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KMID : 0385919920030020067
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Journal of the Korean Society of Emergency Medicine
1992 Volume.3 No. 2 p.67 ~ p.74
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Emergency Department Violence
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Abstract
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Authors have reviewed emergency room violentee for 6 months and obtained following results ;
1) Of violentees in the emergency room, male was 4 times much as female and a high incidence in third and fourth decade.
2) Traumatic patients were more violent than non-traumatic patients. Among traumatic patients, assault was highest. The deparmental distribution was Orthopedic Surgery, Internal Medicine and Plastic Surgery in order. 56 patients (21.2%) was
drunken
status.
3) The emergency room violence occured mostly in the night shift.
4) Patient caused more violence than a guardient. It happened mostly in front of the nursing station and in the emergency care unit.
5) The most of violence happened within 30 minutes in arrival.
6) The lading cause of violence was the delay of laboratory study and treatment.
7) The violence was mostly verbal abuse to the ED nurse.
8) Sixteen cases were reported to the plice and they react in average 23 minutes.
It is important to know the nature of the violent in emergeney room. It helps in deling with them and makes us realize about the education and training to the emergency personnels. It is necessary to solve the problems faced in the emergency
deparment
not only administrative and financial aids but also further study and endeaver of the emergency personnel.
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