Detroit Area Hospitals Fight To Stem Emergency Room Violence

Violence Part Of Daily Life In Detroit ERs

Hospitals in Metro Detroit and across the country are beefing up security to protect their workers from emergency room violence.

ER doctors and nurses are pushed, shoved, hit and even bit, according to recent research, including a six-hospital study by the head of emergency medicine for Beaumont Health System and an ongoing national survey by the Emergency Nurses Association.

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