ED Special Care Unit: A Case Study

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On Thursday 11/19/2015, at approximately 2133 hours, FHEO Security Officers were dispatched to ED Special Care Unit (SCU) room # 33 for an intoxicated patient who was trying to elope. Upon arrival at 2134 hours, Security Supervisor Steven Evans, along with Officers Omar Alonso and James Johnson, met with ED Registered Nurse Melissa Martinez who stated that the patient had become very anxious and aggressive with her and another nurse and had attempted to get out of his bed and leave. The patient, Rodney L. Harvey Jr. (DOB: 05/29/1987; FIN# 84862447), had been brought in by EMS for intoxication and having taken a bad fall. There was a Medical student named Aldo Maresa inside the room who had calmed the patient down and the patient's mother was

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