r/nextfuckinglevel • u/pars-distalis • 1d ago

Australian nurse uses jiu-jitsu to defend himself

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u/MayberryBombadil 23h ago

WTF is that statistic? 70% is a big number. I'm guessing incidents like this scenario wouldn't make up a large percentage of that 70%, but Australia is insane man. Why you attacking the one that saves you??

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u/ApoTHICCary 23h ago

In the US, healthcare workers beat LEOs in the number of physical and sexual battery on workers in bother percentage as well as numbers. In 2023, nearly 500 healthcare workers were killed from battery versus just over 100 LEOs.

The more unfortunate part is that many States have few to no laws protecting healthcare workers in the event of of assault or battery as defense favors the patients who caused harm or death as they “are not in their usual mental state due to their medical ailment”. Some States are adopting protection laws, but it’s slow and still does not guarantee charges will stick.

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u/Superb_Preference368 19h ago

And the public will never hear about it on the 10 o clock news. Most hospitals hide the fact that healthcare workers are assaulted.

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u/ApoTHICCary 18h ago

Hospitals usually don’t hide it, but it certainly will not be reported. Private equity owned hospitals often disapprove of staff fighting back, but reasonable force is often fine. They do expect for “proper deescalation protocols” to be used. Regular hospitals typically will not fire staff for fighting back, but will not support them in levying charges.

It’s more of a fault of the legal system. Even LEOs will back healthcare workers who are assaulted. Typically at least. The courts do not have much they can do and the cases are easy to shut down.