Rising incidents of abuse were partly fuelled by elevated drug and alcohol use. Other sick Victorians and their carers, frustrated due to record long waiting times in EDs, were also lashing out at staff. | MeljCunningham
Australasian College for Emergency Medicine is calling for specalist security staff to be stationed in all emergency departments across Victoria amid rising violence and aggression.
Australasian College for Emergency Medicine national president Clare Skinner said staff reported escalating levels of violence in every emergency department across the state, where security remained variable and particularly patchy in smaller hospitals and regional health services. Australian College of Emergency Medicine federal president Clare Skinner wants a new commission to overhaul Australia’s healthcare.
Emergency doctor Stephen Parnis said he could not a recall a time when rates of aggression and violence had been higher. He told his 25,000 Twitter followers on Friday of the “roars and rage” echoing through the walls during his emergency shift at a major Melbourne hospital as distressed and violent patients arrived by ambulance.
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