CAMC ER melee leads to 3
arrests
Charleston
Gazette, WV - 11 hours ago
... and a woman struck
someone with a telephone during the Thursday evening brawl in the Emergency
Department's waiting room, police said. A CAMC security
...
Health
security tightened
Port
Lincoln Times, Australia - Apr 21, 2008
... accident and emergency
department. The measures are being put in place with a grant of over $60000
from the health department, to improve security ...
Woman
charged for assault
Bismarck
Tribune, USA - Apr 8, 2008
Officers
were called to a Bismarck emergency room at 7:20 pm Saturday after a
doctor had stitched up a wound on a man's head, Offerman
said. ...
Violence part of life for
NHS staff
BBC
News, UK - Apr 8, 2008
It's happening on a weekday evening at a hospital emergency
department in Gateshead. The nurses appeal for
her to be quiet - she is upsetting other patients ...
Conviction and
fine for Hospital guard assault
ABC
Online, Australia - Mar 26, 2008
McKay and
his partner were at the emergency department in the early hours of
Monday January 28, with a friend who had broken his ankle. ...
Hospital
installs security staff
BBC
News, UK - Mar 19, 2008
The woman was slapped in the face by a drunken patient in the
Accident and Emergency department. Two nurses in the same department
were violently assaulted ...
Hospital
violence results in charges
Canada.com, Canada - Mar 15, 2008
Charges
have been laid after an enraged emergency room patient's rampage at
Oilfields Hospital in Black Diamond forced a lock down two weeks ago. ...
Hospital
installs security staff
BBC
News, UK - Mar 19, 2008
The woman was slapped in the face by a drunken patient in the
Accident and Emergency department. Two nurses in the same department
were violently assaulted ...
Security
guards at Causeway A&E
Coleraine Today, UK - Mar 19, 2008
Health
Minister Michael McGimpsey has welcomed the
deployment of security guards at the Accident and Emergency
Department of the Causeway Hospital. ...
Tempers flaring
in ER waiting room
Belleville
Intelligencer, Canada - Mar 19, 2008
In October,
city police arrested an angry female who caused about $10000 damage in the Belleville emergency department.
The woman was charged with mischief. ...
Tighter security
for QEH
The
Nation Newspaper, Barbados - Mar 13, 2008
From
yesterday, visitor access was restricted to the main entrance and the Accident
& Emergency Department only, which will be opened 24 hours a day, ...
ER Violence on the Rise |
KXNet.com North Dakota News
KXMC, ND - Mar 11, 2008
More
patients are using the emergency room than ever before. That meansmore people under the influence of drugs and
alcohol...and even..more violence
(John ...
Spattered
with blood
Edmonton Sun, Canada - Mar 8, 2008
Registered
nurse Rhonda Gariepy told court Poitras came into the emergency department
about 5 am and said she had a cut
on her finger and fellow nurse David ...
Security
call after nurse attacks
BBC
News, UK - Mar 6, 2008
Staff at
the Causeway Hospital in Coleraine are
demanding a security guard after an attack last week. Two nurses in the
Accident and Emergency department ...
Nurses Call For
Tightened Security
4ni.co.uk, UK - Mar 6, 2008
Two nurses
in the Accident and Emergency department at the Causeway Hospital were violently
assaulted by a pair of drunken women last week. ...
SMC
doctors plan 'direct action' against daily assaults
Gulf
Daily News, Bahrain - Mar 3, 2008
... Emergency Department
by patients and their relatives. Several cases of assault have
repeatedly been brought to the authorities' notice but each time, ...
NHS staff
dial 999 10 times a month
Scotsman, United Kingdom - Feb 28, 2008
... on November 17. rama
investigation into hospital violence last year focused on the ERI and in
particular the case of convicted rapist Donald Gibson, ...
Pennsylvania
Emergency Room Improves Security with Safe Room
Nurse.com, VA - Feb 25, 2008
Violence is prevalent.” The
facts about ED workplace violence are startling. A 2006 survey conducted
by the Emergency Nurses Association of more than 1000 ...
Hospital to screen ER patients
Bainbridge Post
Searchlight, GA - Feb 22, 2008
... Emergency Department
for treatment and signs in at registration desk. Information gathered
includes patient name, date of birth, Social Security number, ...
Violent
outburst at hospital quelled; Protester enters emergency ...
St. Catharines Standard, Canada - Feb 22, 2008
A security
guard at the Queenston Street hospital said the woman
walked through the emergency department doors around 11 am and simply
started swinging the ...
Violent
outburst at hospital quelled; Protester enters emergency ...
St. Catharines Standard, Canada - Feb 22, 2008
But she said hospital employees are trained to be ready for violence.
Nurses and other emergency room staff, for example, wear personal alarms
that send ...
3M
Teams with Patient Care Technology Systems To Broaden 3M's ...
Earthtimes, UK - Feb 21, 2008
The
company’s Amelior™ software suite includes AmeliorED™, a comprehensive emergency department
information system, and automatic patient and asset tracking ...
VIOLENCE
AGAINST HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS BECOMING A PROBLEM
Democrat
Newspaper, St. Kitts and Nevis - Feb 22, 2008
The
Ministry of Health condemns all acts of interpersonal violence including
the latest incident which is one in a pattern of threats and intimidation ...
Drunks
taking quarter of A&E weekend shift
Dorset
Echo, UK - Feb 16, 2008
Dr Huppertz said drunk patients
caused problems with violence at the hospital and admitted they
could occasionally block beds needed by other patients. ...
Hospital
assault
Gulf
Daily News, Bahrain - Feb 11, 2008
Last month,
Accident and Emergency department chairman Dr Jassim
Al Mehza said he would demand at least BD500 a month
danger money for doctors and nurses in ...
Petrified
emergency department patients trapped Hospital knife rampage
St George
& Sutherland Shire Leader, Australia - Jan 30, 2008
"From
the time the man made the initial threat it was 15 minutes before security
arrived and then three police vehicles," the witness said. ...
Advice
on how to Address Intimate Partner Violence in a Clinical ...
Synapse, CA - Feb 1, 2008
Kaplan has
worked in collaboration with the Family Violence Prevention Fund and she
has developed a model Emergency Department intervention for intimate ...
Jury to decide whether Burks acted in self defense
Petoskey News-Review, MI - Jan 24, 2008
18 in a
confrontation during a traffic stop outside the doors to the
emergency department. ...
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Accident and
Emergency frontline staff in firing
Fermanagh Herald (subscription), UK - Jan 23, 2008
BY MICHAEL
BRESLIN The number of physical assaults on staff in the Accident & Emergency
Department at the Erne Hospital for last month was double that for ...
Emergency
Rooms in Critical Condition
HSToday (subscription), MD - Jan 16, 2008
WASHINGTON, DC, JANUARY
16, 2008 - The new study, “Waits To See An Emergency Department
Physician: US Trends And Predictors, 1997-2004,” published in the ...
Taser use:
SunJournal.com
(subscription), ME
Third use
involved a suicidal man at Rumford hospital acting aggressive and throwing
things around inside the emergency room. Suspect failed to comply with ...
MAJ
condemns attack on nurse
Jamaica
Observer, Jamaica - Jan 11, 2008
According
to Dr Wright-Pascoe, there has been an alarming increase in the daily
attendance rate at the accident and emergency department at the Bustamante ...