Increasing workplace violence in an Australian adult emergency department.
Shradha NikathilAlexander OlaussenEvan SymonsRobert GocentasGerard O'ReillyBiswadev MitraPublished in: Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA (2017)
The rate of WPV was increasing within this Australian ED during the study period. The majority of violent patients were affected by drugs and/or alcohol in the absence of a psychiatric diagnosis. Interventions to reduce access to and misuse of alcohol and illicit drugs could have a substantial impact on the concerning increase of violence in the ED.