The Emotional Toll of Treating Victims of Violence
hhnmag.comHospital leaders are implementing several techniques to address the lasting trauma of disaster emergencies. Hospital disaster drills often focus on transporting patients to the emergency department and moving them into the appropriate operating room. And that’s where the drills stop. It’s what happens next that hospital leaders really need to focus on, particularly the emotional toll that incidents like the Pulse attack take on patients and staff.