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 #110256  by Owen
 
I find hospital "safety" a funny topic. Have we ever considered how many people die from Dr errors? How do we screen for them?

Study Suggests Medical Errors Now Third Leading Cause of Death in the U.S.
Excerpt:
Analyzing medical death rate data over an eight-year period, Johns Hopkins patient safety experts have calculated that more than 250,000 deaths per year are due to medical error in the U.S. Their figure, published May 3 in The BMJ, surpasses the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) third leading cause of death — respiratory disease, which kills close to 150,000 people per year.
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/med ... _in_the_us
 #110257  by whatevah
 
GatorDude wrote:Do you really think metal detectors are going to keep out bad guys with weapons from Christiana Hospital? :banghead:
Yes... I think that the armed constables will be able to deal with a bad guy at the checkpoint.
 #110258  by GatorDude
 
How naïve.

A bad guy with a gun/knife is not likely going to proceed directly through security and a metal detector when they have intent to perpetrate harm. Geez. Such a false sense of safety and security.
 #110260  by Amy Blackthorn
 
GatorDude wrote:Do you really think metal detectors are going to keep out bad guys with weapons from Christiana Hospital? :banghead:
Only the ERs have metal detectors, so bad guys who are looking to harm someone will either enter from a non-metal entrance or carry something that isn't metal. Metal detectors aren't going to find a plastic hairbrush that hides a spike inside. They're sold at the farmer's market illegally, so it's not a matter of access.

The armed guards are only going to be effective in a head on confrontation, or suicide by cop.
 #110261  by CorBon
 
A gun in your hand is better than a desk-full of security -- two-hundred-feet away. We carry weapons because we already don't trust others to protect us, so disarming prior to entry just makes a bad experience even more unnerving.