HEALTHCARE INCIDENTS: continued


August 27, 2014 | Stratford, NJ | Hospital Raymond Wychowanec Allegedly Kills Wife At Hospital In Attempted Murder-Suicide A man shot and killed his hospitalized wife and then tried to kill himself, prompting investigators to search their home, where their son was found fatally shot, authorities said.


September 3, 2014 | Trenton, NJ | Medical Center Trenton man charged with making terroristic threat after bringing shotgun to hospital A hospital worker was arrested after he allegedly showed up at work early Monday morning with a shotgun following an argument with a coworker, police said today.


September 4, 2014 | Phoenix, AZ | Hospital Fatal shooting at St. Joseph's Hospital investigated A guest who was visiting a family member died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at St. Joseph's Hospital


September 4, 2014 | Lebanon, MO | Hospital Man tried running down hospital security officer privateofficer.com Police are investigating an assault against a hospital security officer involving a Lebanon man allegedly attempting to strike a hospital security guard with a vehicle.


September 14, 2014 | Orange Park, Fla | Medical Center Brutal Patient-On-Patient Attack At Orange Park Medical Center Privateofficer.Com A brutal patient-on-patient attack at Orange Park Medical Center left a woman fighting for her life.


THREAT MANAGEMENT INSIGHTS


. . . lessons learned from 25 years of managing workplace violence By Bruce T. Blythe, Crisis Management International


This regular feature article is provided to share common and uncommon learnings of Bruce T. Blythe (former U.S. Marines Corps Police Officer, Psychologist, owner of six crisis-related companies - U.S. and international - and Threat Consultant since 1988). The intent is to provide take-and-use guidelines that will help managers and practitioners be better at their craft. Hopefully, it will also serve as a forum to compile best-practices from the field. If these articles stimulate take-and-use content that you would like to suggest, please provide your ideas to bblythe@cmiatl.com.


Understanding the Violent Mind


Threatening, hostile and violent people are often seen as incorrigible, uncooperative and impossible to manage effectively. This may be true in some cases. However, there is much you can do to influence these individuals to act peacefully and cooperatively.


Even the most hostile or violent people are not violent all the time. They are intermittently hostile and violent in context. There is a relationship with their environment that triggers these undesirable behaviors. Even when the etiology (root cause) of the behavior is mental derangement or substance abuse, there are still environmental factors that can increase or


decrease the likelihood of hostile or violent behaviors.


As a general rule, once you understand the violent mind, you will be in a better position to influence that mind in positive directions. While you may not ―cure‖ the individual of antisocial traits, psychosis, delusions, addiction, or a generally combative personality, you can increase the likelihood of peacefully redirecting that individual away from targets in your workplace.


Threatening, hostile and violent people tend to have very similar beliefs. The same mental algorithm (pattern) tends to repeatedly show up with these individuals. Aggressive behavior starts with thinking. Understanding the common beliefs and thoughts of threatening people is critical for effectively defusing aberrant and potentially violent behavior before it escalates.


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