Patient Damages Pennsylvania Hospital’s COVID-19 Negative Pressure Area
The patient was upset he had tested positive for COVID-19. The estimated damage from the incident is more than $12,900.
The patient was upset he had tested positive for COVID-19. The estimated damage from the incident is more than $12,900.
A psychiatric patient at Munster Community Hospital placed the security officer in a chokehold after violently attacking a nurse.
The man brought his wife to the hospital emergency room and became upset when he was denied access to patient rooms due to coronavirus restrictions.
Nurses are demanding officials reexamine security policies after the patient, who is a convicted felon and well-known to staff, was placed on an open unit.
Before punching a girl at Garden City Hospital, the man was caught on camera attacking a teen at Beaumont Hospital last year.
The woman, who is a patient at Lancaster General Hospital, took a 4-year-old child from her mother and attacked a responding security officer.
After a man used an officer’s taser and injured a nurse, the hospital is now considering employing police officers who can carry weapons.
In three months, the security dog has answered over 300 calls, found illegal drugs 76 times and de-escalated close to 80 potentially abusive situations.
According to police, the baby’s mother and her boyfriend admitted to strangling the baby because they didn’t want to keep him.
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) recommends healthcare professionals following these eight practices to protect themselves.