Modifying the behavior of the violent patient
โ Scribed by Gordon G. Ball
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 801 KB
- Volume
- 64
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0033-2720
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๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
Emergency department personnel frequently encounter violent patients. Effective management depends on early recognition of clues of potential violence and a response that will defuse the threat. The author presents an evaluation schema which emphasizes diagnostic categories and behavior as predictor
## Interventions: None. Results: 0nly about 50% of survey respondents reported having protocols for the management of violent patients. Law enforcement officers provided assistance in managing violent patients for 97% of respondents, and 81% reported that a violent patient who refused transport co