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Violence and Safety in the Emergency Department

Report on violence towards accident and emergency ambulance staff

Smart, Gary, Ambulance UK, 1999, vol./is. 14/5.

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Abridged version of the first part of a body of research into workplace violence in the ambulance service. It details the A&E ambulance staff response within the Avon Ambulance Service to a survey form sent to all staff in March 1998.

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Drunken patients in the general hospital: their care and management.

Malone D, Friedman T; Postgraduate Medicine Journal. 2005 March; 81(953): 161-166.

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The increasing problem of managing drunken behaviour in accident and emergency departments is discussed. Although an alcohol history is recommended for all admissions, because of various reasons, hazardous drinkers continue to miss the opportunity of effective interventions.

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Prevention of alcohol-related assault and injury.

Cusens B, Shepherd J. British Journel of Hospital Medicine, Vol 66 Iss 6 1 June 2005, pp 346 - 348.

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Harm reduction can be achieved through practical measures like plastic glasses and bottles in licensed premises, controlling drinks prices and targeted policing organized on the basis of police and accident and emergency data.

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Personal safety in the accident and emergency department

Ferns T, Cork A, Rew M; British Journel of Nursing, 2005 July 14-27; vol 14 (issue 13) : pp 725-30.

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This article considers the characteristics of individuals who assault A&E staff.

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Tackling alcohol related violence in city centres: effect of emergency medicine and police intervention.

Warburton A L ,Shepherd J P; Emergency Medicine Journal 2006;23:12-17.

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Assaults resulting in ED treatment were studied using a longitudinal controlled intervention, a three stage design during a three year period of rapid expansion in the night-time economy.

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The criteria for causation of alcohol in violent injuries based on emergency room data from six countries.

Macdonald S, Cherpitel CJ, Borges G, Desouza A, Giesbrecht N, Stockwell T; Addictive Behaviours; 2005 January; 30(1): 103-13.

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This paper is based on data using similar methods collected from patients at 30 emergency rooms (ERs) in six countries. These data were analyzed with the goal of determining whether alcohol is a likely cause of violence through an application of criteria outlined by Bradford Hill.

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Managing alcohol related aggression in the emergency department (Part II).

Ferns T, Cork A; International Emergency Nursing, 2008, April:16(2);p88-93.

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Discusses personal and organisational strategies clinical nursing staff may consider appropriate to minimise the risk of assault when caring for service users projecting alcohol related aggression.

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Managing alcohol related aggression in the emergency department (Part I).

Ferns T, Cork A; International Emergency Nursing, 2008, January:16(1);p43-7.

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This first paper highlights the literatures discussion of alcohol related violence in the emergency department and the potential psychological effects of alcohol intoxication.

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