Hospital Assaults Hit All-Time High in 2020, IAHSS Survey Finds
From 2019 to 2020, the assault rate at U.S. hospitals increased more than 23% from 10.9 incidents per 100 beds to 14.2.
From 2019 to 2020, the assault rate at U.S. hospitals increased more than 23% from 10.9 incidents per 100 beds to 14.2.
Joseph Wuerz has been charged with aggravated battery on a pregnant woman and a medical worker, and homicide of an unborn child
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These violent incidents emphasize the importance of having a robust workplace violence prevention program in place at all hospitals.
The nurse suffered a brain bleed after the assault, providing a “wake-up” call for tighter security measures at the hospital.
The proposal recommends using mental health staff instead of law enforcement to respond to crises in hospitals.
Emergency department visitors will now be scanned with handheld metal detectors.
The man also took away a deputy’s Taser, pointed it at the deputy and pulled the trigger several times.
Houston Police say the woman was accompanying her husband to his doctor’s appointment when he pulled out two pistols and shot her.