Tactical Scrubs

Tactical Scrubs

Mel Cortez

English Education Explicit
Episodes 31
Avg. Duration 34m
Activity Dormant
Since Oct 2023
Latest Episode Feb 2025

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Schedule
Weekly
Format
Episodic
Hosting
anchor.fm

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About This Podcast

Tired of corporate memos and empty promises? - Tactical Scrubs is the podcast that finally tells the truth about the violence plaguing our hospitals, schools, and clinics. We're giving a voice to the frontline workers – the nurses, doctors, teachers, and staff who face aggression, assault, and trauma every single day. Hosted by Mel Cortez, a Recovering ICU nurse, security enthusiast, consultant, and best-selling author, Tactical Scrubs pulls no punches. We're diving deep into the root causes of healthcare violence with guests that are doing amazing things to turn the tide.

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Recent Episodes

The Truth Hurts with guest Jonathan Del Castillo

Feb 27, 2025 1h 12m

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…

Tactical Scrubs: Bridging the Gap - Mental Health and Policing with Michael Brown, the Mental Health Cop

Oct 17, 2024 1h 2m

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.…

Teaser for Dean Malpass

Oct 13, 2024 0m

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

Tactical Scrubs: Unlocking Real-World Recruitment Tactics with Industry Pros

Oct 08, 2024 43m

To contact Rowan at email him at; [email protected].

Mel survived her trip to England and shares her top takeaways

Oct 04, 2024 17m

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

Creating Adaptive Teams For High-Value Outcomes with Melanie Marshall

Sep 23, 2024 1h

Melanie joins Dean and Mel from Australia to discuss organisational and team culture, leadership, and transformation. Melanie is an advisor, coach, trainer, and…

VICTOR Care with CEO David Boswell

Aug 21, 2024 1h 1m

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:…

Policing & Mental Health pt. 3

Aug 19, 2024 24m

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

Healthcare Safety & Security with Kim Urbanek

Aug 16, 2024 1h 17m

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

Responding to Community Mental Health Incidents

Aug 16, 2024 19m

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.

Policing & Mental Health

Jul 09, 2024 30m

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

Healthcare Staff - Just Assume Everything Is Being Recorded, And Act Accordingly...

Jun 28, 2024 35m

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.…

Why zero tolerance policies are not effective

Jun 18, 2024 31m

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

How to police community mental health crises with 'Deputy Dean'

Jun 18, 2024 36m

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

Reflections of the San Antonio Riverwalk

Jun 18, 2024 27m

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

Intelligensa's Andy Maddocks

May 23, 2024 36m

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

Little tolerance for zero tolerance policies...

May 20, 2024 40m

Mel and Dean discuss healthcare organisations' challenges when trying to operationalise 'zero tolerance' policies. Mel's article on LinkedIn is well worth…

In-House Health's Ari Brenner

May 17, 2024 42m

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.…

Nurses Week 2024

May 06, 2024 25m

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.

Panic Disorder and Who Creates Better Nurses, The UK or USA?

Apr 27, 2024 35m

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How many episodes does Tactical Scrubs have?

Tactical Scrubs has published 31 episodes since October 2023, covering topics in Education.

Is Tactical Scrubs still active?

Tactical Scrubs is currently dormant with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 34m.

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