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Category Archives: Hospital Violence
UK.NHS restraint guidelines say “no prone restraint” so now police are asked to do it
The UK is finally showing some sense. A writer asks: WHAT is the point of NHS restraint guidelines that say “no prone restraint” only to call the police and ask them to do it? Exactly. NHS/UK should either ban prone … Continue reading
Posted in hospital staff assaulted, Hospital Violence, prone restraint, UNITED KINGDOM
Tagged chemical restraint, NHS, police
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CA. Escalating Hospital Violence Threatens Safety for Medical Employees
Most members of the California workforce are aware that, when it comes to professions like firefighting or law enforcement, employees are required to accept significant violence and danger risk as a routine part of the job. However, a recent upsurge … Continue reading
CA. California state psychiatric workers call for greater safety
Two weeks ago, Dr. Alex Sahba, a psychiatrist at Metropolitan State Hospital, was attacked by a patient who rammed the legs of a metal chair into his body, leaving him bruised, bloody and limping. But that was a minor incident … Continue reading
Posted in CALIFORNIA, hospital staff assaulted, Hospital Violence, nurses assaulted, nurses attacked, violent patients, worker compensation
Tagged hosptial violence, psychiatric hospital assault, psychiatric hospital violence, psychiatric hosptial worker, psychiatric workers assaulted
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CA. 40% emergency care nurses and other hospital caregivers assaulted on the job
40% of employees in California emergency rooms said they had been physically assaulted on the job in the previous year The patient was drunk, naked and covered in blood when he burst out of his emergency room cubicle around 2 … Continue reading