Healthcare facility security departments, along with clinicians, local law enforcement and the community at large must work together to serve this challenging population, while keeping patients, staff, visitors and the public safe.
The alleged repeated abuse, including physical, mental and sexual, was caught on surveillance video, according to police.
Here are 10 tips on managing abusive individuals discusses how staff members can take action to prevent or mitigate dangerous behavior.
Carolinas Health Care System’s Odetta Mauney is September’s Campus Safety Hero for helping to save a man threatening to take his own life.
The patient was detained shortly after the theft without incident.
A trusted security integrator can help you address the concerns of your internal customers, including top executives, nurses, behavioral health staff and more.
A charge nurse and transportation employee from Temple University Hospital doused a fire in a patient’s room.
An increasing amount of hospitals in the south are dealing with patients under the influence of flakka.
Patient Danny Hammond fatally shot Aitkin County Sheriff’s Deputy Steven Sandberg on Oct. 18.
The patient faces several charges of third degree assault and battery.
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