Doctors Propose ‘Secure, Preserve, Fight’ Strategy for Hospital Active Shooters
A recent editorial published in the New England Journal of Medicine recommends the new strategy for areas of hospitals with incapacitated patients.
A recent editorial published in the New England Journal of Medicine recommends the new strategy for areas of hospitals with incapacitated patients.
Police said the husband wrote in a note that he was distraught over his wife’s medical issues and wanted to end her suffering.
A recent federal inspection supports claims that Western State Hospital in Lakewood, Wash., neglected patients for years and punished staff for speaking out.
A homeless man was found stabbed to death on a bench on the property of Providence St. John’s Health Center Friday morning.
The suspect, who has a history of violence, told police he has HIV after he injured a hospital security officer with a syringe.
The security officer died a month after collapsing during an altercation with a psychiatric patient at Heritage Valley Beaver Hospital.
Chicago’s Mount Sinai Hospital was placed on lockdown Saturday after two women were shot while waiting outside to see a relative who had been shot earlier that day.
The IAHSS released guidance this month to help hospitals handle patient and visitor violence.
The new mandate requires all acute-care hospitals and skilled-nursing facilities in California to have comprehensive workplace violence prevention plans.
Survey shows decreased training in some areas and increased crime
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