@Atul_Gawande @nytimes @nytrosenthal Complicated question but ERs in many cities can be dangerous places and staff deserve to be protected.
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@JReinerMD@Atul_Gawande@nytimes@nytrosenthal This didn't occur in an ER but inside a hospital room where a patient was alone and unarmed. -
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@Atul_Gawande@nytimes@nytrosenthal So glad your brother is OK. Agree that ER is a diff environment than inpatient wards.
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@Atul_Gawande@nytimes In one study, 23% of hospital shootings from individuals wrestling guns from armed staff. http://www.medpagetoday.com/upload/2014/5/1/fa-gdkelen.Pdf …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Controversial, I agree. What are alternative solutions to 10,000 violent crimes vs hospital employees in 3 years?
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@Atul_Gawande@nytimes Not so true. Trauma center inundated with gun & knife toting thugs. Many bad nights. Thank God for police presence.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Atul_Gawande@philiplederer@nytimes. Agreed but every hospital I have worked in had armed guards. - End of conversation
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@Atul_Gawande@nytimes Almost a quarter of shootings in the ER are the result of someone grabbing a guard's gun.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Hospitals must be safe havens first for patients--but employees too. Schools have been having this debate for years
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@Atul_Gawande@nytimes Agreed. Check out dartmouth security's new non-lethal device. http://www.vnews.com/home/16946798-95/dhmc-acquires-safety-guns …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Atul_Gawande@nytimes and the pt used the cop's gun too!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Atul_Gawande@nytimes no mention of a recent incident when a police officer was shot by a pt here in oz?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Atul_Gawande@nytimes Agree, and broader systemic issue is appalling lack of mental health & social resources.#mentalhealthThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Atul_Gawande@nytimes Have you ever been attacked as a physician? Ever talk to a RN who has been beaten?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Atul_Gawande Interesting listen on@ThisAmerLife this morning. Patient stories matter.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Atul_Gawande@nytimes Well, gun advocates would simply state that if other good, responsible patients carried guns, this wouldn't happenThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Atul_Gawande@ketaminh@nytimes only in America.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Atul_Gawande@GavinPrestonMD@nytimes guns are a bad idea anywhereThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Atul_Gawande@nytimes somehow folks tend to think only weapons give them power...sad!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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