ED security: A national telephone survey

Ellis, George L.; Dehart, David A.; Black, Cynthia; Gula, Mary Jean; Owens, Ada

doi:10.1016/0735-6757(94)90236-4

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“…Nearly 30 years ago, one national survey of 248 emergency departments (EDs) found that teaching hospitals were almost twice as likely to have in-house security as nonteaching hospitals (43.5% vs 24.7%, respectively), and 3 of the 4 hospitals using metal detectors at the time were teaching hospitals. 18 Furthermore, urban centers were 2.4 times more likely to have 24/7, in-house security as rural centers, and 3 of the 4 hospitals using metal detectors were in urban locations. 18 Today, armed security is "nearly always greater" at large and public (often urban) hospitals.…”

Section: Intersections Of Healing and Violencementioning

confidence: 97%

“…18 Furthermore, urban centers were 2.4 times more likely to have 24/7, in-house security as rural centers, and 3 of the 4 hospitals using metal detectors were in urban locations. 18 Today, armed security is "nearly always greater" at large and public (often urban) hospitals. 19 One must wonder whether heightened security at urban and teaching hospitals arose to protect predominantly White-bodied trainees 20 and clinicians from the presumed dangerous bodies occupying urban spaces-bodies more likely to be of color.…”

Section: Intersections Of Healing and Violencementioning

confidence: 97%

“…Most studies examining health care violence were conducted in large-scale hospitals, EDs, and inpatient units. 11,18 CMHCs are, by definition, predominantly outpatient settings serving less acute patients than most hospital settings. Caution is warranted when generalizing hospital-based risk and safety data to outpatient settings like CMHCs.…”

Section: Policing Outpatient Mental Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Community Mental Health Centers’ Roles in Depolicing Medicine

Parker

Gallagher

2022

AMA Journal of Ethics

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America faces widespread gun violence and police brutality against Black citizens and persons with severe mental illness (SMI). Violence perpetrated against unarmed patients is common in health care, and evidence-based safety measures are needed to acknowledge and eradicate clinical violence. Community mental health centers (CMHCs) serve many patients of color and persons with SMI, so their overreliance on police or building security deserves ethical and clinical consideration. Policing of Black persons' health care begins in powerful, false narratives that White persons need protection from dangerous Black citizens who reside in urban areas or who have mental illness. This article considers White supremacist origins of the myths making CMHCs sites of policing and trauma rather than safety and healing and offers recommendations for advancing policy and practice.The American Medical Association designates this journal-based CME activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ available through the AMA Ed Hub TM . Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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Section: Intersections Of Healing and Violencementioning

confidence: 97%