Campus Safety’s Best Hospital Quotes

“We should never have to wait until a nurse, doctor, EMT or patient is seriously injured or killed before something is done.”

– Ventura County Medical Center nurse Lorraine Sandoval on the level of violence in hospital emergency departments. After she was assaulted, she started counting the number of times a colleague was attacked or threatened. Usually it was once or twice a day.
Source: Los Angeles Times (September 2011)