difficult and dangerous situations

Last reviewed 01/2018

Difficult and dangerous situations include dealing with:

• disturbed patients
• violent patients
• patients with transmissible infections, particularly HIV and hepatitis B
• accident sites such as road traffic accidents

Precautions:

• make sure someone knows where you are and when you should be back
• keep out of danger at accident sites
• assume patient is HIV and HBV positive - use gloves
• keep your HBV vaccination up to date
• ensure adequate help and medication are immediately available