VANCOUVER, Wash. (KATU) — A patient in Oregon caused a half-hour-long standoff with police when he became aggressive and barricaded himself inside the ambulance on Thursday, police said. Shortly ...

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 ...

New Jersey health authorities have suspended the certifications of three emergency medical technicians on accusations they assaulted a combative patient by punching him several times while in the back ...

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Aurora firefighters are asking the city council to put a hold on adoption of a new sedative, Droperidol, for use on combative patients. Currently, two Aurora Fire Rescue paramedics and three police ...

Two patients were shot by off-duty police officers Thursday in two separate incidents — one at Garfield, Ohio-based Marymount Hospital, which is a Cleveland Clinic facility, and another at St.

A Tulsa police officer who has spent more than a week hospitalized after attempting to subdue a combative ambulance patient “is making good progress,” the Police Department announced Thursday.

Pensacola, Florida – A patient was arrested Tuesday at West Florida Hospital after he held another patient hostage and fought with hospital staff and deputies. He even grabbed one of the deputy’s guns ...

She risked her life to save somebody else's Shanta Lyles Gushes when she talks about her friend, Latrice Jones, both are nurses. She says they used to work together. She worked long hours and many ...

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.