❓ This WA parliamentary question and answer reveals the number of assaults and threats against staff at Peel Health Campus in 2018, highlighting the risks faced by healthcare workers.
AnsweredQoN 4529Legislative Assembly
Asked
12 February 2019
Member
Portfolio
Deputy Premier; Minister for Health; Mental Health
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I refer to assaults on hospital staff at the Peel Health Campus during 2018 and ask: (a) How many hospital staff have been assaulted and what is the occupation of each staff member; (b) How many hospital staff received medical attention after being assaulted by patients; (c) What was the nature of each incident; and (d) How many hospital staff members were threatened with assault or violence?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
12 March 2019
Response time
6 days
I am advised:
(a)
Nursing
25
Medical
1
Other
29
Total
55
(b) 6.
(c) As per (b), see below.
(i) Emergency Department (ED) patient affected by drugs punched a security guard in the face and head.
(ii) Security guard received small laceration to hand during physical restraint of an ED patient affected by drugs.
(iii) ED patient with history of mental health and drug use punched security guard repeatedly in the head.
(iv) Elderly medical ward patient injured a Registered Nurse by twisting and pulling their arm and kicking them in the abdomen whilst they were administering medication.
(v) Elderly dementia patient in ED grabbed and twisted a Registered Nurse’s wrist.
(vi) Medical ward patient with dementia pulled a Patient Care Assistant’s arm.
(d) 374.
(a)
Nursing
25
Medical
1
Other
29
Total
55
(b) 6.
(c) As per (b), see below.
(i) Emergency Department (ED) patient affected by drugs punched a security guard in the face and head.
(ii) Security guard received small laceration to hand during physical restraint of an ED patient affected by drugs.
(iii) ED patient with history of mental health and drug use punched security guard repeatedly in the head.
(iv) Elderly medical ward patient injured a Registered Nurse by twisting and pulling their arm and kicking them in the abdomen whilst they were administering medication.
(v) Elderly dementia patient in ED grabbed and twisted a Registered Nurse’s wrist.
(vi) Medical ward patient with dementia pulled a Patient Care Assistant’s arm.
(d) 374.
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