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Preventing Violence in the Emergency Department: Ensuring Staff Safety
Environment of Care News, 09/25/09

Emergency room violence is on the rise—and it's not just in urban areas. Common causative factors, such as alcohol abuse, stress, staffing shortages, and inadequate violence prevention training are universally present. This article shows organizations how to develop a security approach to reduce the threat of violence and appropriately respond to violence when it does occur./ It also explains how environmental controls, policies and practices that support violence prevention, security training, and planned response can help prevent and manage violence.

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