If you come in contact with someone who stutters whether in the workplace or with your family, you need to know how to help them by having good communication...
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My Hospital in CA, got dinged on this a year and a half ago. When CMS found out that we occasionally used handcuffs on patients - never more than three times a...
Dave, is your policy more liberal for handcuffing patients? We might use ours once a year per 100 beds. The party is less likely to be an inpatient and they...
Still looking for more input from end-users of networked video. We are at a crossroads and were not sure we want to go that route.Appreciate the responses thus...
Have any of you been involved in the planning and development of a psych ER. We are looking at creating one and I was wondering if you would be willing to...
What is it exactly that you're looking for? Remote view access? Signal over cat5? a2brte <a2brte@...> wrote: Still looking for more input from end-users...
Network access from multiple work stations has been an asset to us in that you can view happenings at one campus while in house at the other. Being able to...
You have been sent a News 10 Now Article by M Peterson [ PMH7@... ] New security measures for University Hospital started Monday. Past criminal incidents...
It's left up to our discretion. a2brte <a2brte@...> wrote: Dave, is your policy more liberal for handcuffing patients? We might use ours once a year per...
We are just completing a new E.D. with 5 seclusion rooms. Among the features are two corner mounted CCTV cameras and Audio monitoring (intercom) mounted in...
Thank you very much for your response. Our psychiatric volume is ever increasing and it is my hope and desire that the powers that be give plenty of...
I need the same help. Our ED is about to renovated and I am on the planning team. I know security locks and video, but I don't know JACHO rules that are...
At least here in Colorado there is a law/statute "2710". In dealing with psych patients you can "mointor" patient activity via camera, but not record. With...
We have three "bare bones" psych rooms. Each can be monitored seperately (audio/video) at each nurses station corresponding to that room or on two other public...
Another consideration is patient access to the ceiling. We had at least 2 psych patients attempt to elope by standing on their bed, remove ceiling tile and...
... least 2 psych patients attempt to elope by standing on their bed, remove ceiling tile and crawl into the ceiling. Almost discovered the hard way that a...
I only joined the Southcoast Hospital Group in January but I was told of similar incidents prior to my arrival. Our new isolation rooms have hard ceilings....
Hi All - I haven't posted in quite a while, but to remind you, I'm the hospital Engineer who took the training for my Security certifications (10) as well....
M Peterson ( PMH7@... ) suggested you might be interested in this http://heraldsun.com.au report. Nurses' safety pleas ignored Peter Mickelburough, state...
This Story has been sent to you by : pmh7@... Mother petitioning for quicker access to emergency informationChristine Olson received a call Dec. 7 that no...
I am a security shift supervisor at a Rockford Illinois Hospital and lately we have been dealing more and more with hostile and violent patients. We break up...
We respond to combative patients regularly. All Officers are trained in aggression management. The first thing we try to do is make sure the scene is safe. If...
St. Anthony's systems (Centura) in Denver Colorado and Colorado Springs (can't remember name sorry). Email me personally at merlin80232@... for more info. ...
I work at Durham Regional Hospital as a Securtiy Supervisor and we were asked to come up with a different schedule thats gives the 4 squads 80 hours a...
Dear Group, Two quick issues: 1) Does anyone have a lost and found policy that they can share? 2) Can you store other items besides 02 (wheelchairs) in an 02...
