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Managing violent patient incidents: the role of a behavioral emergency committee
L F Sparr1, D J Drummond, N G Hamilton
1Psychiatry Outpatient Section, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Portland, Oregon 97207.
Abstract:
The Portland (Oregon) Veterans Administration Medical Center acknowledged the problem of dealing with aggressive and disruptive patients by establishing a behavioral emergency committee (BEC). The BEC first introduced a system for tracking disruptive patient incidents and then initiated an electronic flagging system for violence-prone patients that alerts medical center clinical and security personnel when a potentially dangerous patient is present. The committee also coordinates violence control training for medical center personnel. Since the BEC was formed, disruptive behavior among this high-risk patient group has been significantly reduced.
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