Taser in ER

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On Sun, 02 Aug 2009 21:35 +0000, cadeth66 at aol.com wrote:
> I personally believe its over-kill for any Hospital security guard to be
> armed.

I personally believe it is irresponsible to allow hospital personnel to
be assaulted, maybe we shouldn't attempt to have a safe work
environment, if it casts any suspicion on any patient. It is fortunate
that the reports of assault, battery, and homice are completely
fictitious. No patient would ever do that.

Then there is the protection of the patient by avoiding the extra
stimulus provided by having hospital personnel wrestling with patients
exhibiting agitated delirium. 


>   Granted some of the people we treat may be potentially dangerous most
>   of the time a situation can be verbally de-escalated

"may be potentially dangerous" No. Some of the patients we treat ARE
dangerous. Some of our coworkers are dangerous in their attempts to
avoid being seen as judgmental.

"most of the time a situation can be verbally de-escalated" Yes, but
that does nothing for the situations that cannot be verbally
de-escalated. In those cases, are we supposed to wait until the violent
person becomes tired of attacking hospital staff and other patient and
decides to go elsewhere for entertainment?

Or is agitated delirium an imaginary condition?

Tim Noonan.


> 
> Matthew Schumacher, EMT-B

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