Tactical Scrubs

Summary: In this conversation, Mel Cortez and Jonathan Del Castillo discuss the complexities and challenges faced by healthcare security professionals. They explore the nuances of security roles in healthcare settings, the impact of high nurse turnover rates, and the importance of comprehensive training for security personnel. The discussion also highlights the increasing rates of workplace violen...

In this episode of Tactical Scrubs , we’re joined by Michael Brown, widely known as “the Mental Health Cop,” to dive into the intersection of law enforcement and mental health crisis intervention. Michael shares insights from his years on the frontline, discussing the unique challenges officers face when responding to mental health incidents, the importance of training, and building empathy in hig...

Want to learn more about where Right Care, Right Person originated from? Be sure to listen to the full length webinar from Tactical Scrubs.

To contact Rowan at email him at; rowan@audiencelink.co.uk.

Mel shares her thoughts on her trip to England. Dean also shares his highlights of Mel's visit!

Melanie joins Dean and Mel from Australia to discuss organisational and team culture, leadership, and transformation. Melanie is an advisor, coach, trainer, and speaker: https://melaniemarshall.com.au/

David joins Mel and Dean to discuss his VICTOR service, a specialist mental health incident response service (https://victor-care.org.uk/). VICTOR webinar sign up: https://www.linkedin.com/events/transformingmentalhealthinciden7231400629200375809/ See the VICTOR demo at the Emergency Services Show on the 18th and 19th September at the NEC in Birmingham: Complimentary tickets available here: https:...

In this podcast, we round out the mini-series on policing and community mental health incidents.

Kim joined us for a discussion laced with pearls of wisdom about healthcare safety and security.

This is a follow-up to the previous podcast, in which we went into more detail on the ways that police and health systems are adapting their approaches.

Mel and Dean introduce some of the key issues around the interaction between police and individuals with mental health issues.

International use of force expert Doug Melia, from Safer Handling, joins Dean and Mel to discuss a recent viral video involving a healthcare security staff member using force on a visitor. (https://www.kgw.com/article/news/investigations/security-guard-tackles-woman-randall-childrens-hospital-portland/283-ffe65d96-5a5e-48da-af80-2d38c546fb9a).

Mel does a deep dive into better ways to address workplace violence.

Has Dean mentioned that he did a police ride-along and got deputised?

Mel & Dean are back from their work in San Antonio and have stories to share.

Andy Maddocks, the owner of Intelligensa, joins the podcast to discuss physical intervention, the use of force, and training standards.

Mel and Dean discuss healthcare organisations' challenges when trying to operationalise 'zero tolerance' policies. Mel's article on LinkedIn is well worth reading: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-zero-tolerance-policies-fail-healthcare-mel-cortez--ukr7c

Ari joins Mel and Dean to discuss his role as Founder and CEO of In-House Health and how his team's products help healthcare systems and managers improve performance. https://www.inhouse.health/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/aribrenner/

Does Pizza improve the employee experience for nurses? Culture is the side-effect of leadership. Dean makes the bold claim that every week should be nurses week.

Mel and Dean discuss a chapter from Dean's Mental Health Guide about Panic disorder, which is out this summer.

Mel and Dean are back and determined to make noise of the positive kind.

Mel and Dean discuss how valuable good consultants are to healthcare organisations.

Mel and Dean continue their conversation about how they are helping police departments support people with mental health emergencies in the community by helping them to Make it safe, make sense, and make right. Mel - www.cortexgold.com Dean - www.deanmalpass.co.uk

Mel introduces Dean Malpass, "The Healthcare Expert", as her new co-host, and they discuss some of the contemporary issues in mental healthcare in the UK and set up how that relates to America.

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