Workplace violence and chemical exposure: A 73-year-old CVA patient assaults nurses with a fire extinguisher

Journal of Emergency Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 484-488

  Arthur, Terri ^a   Bain, Evelyn I ^b  

^a CAPE COD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Massachussetts Nurses Association   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; FLAME RETARDANT; HALOPERIDOL; HEPARIN; SILICATE; STEARIC ACID;

AGED; AGITATION; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; ATTITUDE; BLEEDING; BREATHING DISORDER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY CARE UNIT; COUGHING; DANGEROUS GOODS; EYE IRRITATION; FIRE PROTECTION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NOSE DISEASE; NURSE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PATIENT MONITORING; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESTLESSNESS; SORE THROAT; THORAX PAIN; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 0036927405     PISSN: 00991767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/men.2002.124410     Document Type: Article

References (2)

1. Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Portable fire extinguishers (OSHA standard 1910.120). Washington, DC: US Department of Labor.
2. Occupational Safety and Health Administration. OSHA guidelines for preventing workplace violence in healthcare and social service settings (OSHA Publication 3148). Washington, DC: US Department of Labor. 1996.