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Emergency Department Violence Stories

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Treated for broken rib

A nurse that I work with was punched in the chest so hard that she needed to be treated for a broken rib. 

- An emergency physician from New Mexico 

Pregnant and attacked

I was assaulted by a patient -- she clawed at me hard enough to draw blood.

Threw a wheelchair at me

A patient threw a wheelchair at me and hit me with a turkey sandwich.

"I will burn this hospital to the ground"

We receive verbal abuse daily. One patient said, “I will burn this hospital to the ground.”

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