One of our pregnant nurses was assaulted and no charges were brought. The hospital administration just keeps pushing these incidents under the rug—they seem much more concerned about optics.
- An emergency physician from Texas
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Physical and psychological trauma
Punching while strapped onto stretcher
An intoxicated patient was brought in by EMS.
"Assault should be a felony, but it is not"
I work in a small emergency department. At one point, we were being assaulted on a nightly basis.
Cursed out for doing my job
A man’s daughter had a fever and he did not like the treatment that I recommended – so he pushed me....