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Empowerment Self-Defense Arms ED Staff Against Rising Workplace Violence

Physician's Weekly

A 2024 American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) poll revealed that 91% of emergency physicians reported that they or a colleague experienced violence in the past year. The emergency room has become a pressure cooker, and healthcare professionals are paying the price. The Warner Bros. The Warner Bros.

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Surgical Communication: A Podcast with Gretchen Schwarze, Justin Clapp and Alexis Colley

GeriPal

” And he says, “It’s in the emergency room.” The problem is, that’s actually not a very good narrative for nearly everything we take care of in healthcare. Alex: Alexis workshopped a couple questions with us yesterday, and we helped her make them even more challenging for you. Alexis: Sure.

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Anti-Asian Hate: Russell Jeung, Lingsheng Li, & Jessica Eng

GeriPal

And because of this encounter, this patient went to the emergency room twice due to having panic episodes that felt like heart attacks. We do talk about healthcare policy. Alex 33:17 Yeah, we had to workshop this. And my preceptor and I had to start him on an antidepressant. We’re not a general policy podcast.