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Hazard Flagging as a Risk Mitigation Strategy for Violence against Paramedics

2024-02-15

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Paramedics are increasingly being subjected to violence, creating the potential for significant physical and psychological harm. Where a patient has a history of violent behavior, hazard flags - applied either to the individual, their residential address, or phone number - can alert paramedics to the possibility of violence, potentially reducing the risk of injury. Leveraging a novel violence reporting process emb...

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Literature Corpus work: 9166608c-23a8-5340-8fe3-06b02c03739c
DOI: 10.20944/preprints202402.0831.v1

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