Workplace Violence: Recognizing the Warning Signs
My first day of medical residency program began with the admission of the victim of a workplace shooting. He was a security guard responding to gun shots. The shooting started as a domestic dispute. A husband entered the workplace with a handgun, shot and killed his wife, and slightly wounded her friend in the arm as he made the attack. He wounded the guard with a glancing shot to the head before turning the gun on himself and dying in the ER, which is where the attack occurred. Yes, this was my workplace! The security guard was admitted to...
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