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Posted by privateofficernews on November 16, 2008
Two dead in medical clinic shooting www.privateofficer.com
SPRINGFIELD MO. NOV 16 2008(ky3.com) — An act of violence in a medical clinic near St. Louis left two people dead. It happened Friday night when a lab technician’s estranged ex-boyfriend came to the St. John’s Mercy Urgent Care Center. The man killed the lab tech and then was shot to death by police.
This comes just a few months after the death of a hospital security officer here in Springfield. Cox North Security Officer Monty Ruby died in August after being kicked in the head by a patient who was in police custody.
Now, a facility in the St. John’s system, in O’Fallon, Mo., has lost one of its employees to Friday’s violence. Hospital staff here in Springfield know anything can happen, and they’re doing their best to be prepared.
“To happen in a medical facility is really close to us, and we worry about it. What happened there is very sad,” said Dwayne Doran, St. John’s Director of Safety and Security in Springfield.
Friday’s deadly standoff at a sister hospital’s clinic is a shock for St. John’s employees in Springfield, and puts security in the front of many minds. All employees have training to help them de-escalate a situation, but more may be coming.
“Occasionally, we’ll have certain departments go through additional workplace violence training, if there’s been something that worries them, something like this big event might preempt some of them so say, hey we’d like a little more training there, so we do. We step up the training and education,” said Doran.
And as St. Johns recently removed electric stun guns to protect patient rights, they’ve stepped up many other security features in the past few months, adding more cameras to watch out for trouble, card access systems to let employees in and keep others out, panic buttons in hidden locations to call for help, and more security officers.
“We are trying to make more of a security presence as this town grows, and these kind of events happen, to make people feel more secure, so we have roughly 32 officers within the security department,” said Doran.
Just as employees in O’Fallon rushed patients to secure rooms when the incident began, staff here in Springfield are also ready to act quickly.
“We’ve really increased our security by having lockdown units, by having training for avenues of escape,” Doran said.
Doran and staff at other hospitals in Springfield know violence is rising at hospitals nationwide. And they’re doing their best to be prepared.
“We are doing things different than we did four or five years ago,” said Doran.
Both St. John’s and CoxHealth say they use communication as a way to de-escalate violent situations. All CoxHealth employees also go through a conflict resolution course, with re-certification necessary every other year, and they have a program specifically for family members of patients who need someone to talk to.
This comes just a few months after the death of a hospital security officer here in Springfield. Cox North Security Officer Monty Ruby died in August after being kicked in the head by a patient who was in police custody.
Now, a facility in the St. John’s system, in O’Fallon, Mo., has lost one of its employees to Friday’s violence. Hospital staff here in Springfield know anything can happen, and they’re doing their best to be prepared.
“To happen in a medical facility is really close to us, and we worry about it. What happened there is very sad,” said Dwayne Doran, St. John’s Director of Safety and Security in Springfield.
Friday’s deadly standoff at a sister hospital’s clinic is a shock for St. John’s employees in Springfield, and puts security in the front of many minds. All employees have training to help them de-escalate a situation, but more may be coming.
“Occasionally, we’ll have certain departments go through additional workplace violence training, if there’s been something that worries them, something like this big event might preempt some of them so say, hey we’d like a little more training there, so we do. We step up the training and education,” said Doran.
And as St. Johns recently removed electric stun guns to protect patient rights, they’ve stepped up many other security features in the past few months, adding more cameras to watch out for trouble, card access systems to let employees in and keep others out, panic buttons in hidden locations to call for help, and more security officers.
“We are trying to make more of a security presence as this town grows, and these kind of events happen, to make people feel more secure, so we have roughly 32 officers within the security department,” said Doran.
Just as employees in O’Fallon rushed patients to secure rooms when the incident began, staff here in Springfield are also ready to act quickly.
“We’ve really increased our security by having lockdown units, by having training for avenues of escape,” Doran said.
Doran and staff at other hospitals in Springfield know violence is rising at hospitals nationwide. And they’re doing their best to be prepared.
“We are doing things different than we did four or five years ago,” said Doran.
Both St. John’s and CoxHealth say they use communication as a way to de-escalate violent situations. All CoxHealth employees also go through a conflict resolution course, with re-certification necessary every other year, and they have a program specifically for family members of patients who need someone to talk to.
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