Assaulted By Hospital Security Guard – Attorney

Security guards at a hospital are hired and tasked with providing safety and security for the healthcare team, staff and also for the patients. It can happen that there are people who are admitted to a hospital who are in a state that can make these patients be a threat of violence to themselves and to others. Some people are threats to others if they have been admitted to a hospital emergency department with:

• Suicidal ideation
• High anxiety
• Dementia
• Alzheimer’s disease
• On controlled substances and drugs
• Strung out
• Psychotic or psychopathic
• Angry at the world in general
• Intent on harming themselves and others
• In extreme pain and lashing out at others and staff
• Unstable with mental illness
• Off of their medications to create a calm demeanor in their personality

If any one of these people admitted to the emergency department of a hospital tries to hurt healthcare workers or other patients, it is the job of the hospital security guard to neutralize this type of threat to keep everyone safe. But the security guard can get overzealous at times, and cause injuries to unsuspecting people, who may not have deserved this type of treatment from the security guard hired at that facility to preserve the peace.
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How Should a Security Guard Behave on the Job?

A security guard is not meant to be a danger to anyone. The security guard at a hospital is supposed to keep the peace at the hospital facility, and not cause harm and chaos to other people either working at the hospital, or being treated at the hospital facility. The security guard at a hospital facility is meant to behave with respect for people who are staff at the hospital, or who are patients seeking treatment of some kind at the hospital facility.

Part of the job of a security guard at a hospital is to protect the hospital staff, employees and patients from:

• Criminal elements and people intent on harming someone at the hospital facility
• Coworker to coworker or coworker to supervisor violence from disgruntled employees
• Intimate partner or domestic violence from someone who follows an employee from home to the hospital
• Violence as part of committing another crime, such as with a robbery, trespassing or active shooter at the hospital facility
• Handle prisoner patient security measures along with help from local police authorities, to treat prisoners for their wounds and prevent escapes
• Prevent abduction risks with pediatric patients in parental custody issues, when a child is being treated at a hospital facility during a divorce or custody battle between two parents

If you feel that you are wrongfully detained by a security guard at a hospital, you can call us at the Normandie Law Firm right now to discuss your case. In the moment, when the security guard accosted you, it may have felt like a confusing situation. You may have been afraid, uncertain or not known what to do. This is difficult for you, and we understand. It sounds as if you did everything that you could in the moment to protect yourself. Now it is time for you to protect your rights, and call us to talk about initiating a lawsuit on the merits of your claim.

Typical Injuries from an Assault from a Hospital Security Guard

Being assaulted by a security guard at a hospital is a difficult situation to be sure. It is something that you did not expect to happen, when you went to be treated for your medical needs at a hospital. You can expect to receive several serious injuries from a security guard at a hospital who assaults you, including:

• Broken bones
• Broken fingers and toes
• Broken legs and arms
• Broken wrists
• Broken back
• Sprained ankles
• Strains on joints
• Broken elbows
• Concussions
• Lacerations and cuts
• Contusions and bruises
• Broken hips

We understand that you might feel mad over the situation, but might also feel in a helpless position over the incident. We are here to help you, and you are not helpless at all, when you call us at the Normandie Law Firm. On the contrary, we are here to help you, and can initiate a lawsuit on the merits of your claim, based on your personal injuries suffered from an attack by security guard at a hospital.

When Can a Security Guard Use Force?

Yes, a security guard at a hospital is permitted to use reasonable force for the situation, on someone at a hospital to preserve the peace at the facility. This is a loose definition that will often depend on the training manual of the facility, but in general it means to use the force needed for the situation. For example, someone who is yelling at the top of his lungs in an emergency department waiting room may be told by the security guard to quiet down. But that same person yelling if he was only yelling would not be dragged out of the area in a set of handcuffs. Some lesser force would be used to quiet down the person in that case, and only the security guard will know that the proper training as dictated will be used in that case.

