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Termyn8or -> RE: Getting Dangerous for those in Healthcare. (8/17/2010 10:56:50 PM)
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Well then, as flippant as it may seem you will have to apply bondage. I am not trying to be funny here, maybe later......
Really, you are a caregiver and there is no reason to put up with physical abuse from patients in any setting. Even if you make good money you should not be required to be a martial arts expert, and neither should doctors. As much as I think doctors are overcompensated in this country, they should not have to use their fists and then the next day do brain surgery on their assailant with sore fingers.
A panic button sounds good. But it should be placed somehow so in any situation it can be pushed, and maybe two buttons, one for severe danger and one for less severe danger. The orderlies should be there in seconds, and of course do their best to avoid injuries, but put the patients into a full Segufix system for the night. Look that up if you are unfamiliar. Let them wake up like that.
If that doesn't teach them put them in a rubber room in a straitjacket for a time. You are trying to fucking help people and the profits don't matter. If you have to be a Judo expert to do your job you should be paid for it. But then that's what orderlies are for. All you need is to get them there soon enough.
They might later get a room, possibly rubber, but until further notice from the caregiver(s) they are not required to be released from restraint until alone or the caregiver(s) feel safe. At least that was the law in Ohio up until at least 2005. Other states may differ. And if they are a danger to themselves then they can be kept in restraint even in a private room/cell. Let them live with not being able to scratch their nose or toes, even better their balls if any.
Then, after release, if the cops bring them back again you refuse them at the door. Let their defective ass kill themself in jail then, save us all the trouble. You know that people who don't want help are the biggest problem, and if they are brought there because of criminal activity, you have every right to refuse them on those basis'
If the institution for which you work is public that might not be possible, but in their file, every time they come here they are going straight into restraints.
As far as I know that is the law here. Segufix is still more comfortable than laying on a sheet of steel handcuffed behind your back. And they do that here after they bust up a barroom brawl. And they are the police and have physical training. Unless that is a prerequisite for employment, you don't have to do it. You don't have to be in danger. But I might not recommend pushing the issue with youe employer, it would be better presented to whatever trade association(s) you might be in.
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