Aside from the obvious teaching campuses like John's Hopkins and UofMd in the city, which hospitals are armed that would be in "these parts"? Meaning AA, PG, Balt county.
In this area (MoCo) the security guards are unarmed. However, the hospitals I go to have at least 1 or 2 local PD officers around in the ED.
Personally, I trust you better with a pistol than those cops.
Your ignorance doesn't mean it isn't happening.
journals.lww.com
Tell me where I said it wasn't happening?shooting in emergency room
Your ignorance doesn't mean it isn't happening.
News: The Aftermath of the Shooting at Chicago's Mercy... : Emergency Medicine News
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2019
A gunman shot and killed an emergency physician, a pharmacy resident, and a police officer at Chicago's Mercy Hospital in November, leaving the emergency physicians there reeling from the experience. They cycled through every emotion imaginable, from fear to guilt, but they were able to glean some lessons from their harrowing experience.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10126164/ 1993 May
The shootings of three doctors in a Los Angeles emergency room, and the subsequent hostage taking by the alleged assailant, received extensive national publicity and reportedly has had an impact on ER security at many hospitals--in California and elsewhere. In Part I of this report, we'll present details on what happened and what transpired afterward in connection with the hospital, Los Angeles County-University of Southern California Medical Center, and other California hospitals. Part II of this report, in our next issue, will deal with the event's impact on hospitals elsewhere in the country.
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2 DEAD, 5 WOUNDED AFTER ER SHOOTING PATIENT DIES OF HEART ATTACK AS WOMAN KILLS ANOTHER BEFORE POLICE SHOOT HER
A woman fired gunshots in a hospital emergency room Monday night, killing another woman and wounding that woman's husband before she was shot by police, authorities said.
Another woman who was being treated for a gunshot wound when the shootings erupted died of a heart attack.
Police said the shootings stemmed from a domestic fight.
According to John Mitchell, a spokesman for Chippenham Hospital, three people - a 50-year-old woman, a 26-year-old woman and a 3-year-old boy - arrived about 7:45 p.m. suffering from gunshot wounds. They were brought in by a husband and wife.
Minutes later, Mitchell said, a 45-year-old woman came into the emergency room and began shooting.
Both the husband and wife were shot, the wife fatally.
The husband was in surgery, Mitchell said.
The woman doing the shooting was in stable condition with wounds that were not life-threatening, Mitchell said.
During the shootings, the 50-year-old woman suffered a heart attack and died, Mitchell said.
The conditions of the younger woman and the boy who came in with gunshot wounds were not immediately known.
Authorities were withholding the names of the victims.
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Jul 28, 2023
This week, a visitor opened fire at Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center in Portland, killing a security guard and injuring a nurse.
Following increases in both aggression towards nurses and mass shootings, stakeholders are debating whether new tech or old solutions can make a difference.
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A shooting in a Virginia hospital on Dec. 22 ended with two people injured and one suspect charged, according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Police said a 27-year-old man, Rasheed Pope Jr., had a firearm during the intake process at Chippenham Hospital, an HCA Healthcare facility in Richmond, Va., on Dec. 22. Police on site at the hospital for an unrelated matter were notified of the shooting at 4:11 a.m., which occurred in the hospital's ER.
Police said Mr. Pope self-presented at the hospital for a mental health evaluation and was entering a room and getting into a gown when, without warning, he began firing his weapon, according to a Dec. 22 police news conference made available from local CBS affiliate WTVR.
The shooting injured a Chesterfield County police officer and a male patient who was in the hallway, police said. Police said the officer was treated for injuries and released; the patient's injuries were considered critical but not life-threatening. Police said the shooting was not accidental, with multiple shots fired.
Police arrested Mr. Pope on the scene. He has been charged with attempted murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.
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On November 19, 2018, a mass shooting took place at the Mercy Hospital and Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois. An attending physician at the hospital, a police officer, and a pharmacy resident were killed. The gunman, later identified as Juan Lopez, the ex-fiancé of one of the victims, later died in a shootout with other responding officers.
Your ignorance proves to be redoubled.
Again, still rare instances.
Definitely rare. This happened in the parking lot outside the emergency department at BWMC.
www.wbaltv.com
Iirc this was an incident that spilled over from the area and not a direct action to the hospital?Definitely rare. This happened in the parking lot outside the emergency department at BWMC.
Police investigate murder-suicide involving son, father
Police are investigating a murder-suicide that started in the parking lot of the University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center in Glen Burnie.
That kind of incident makes me want to carry MORE inside of a hospital, not less. This security “upgrade” will be more theater than actually making it safer at the hospital.
Agree it will not prevent anything.
They were pretty common for what they were. "Take me to Cuba".
I'm not for patients taking pistols into a place of healing. I've always said that about the doctor office threads too.
