Red alert in the ER

The Emergency Nurses Association has a very interesting new study. Half of all ER nurses have been physically assaulted on the job. The ER of course is where the sick and the injured go to get help, but all too often, it's the nurses who end up getting spit on, kicked, pushed and so on. Texas Health Dallas was kind enough to allow us into their ER where we interviewed a nurse who has seen it all. It's part of the job, but THD is doing what it can to make the ER a safer place. The hosptial has security cameras everywhere, all monitored 24 hours a day. There are also panic buttons at nursing stations, hospital security walks the hallways and Dallas police officers have a 24-7 presence in the ER. The hospital is also working on a class that will teach the nearly ninety nurses how to defuse potentially violent situations. Hoep it works for the people who are there to help us.