Advocacy: State Legislation
ACEP’s State and Chapter Services Department works with chapters to support efforts to enact legislation to strengthen penalties against those who assault emergency care providers. We’re also supporting efforts to require hospitals to develop comprehensive violence prevention programs. Visit www.stopEDviolence.org to read a summary of key tenets of relevant legislation in California, Hawaii, Illinois, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, and Utah.
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ACEP Now: Vol 38 – No 11 – November 2019
Ending ED violence is one of ACEP’s top priorities, so we’re partnering with the Emergency Nurses Association to raise public awareness of this important issue. Visit www.stopEDviolence.org to learn more about the campaign.
Want to get involved? Help us personalize these harrowing statistics so we can raise awareness and influence positive change. ACEP’s public relations department is collecting firsthand accounts of ED violence and how it affects your experience and outlook as an emergency physician. If you’d like to tell your story, share it on social media using #StopEDViolence or contact Maggie McGillick, ACEP’s director of public relations, at mmcgillick@acep.org.
Regulatory Route: Working with OSHA
While the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) provides resources related to reducing or preventing workplace violence, it does not have an official standard in place. H.R. 1309, supported by ACEP, would require OSHA to create such a standard.
ACEP is collecting personal testimonies, surveys, and other relevant statistics to share with OSHA to make sure the standard effectively addresses health care providers’ experiences in the emergency department. If you’d like to share your stories or relevant article, research, or anecdotes to support OSHA’s efforts to create a safety standard, please send them to Jeffrey Davis, ACEP’s director of regulatory affairs, at jdavis@acep.org.
ACEP was recently invited to participate in the National Quality Partners (NQP) Action Team to Prevent Healthcare Workplace Violence. The NQP Action Team includes 27 National Quality Forum member organizations committed to action-oriented strategies to promote health care workplace safety. The NQP Action Team is a forum for discussion, collaboration, and sharing among thought leaders and experts in health care workplace violence prevention. The first kickoff meeting was held in October.
In Practice: Resources for Clinicians
While ED violence is not your fault, emergency physicians can still help prevent it. Part of our “No Silence on ED Violence” campaign is dedicated to creating more resources to help facilities mitigate ED violence and providing helpful tips for clinicians who want to be better equipped to de-escalate tense situations. Our resource library on this is expanding, and we already have related articles, videos, and CME to address workplace violence. At www.acep.org/EDsafety, you’ll find:
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