Podcast 756: Violence Towards ED Staff

<ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">ACEP survey was done in 2018 looking at violence towards staff in the ED with only 10% of those solicited responding</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Survey found 47% of respondents were assaulted and 71% had witnessed violence towards staff</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Regarding what was done about the violence, 28% said patients were flagged by the hospital, 21% said patient was arrested by police/hospital security, 6% of the cases resulted in the hospital pressing charges, and in 3% of cases the staff were advised to press charges</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Analyzing the type of violence that occurred, it was found that in 44% of the incidents staff were hit/slapped, 30% were spit on, 28% were punched, 27% were kicked, 17% were scratched, 6% were bitten, 2% were assaulted with a weapon, and 1% were sexually assaulted</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">ED violence is a very serious matter and you can learn more about the survey and initiatives at the links below</span></li> </ul> <p><strong>References</strong></p> <p><a href= "https://www.acep.org/administration/violence-in-the-emergency-department-resources-for-a-safer-workplace/"> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://www.acep.org/administration/violence-in-the-emergency-department-resources-for-a-safer-workplace/</span></a></p> <p><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://www.emergencyphysicians.org/press-releases/2018/10-2-2018-violence-in-emergency-departments-is--increasing-harming-patients-new-research-finds</span></p> <p><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://stopedviolence.org/</span></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Summarized by John Spartz, MS4 | Edited by Erik Verzemnieks, MD</span></em></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-