<a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/vidor-e-friedman" rel="tag">Vidor E. Friedman, MD

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Violence in the emergency department puts patients and physicians at risk

The stories are disturbing. A pregnant emergency physician assaulted in a hallway. A patient leaping from the bed, wielding medical equipment as a weapon against the care team. A security guard intervening in a tense waiting room confrontation late at night. Most people find the violence hard to fathom, but for emergency physicians, these threats […]