The mask protects hospital staff by hindering a combative patient's ability to bite or spit. Being in a hospital can be stressful. Some patients take their frustration out on caretakers. This can be ...

BRAINERD — An 18-year-old Brainerd man was arrested and charged with misdemeanor fifth-degree assault following an incident in the emergency room Wednesday, Dec. 17, at Essentia Health-St. Joseph's ...

Toys for Tots drive kicks off with new ways for families to donate gifts nationwide With Toys for Tots drives underway nationwide, families looking to give back this holiday season now have more ...

JACKSON, MI – A nurse at Henry Ford Jackson Hospital was stabbed while on the job last week when a patient became combative and pulled out a knife. Police were called at about 7 a.m., Feb. 13, to the ...

At about 9:06 p.m. on Dec. 11, Laredo police responded to the emergency department at Doctors Hospital, 10700 McPherson Road, ...

WILLMAR, Minn. — An employee of Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar suffered serious injury Monday morning after being stabbed with a knife by a patient with a history of erratic behavior. According to ...

A medical transport helicopter made an emergency landing in Belleview, Fla., Wednesday morning due to an unruly patient on board, reports Ocala Star-Banner. The ShandsCair helicopter was transporting ...

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCIV) — A caretaker at a Mount Pleasant facility is suspected of assaulting a memory care patient. Sukinah Misyulina Knox, 45, is charged with abuse of a vulnerable adult. She ...

A St. Paul firefighter who was fired by the city after using carotid artery pressure points to subdue a combative patient lost his appeal in the courts this week. According to court documents, Kenneth ...

VANCOUVER, Wash. — A patient caused a half-hour-long standoff with police when he became aggressive and barricaded himself inside the ambulance on Thursday, says the Clark County Sheriff's Office.