Someone showed up at my ED entrance and said they needed help. They collapsed. When clinical personnel arrived, they pulled out a knife and threatened them.
- An emergency physician from Michigan
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"I know where you live"
Had security in a choke hold
A patient was walked back to his room after attempting to leave. When he got to the room, he attacke...
Too many boarding
I’ve experienced many verbal attacks by angry family members of patients who are boarding in the ED ...
Assault almost every day
Almost every day in our ED we have a report of assault.