Prosecutors released new evidence against the Illinois EMS workers accused of killing their patient. An audio recording from the ambulance showed one EMS worker refusing to take vital signs. An expert ...

VANCOUVER, Wash. (KATU) — A patient in Oregon caused a half-hour-long standoff with police when he became aggressive and barricaded himself inside the ambulance on Thursday, police said. Shortly ...

Janine E. Curcio and Dr. Robert Lowe provide a seven-point scale based on speech and responsiveness to decide whether or not to use sedation for an agitated patient. Managing an agitated or aggressive ...

Two Los Angeles County supervisors are calling on health officials to find alternatives to physically restraining patients, voicing concerns after a Times investigation found an L.A. County-run ...

The appropriate use of patient restraints in health care settings can keep both patients and hospital staff safe from injury, but they are often overused and abused. It’s important to know what the ...

A Times analysis of federal data found that Los Angeles General Medical Center physically restrained inpatients in its psychiatric unit at some of the highest rates in the country from 2018 through ...

Seven Virginia sheriff’s deputies and three hospital employees are facing second-degree murder charges after a patient died while being admitted to a state mental health facility earlier this month.

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We’ve probably all seen TV shows or movies such as One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (starring Jack Nicholson), where an individual with a mental illness is placed in a straitjacket in a psychiatric ...