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[–] Nioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Well I'm a 340 pound 6'6" nurse so I don't.

[–] sdfric88@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 2 months ago

If a patient throws out their back trying to throw you though, that just ends up being more work for you.

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 4 points 2 months ago

The mighty battle nurse!

[–] lath@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I would think it's usually by family members of the patients, but to be a patient in the hospital, your body is no longer obeying regular functions, so the unexpected becomes the norm.

[–] Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

Its usually patients, they often don't have full capacity (either altered for organic underlying reasons, or substance use, etc..) and usually for that reason it goes unreported.

[–] Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If they aren't responsible for their actions they should be considered legally incompetent by the state and their guardian should have to pay damages.

[–] lath@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

That's silly. If professionals can't subdue a person completely out of control, you can't expect a layman to do it instead.

[–] Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There are a lot of legal restrictions on how the hospital is allowed respond to violent patients

[–] lath@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Call ICE. They have zero legal restrictions.