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This 10 page paper discusses the problem of violence against ER personnel. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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who are trying to help victims of violence are increasingly becoming prey to violent assaults. The problem has been known for some time but is growing to the point
where emergency room personnel are demanding laws be enacted to protect them. This paper discusses the problem of violence against ER personnel. The Assaults Emergency room personnel
deal with people in extreme situations; they may be badly injured, seriously ill, or high on drugs or alcohol. They are upset, angry, confused, and in some cases they
are out of control. The result is an increasing number of incidents in which emergency room personnel, in particular nurses, are attacked by patients. The attacks have ranged
from verbal abuse to "hostage situations, gunshot wounds, and assaults on staff" (Kuhn, 1999). In a study done in 1988, researchers surveyed 170 U.S. teaching hospitals that had "a
volume of about 40,000 patient visits per year" (Kuhn, 1999). The statistics are alarming: 127 hospitals responded, and of that number 32% (41 hospitals) "reported at least one
verbal threat daily" and 18% (23 hospitals) "reported at least one threat with a weapon monthly" (Kuhn, 1999). In the five years before the study, "72 (57%)
of the ED staff members had been threatened by a weapon; 55 hospitals (43%) reported that a physical attack on a staff member occurred at least once each month. Staff
injuries had occurred in 102 (80%) of the EDs in the previous 5 years, while 9 hospitals (7%) reported violence resulting in death. Thirty-two (25%) of the hospitals reported at
least one patient per day required restraint; 16 (13%) of the hospitals reported that patients sustained injuries from the restraint (Kuhn, 1999) The details of some of the attacks
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