Workplace Violence in Healthcare
Workplace violence in healthcare is at an unprecedented level. In fact, nearly 75% of workplace assaults occur in a healthcare setting.
To understand how prevalent this issue is, we’ve compiled several news articles on incidents that recently occurred.
At least 4 wounded, prompting heavy police activity at Portland hospital
At least four people are hurt after gunfire erupted in Portland, Oregon, prompting heavy police activity at an area hospital, multiple news outlets...
Healthcare Workers Exposed to More Than 50 Attacks
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration alleged that workers at Suncoast Behavioral Health Center in Bradenton suffered more than 50 attacks from 2015...
2 dead in Indiana hospital shooting
Munster police were dispatched to the hospital about 1:15 a.m. Tuesday due to a physical disturbance between a patient and an employee. Two...
Man Shot by Police, Hospital Security in Emergency Room
Authorities say a man has died after being shot by police and hospital security officers during an altercation in an Ohio hospital emergency...
Man killed and security guard injured in ‘settling of scores’ outside Paris hospital
A man has died while a female security guard was seriously injured in a shooting outside a Paris hospital on Monday....
Authorities: NFL player Phillip Adams killed 5, then himself
Former NFL player Phillip Adams fatally shot five people, including a prominent doctor, his wife and their two grandchildren before killing himself early...
New security measures in place at UK Hospital following arrest of man armed with guns, explosives
Police officers will now use handheld metal detectors to screen every adult visitor and patient walking into the emergency room. This comes about...
Man with Guns, Explosives Arrested at UK’s Albert B. Chandler Hospital
A man was arrested Thursday after police said he brought guns, body armor and bombs to the University of Kentucky’s Albert B. Chandler...
Employees at Minnesota hospital where doctor was shot had asked for increased safety a year earlier
Last year, nurses in Minnesota asked M Health Fairview administrators to provide better protection in the hospitals' parking areas. They described “unsafe and...
Over 50 colleagues of NYC paramedic bitten in face have suffered attacks
Fifty-two paramedics and emergency medical technicians have been attacked so far this year — a trend which, if it continues, would result in...
Two security hospital patients charged with assaults
The nurse told authorities she believed Opiacha would have killed her if other staff had not intervened. She was taken to a hospital...
Three nurses stabbed with scissors at Ellis Hospital in Schenectady; patient charged
The nurses suffered cuts to their head, neck and back areas, authorities said. All three required treatment and were later released....