I have heard talk of a license you can get to work hospital security does anyone have any information on this? I was told it may be something jahco has...
I have the opportunity to move to the Las Vegas, Henderson NV Area. Is there anybody out there from this area who may know of openings at local hospitals? I...
IAHSS offers a license of sorts. You can find them on the web. Your state may also offer some sort of security licensing. In Ohio there's an OPOTA certified ...
Good day all, I was wondering if anyone is aware of any grant money that is out there specificly for Security training? If you know of any please let me know, ...
If you have noticed the results for the most recent poll has been wiped clean. This was an accident on my part. I attempted to correct a misspelling and reset...
What are we going to do about this ruling from CMS? They have made a policy stating hospital security officers can not use handcuffs or tasers! They (CMS)...
Kyle -- I did a breif check of the CMS web site and I couldn't find anything on this. Could you find a specific source of reference for this? This is something...
I checked the site too and as well with our Legal Dept. and no one knows a thing about it. David Malin <bigdave17042@...> wrote:Kyle -- I did a breif...
Hello I am new. I work in Boston at Boston Medical Center aka Boston City Hospital. First what is CMS?. In our department we are Special Police Officers for...
If you don't file an incident report in your Department whenever you use force both you personally and as well your department has a serious liability problem ...
We just went through this, so I know exactly what you mean! We had to sign policies stated that we would never under any circumstances (including them beating...
This is all I have seen on the handcuff issue. It comes from hcpro.com Hospital Security Weekly. 1. AZ hospital struggles to meet CMS guidelines If Arizona...
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the hospitalsecurity group: Bringing up the ER staffing issue again in hopes to get more responces....
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The County of San Bernardino is currently accepting applications for Security Technician I/II for Arrowhead Regional Medical Center until 8-13-04. A CA Guard...
I have not been able to open the link, but I did locate guideline 482.13(f)(3)(ii)C. It indicates that this deals with Restraint and Seclusion but it's from...
Well I am greatful that our health system is behind us on every use of force issue. I have been here for 18 years and we still use our cuffs or restraints only...
I do not know what state your in, but here in CA restraining can only be orderd by a doctor, and chem restraints seem to be preferred over four point ...
I've taken a look at the ruling and I don't see that it differs to a material degree from standards that are already in place in various states and through the...
I realize that I'm fairly new to this group, so please bear with me being "behind the curve" so to speak. From the topic thread, it seems that many facilities...
We restrain with handcuffs but only for an immediate need. We always double lock and check circulation if they are applied for over 15 minutes. Usually the...
At Providence Portland Medical Center we have a minimum staffing of 2 officers in the ER at all times. PPMC has a 40 bed level 2 trauma ER. We very seldom...
In regards to handcuff use at our facility. We only use handcuffs when making an arrest or if it is the last option to temporarily restrain an out of control...
Dave, I was wondering if we could have a poll on how many of our members' hospitals provide body armor for them. My hospital has given us "permission" to wear...
At Boston Medical Officers are not provided body armor. We have to obtain our own. We have a very large campus. I wear my vest Level 3 platuim when I work on...
Boston Medical is a Level One Trauma. We see 90% of all shooting and stabbings in Boston. We are one of 3 regional Trauma 1's We get anywhere from 3 to 5...
