{"id":5468,"date":"2024-04-27T13:29:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-27T17:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/?p=5468"},"modified":"2024-08-07T16:07:03","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T20:07:03","slug":"mausz-et-al-hazard-flagging-as-a-risk-mitigation-strategy-for-violence-against-emergency-medical-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/?p=5468","title":{"rendered":"Mausz et al. Hazard Flagging as a Risk Mitigation Strategy for Violence against Emergency Medical Services"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Abstract: Paramedics are increasingly being subjected to violence, creating the potential for significant<br>physical and psychological harm. Where a patient has a history of violent behavior, hazard flags\u2014applied<br>either to the individual, their residential address, or phone number\u2014can alert paramedics to the<br>possibility of violence, potentially reducing the risk of injury. Leveraging a novel violence reporting<br>process embedded in the electronic patient care record, we reviewed violence reports filed over<br>a thirteen-month period since its inception in February 2021 to assess the effectiveness of hazard<br>flagging as a potential risk mitigation strategy. Upon reviewing a report, paramedic supervisors can<br>generate a hazard flag if recurrent violent behavior from the patient is anticipated. In all, 502 violence<br>reports were filed, for which paramedic supervisors generated hazard flags in 20% of cases (n = 99).<br>In general, cases were not flagged either because the incident occurred at a location not amenable to<br>flagging or because the supervisors felt that a hazard flag was not warranted based on the details<br>in the report. Hazard flagging was associated with an increased risk of violence during subsequent<br>paramedic attendance (Odds Ratio [OR] 6.21, p &lt; 0.001). Nevertheless, the process appears to reliably<br>identify persons who may be violent towards paramedics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/healthcare12090909\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/healthcare12090909<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/240427-Mausz-Hazard-Flagging-Violence-EVAP.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 240427-Mausz-Hazard-Flagging-Violence-EVAP.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-3d4603f4-52b9-4e22-8cb8-bcc4b691fa20\" href=\"http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/240427-Mausz-Hazard-Flagging-Violence-EVAP.pdf\">240427-Mausz-Hazard-Flagging-Violence-EVAP<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/240427-Mausz-Hazard-Flagging-Violence-EVAP.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-3d4603f4-52b9-4e22-8cb8-bcc4b691fa20\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abstract: Paramedics are increasingly being subjected to violence, creating the potential for significantphysical and psychological harm. Where a patient has a history of violent behavior, hazard flags\u2014appliedeither to the individual, their residential address, or phone number\u2014can alert paramedics to thepossibility of violence, potentially reducing the risk of injury. Leveraging a novel violence reportingprocess embedded in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7884,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"saved_in_kubio":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[76,70,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-frontpage","category-publications"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/article-glyph-gradient-round-corner-icon-vector.jpg",1920,1920,false],"thumbnail":["http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/article-glyph-gradient-round-corner-icon-vector-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/article-glyph-gradient-round-corner-icon-vector-300x300.jpg",300,300,true],"medium_large":["http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/article-glyph-gradient-round-corner-icon-vector-768x768.jpg",768,768,true],"large":["http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/article-glyph-gradient-round-corner-icon-vector-1024x1024.jpg",1024,1024,true],"1536x1536":["http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/article-glyph-gradient-round-corner-icon-vector-1536x1536.jpg",1536,1536,true],"2048x2048":["http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/article-glyph-gradient-round-corner-icon-vector.jpg",1920,1920,false],"kubio-fullhd":["http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/article-glyph-gradient-round-corner-icon-vector-1080x1080.jpg",1080,1080,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Alan","author_link":"http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/?author=1"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Abstract: Paramedics are increasingly being subjected to violence, creating the potential for significantphysical and psychological harm. Where a patient has a history of violent behavior, hazard flags\u2014appliedeither to the individual, their residential address, or phone number\u2014can alert paramedics to thepossibility of violence, potentially reducing the risk of injury. 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