S.C. Mental Health Patient Suffocated by Untrained Hospital Staff
Employees sat on the back of a patient — which goes against protocol for restraining a patient — denying oxygen to his organs for four minutes.
Employees sat on the back of a patient — which goes against protocol for restraining a patient — denying oxygen to his organs for four minutes.
After escaping from Grand Strand Regional Medical Center, a psychiatric patient stole an ambulance and drove it around the parking lot.
Locksets from NAPCO provide for quick lockdown for educational facilities and prevent sentinel events at hospitals and psychiatric facilities.
Part of the new plan will be appointing a Chief Operating and Integration Officer whose responsibility will be to oversee all clinical operations.
The BC Forensic Psychiatric Hospital has had a long history of violent patient attacks against nurses and other staff members.
In addition to Zendejas, 22 other healthcare security officers were honored last month.
Treatments provided over the Internet could be the solution to meeting the increased need for mental health services on college campuses.
A psychiatric ward patient attacked a nurse by biting off her earlobe in the latest attack on a staff member at Western State Hospital.
The patient who shot himself had been admitted to the hospital that day for a psychiatric evaluation for depression issues.
Kaiser Permanente staff and patients evacuated or sheltered in place after a disgruntled male in the mental health unit fired six or seven rounds.
Chief William Evans, former Commissioner of the Boston Police Department, will talk about dealing with inner-city violence as well as dealing with major challenges as The Boston Marathon bombings, Occupy Boston and numerous protests.
This webinar will inform participants what compassion fatigue is and what factors lead to it.
