Assault

Punching while strapped onto stretcher

An intoxicated patient was brought in by EMS.

Physical and psychological trauma

Pregnant and assaulted, no charges

Happens so often, nothing is done

Brain injury and PTSD

An incident pretty much every shift

I don't feel safe

Three days in a row

He attacked the officer

Safety officer unconscious

Locked in restroom for safety

Large chunk of arm bitten off

Completely swept under the rug

Too violent for jail

Reporting does not change anything

He bit a nurse

Violent after seven days boarding

Pulled out a gun

Ripped the sink off the wall

He threatened staff, kicked holes in the wall

There are constant threats

Unsustainable

Bomb threats to our facility

There's nothing we can do

Too much effort to pursue justice

Aggressive threats

Beat up in the ambulance bay

Choked another patient's mom

Attacked staff and shattered glass door

“We are abused on a regular basis”

Behavior only acceptable in hospital

He threatened to shoot all of us

Tore the door off

Frustrated after boarding three days

Throwing urine on everyone

Threatened so often I lost count

Punched by the whole family

Abuse from patient treated in hallway

"I'll meet you in the parking lot and kill you"

Broken glasses and concussion

Broke a police officer’s nose with a headbutt

A patient threw a chair at me

“I’ll kill every one of you!”

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Violence in the Emergency Department