A man at The Medical Center at Bowling Green emergency room got into a struggle with hospital security Wednesday night, leading to a nurse and a security guard being struck by gunfire, according to police.
A patient at The Medical Center in Bowling Green was arrested early Thursday after he allegedly shot a nurse in the leg at the Kentucky hospital following an altercation with security officers, according to police.
The CDC has reported that there are 2,000 annual injuries to EMT professionals based on violence-related incidents. That is 22 times higher than the national average for the normal.
Nearly 50% of emergency physicians say they’ve been assaulted. 70% of emergency nurses report being hit or kicked on the job. So what’s the solution?
Army nurse Katie Blanchard warned her command something was going to happen to her. She told coworkers she was afraid of the civilian employee she supervised. Then, court records show, he nearly killed her.
Blanchard was verbally intimidated and harassed for over a year from this individual she supervised.
A gunman shot and killed an emergency physician, a pharmacy resident, and a police officer at Chicago’s Mercy Hospital in November, leaving the emergency physicians there reeling from the experience. They cycled through every emotion imaginable, from fear to guilt, but they were able to glean some lessons from their harrowing experience.
“The vehicle pulled up and fired shots into the crowd, hitting three people,” said Ray Martinez, the health system’s head of security.
The workplace is a common site of hostilities, with approximately 2 million Americans falling victim to workplace violence each year. In fact, homicide is one of the leading causes of job-related deaths in the United States.