The Rising Rate of Hospital Shootings: What Health Care Professionals Need to Know
Most people in the U.S. are painfully aware of the disturbing increase in school shootings over the past several years, but the fatal shooting of a Boston surgeon in January is a sad reminder that hospitals are not exempt from this horrific trend. Research outlined in a new JAMA article indicates that hospital shootings are becoming increasingly prevalent. These "active shooter incidents" have gone from nine per year from 2000 to 2005, to an average of 16.7 per year from 2006 to 2011. Omnisure Consulting Group recommends that all health care facilities have a Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Operation Plan that includes active shooter incidents. They describe five steps that can be taken to limit the likelihood of an incident, and also mitigate the damage if an incident occurs.
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Hospital Code Silver Activation – Active Shooter Planning Checklist The Connecticut Health Association Hospital Preparedness Program (CHA-HPP) is releasing its most recently developed tool ―Hospital Code Silver Activation – Active Shooter Planning Checklist‖. The checklist is being released to support hospital efforts to review and develop active shooter response plans. This resource was initially developed to support the CHA-HPP course ―Planning and Training for Active Shooter Events.‖ The tool was developed with key advisements from agencies such as FEMA, Department of Homeland Security and the International Association for Healthcare Security and Safety.
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Threats to Health According to a 2014 crime survey conducted by the International Association of Healthcare Security and Safety (IAHSS), the rate of violent crime in American healthcare facilities rose by 25 percent from 2012 to 2013, and the rate of disorderly conduct jumped by 40 percent. Jim Stankevich, a past president of IAHSS, tells Security Management that the survey results reflect the need for comprehensive physical security in hospitals, especially visitor management systems—a tool that he admits isn‘t always conducive to the open environments of traditional hospitals.
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HEALTHCARE INCIDENTS: January 27, 2015 | Los Angeles, CA | Nurse Wounded in Shooting at clinic on MLK Jr. Community Hospital Campus
A nurse practitioner was wounded in a shooting at the mental health urgent care facility on the campus of Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital in Los Angeles Monday.
February 13, 2015 | Memphis, Tenn. | ManWith Box Cutter Gets Into Memphis Hospital, Lunges At Police
A 52-year-old man armed with a box cutter somehow managed to get into a closed off section of Regional One Health in Midtown Memphis and when he was spotted by police he lunged at them, according to the affidavit. February 25, 2015 | Pittsburgh, PA | Pittsburgh Psychiatric Patient Sexually Assaults Staffer
A psychiatric patient in a Pittsburgh hospital attacked and sexually assaulted a staff member on Valentine‘s Day. March 15, 2015 | Manchester NH | Man Arrested After Assaulting Elliot Hospital Security And City Police Officer
A city man is accused of assaulting a police officer and an Elliot Hospital security officer who were investigating a report of an unconscious man in the medical facility‘s parking garage.
March 23, 2015 | Elk Grove, Ill | Woman Stabbed to Death Inside Chicago Area Hospital
A woman was fatally stabbed by an estranged family member or friend while the two were visiting the same patient at an Elk Grove Village hospital.
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