What to do When vour Patient Goes Berserk
Abstract
I was reminded recently that we need to think this through again: what to do when confronted by violent patients. Sensible, normal people had organized strong security for the hospital. There was a huge supply of guns that needed storage - the safest place was the Psychiatric section. One of the patients - he is what is called Mentally Confused, or MC, for short, managed to get into this room and steal one of the guns.
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