Characteristics of four types of patient assaults: Fifteen-year analysis of the assaulted staff action program (ASAP) with EMS implications

International Journal of Emergency Mental Health

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 177-184

  Flannery Jr , Raymond B ^a,b   Walker, Andrew P ^a  

^a Massachusetts Department of Mental Health   (United States)

^b Worcester State Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Assaulted staff action program (ASAP); Assaults; Emergency services; Patient assailants; Patient assaults; Staff victims

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; VIOLENCE;

EID: 57549087723     PISSN: 15224821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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