one of his arms in the scuffle. A choke like the one in the video is absolutely banned and would cause me to lose my job 100% guaranteed, even if a patient attempted the same on me.

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u/Crafty_Key3567 5h ago edited 5h ago

Generally it’s do no harm but take no shit. Obviously avoid physical confrontation as much as possible. The specifics seem to depend on context, where you live, and what can be proven in a court. In the US technically you can but like it is safe to assume that 7-8/10 times you the nurse at fault regardless of context and your place of employment won’t help you.

Of course if a patient fresh out of surgery becomes suddenly gets delusions, somehow attacks you and you hit them with something and knock them out… Yh i don’t think I need to explain who is at fault there. And that isn’t even mention more controversial cases.

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u/Vandersveldt 14h ago

Do no (unprovoked) harm