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Emergency Department Violence Stories

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Bomb threats to our facility

I was kicked in the stomach and slapped. One time, a patient cut the brakes on my car and made bomb threats to our facility.

- An emergency physician from Washington, D.C. 

There are constant threats

There are violent threats to staff daily.

A patient threw a chair at me

A patient frustrated and agitated because of boarding in the emergency department threw a chair at m...

Broke a police officer’s nose with a headbutt

A patient handcuffed and restrained in my ED attacked staff, then broke a police officer's nose with...

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