don’t blame the victim
That’s easy to say, but he was dressed so provocatively that the police just couldn’t help themselves
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I’m amazed that only one copologist showed up, usually they’re drawn to blood
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backle, I agree (except the never been hit part, bc I have, and that’s not a good thing). I find that most people, once in the ER, can be talked to and calmed down enough to avoid physical altercation. The difficult thing is the person who shows up already restrained/fighting/etc. And oddly, I find there’s a pattern of violence-by-seasons. Some summers, some falls, some winters, just seem to have more violenent patients. I don’t have a good way to track the ebb and flow, though, so can’t prove it or act on it.
I never saw the seasonal or full moon theory work. Other then summer nights and Christmas. Excessive alcohol/ drugs or family interactions seemed to do it. The biggest change I did see was crystal meth & mma. People fought longer and started to fight differently. Even in psychiatry violence from the mentally ill was 1:100 compared to the temporarily drug/alcohol effected. When we had direct police admissions via courts or police and people came in cuffed and struggling. We did have the disadvantage that the cuffs had to come off, that came with the advantage we weren’t the police. Plenty of times I told police, don’t take it badly it’s not you it’s your uniform. During my time a psychiatric nurse was killed on the job in my area. No patients were killed by staff. When I see an article about a person being killed during a restraint or during non-compliance I have many questions.
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