On the other hand, if there is an active shooter in a hospital emergency department, then the security guard at a hospital will act according to training, and will do what is necessary to preserve the lives of other people in the area of the active shooter at the hospital. Each situation is different, and each situation needs to be handled appropriately by the security guard at a hospital.

Can a Security Guard Stop You?

Within limits, a security guard at a hospital is permitted to stop someone from harming others, or from harming himself or herself at a hospital. The security guard needs to follow the rules as set about in the job as trained, and the security guard is not allowed to perform:

• Unreasonable search and seizures
• Put people in handcuffs
• Use false arrest or imprisonment of someone at the hospital facility
• Cause intentional injuries to anyone
• Knowingly violate the rights of someone else
• Perform malicious acts against someone else
• Perform sexual misconduct against another person

A security guard at a hospital is not permitted to use unreasonable force to stop you, and you also have your own side of the story to tell. You can call us at the Normandie Law Firm to review your incident, the facts, and how to initiate a lawsuit on the merits of your claim. You will need money for your personal injuries, and to help you with any upcoming medical treatments based on your situation and your claim. By calling us today, you are starting the process, and will get an advantage to settling this case for the full recovery compensation that you are due in this type of situation.

Can a Security Guard at a Hospital Attack You?

No, a security guard at a hospital is not permitted to attack anyone at the hospital facility. Security guards at a hospital need to be trained on how to act, when to detain someone, and when to prevent someone from injuring other people in the waiting room while waiting for treatment from a doctor, physician’s assistant or nurse.

The security guard is supposed to be properly trained to do the job properly, and within established guidelines to:

• Follow security plans, protocols and procedures to keep the hospital premises safe
• Treat patients and staff at the hospital with respect
• Keep the premises secured from any outside threats to the safety of the doctors, nurses, staff and patients at the hospital

Being injured by a security guard at a hospital is a problem, both for you and for the security guard. No one gets to personally injure other people, and just get away with it. We understand how you feel, and we are here for you. Just give us a call at the Normandie Law Firm right now, to discuss your case of being assaulted by a security guard at a hospital.

How Dangerous Is a Security Guard?

A security guard at a hospital is supposed to work at the hospital facility to prevent anyone from becoming agitated or riled up, and attacking a patient or staff member at the hospital facility. The security guard himself or herself is not supposed to start attacking staff or patients at a hospital facility. The hiring manager or human resources department who hire the security guard at a hospital is responsible to perform due diligence to get the best person for the job. This means that the security guard at a hospital before being hired needs to:

• Have a full background check to prevent criminal past actions on the person’s record
• Review if the person has a violent history of attacking people
• Review if the person has complaints from other people of being a violent individual
• Has a history of being fired from other positions or jobs for unstable or violent behaviors

When a security guard at a hospital is hired to work at a hospital facility, this individual is expected to work within training, to protect the grounds and staff, as well as patients at the hospital facility. At no time is the security guard at a hospital supposed to go “rogue” and start attacking patients or staff at the hospital facility. If a security guard causes injuries to patients, staff or visitors to the hospital, that person is working outside of the bounds of a security guard’s job while working at a hospital facility.

If you are assaulted by a hospital security guard, you need to talk to a knowledgeable lawyer right away. Your attorney from our law office will initiate a lawsuit on your behalf. You need the correct legal representation in a case such as this one. You really need a lawyer with experience in personal injuries from a hospital security guard who attacks patients, staff and healthcare workers at the hospital facility. Call us today to chat with an attorney with expertise in personal injury cases from patients attacked by a hospital security guard.

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Can I Sue for Being Attacked and Assaulted by a Hospital Security Guard?

Yes, we can sue if you are assaulted by a security guard at a hospital. You can call us to discuss your case with our Los Angeles case lawyers, who are ready to talk to you, and can file a lawsuit on your behalf. You will come out on top, when you call our case attorneys in Los Angeles at the Normandie Law Firm today.

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