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Originally Posted by Icedog_16
One other thing: What about those who have done something to intervene or to stop someone who later get sued by that same person? Sad, but true.
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One summer while I was in grad school, I took a job as a security guard in a state mental hospital. My job was to secure the building (shake door knobs, lock doors and night, unlock in the morning, be last out of building in case of fire, etc.) and I didn't deal with patients.
One night a patient, about 20 years old, went into a schizophrenic rage. I was awed by the strength he had in that state. He threw a couch about 15 feet. He three a TV across the room into a wall. It was a scary experience.
There were 6 aides trying to hold him down and they were having a lot of trouble. I came in and helped... I held his feet in an arm lock. A nurse administered 75 ml of thorazine, IP, and he settled down after a few minutes. They put him in a padded room to sleep it off... but he broke out again about 20 minutes later. They gave him another 75 ml and strapped him down in the padded room... he slept 24 hours.
I got a good talking to the next day. I should not have helped. The aides were bonded... I wasn't. I was told that I could have been sued and that the hospital could have been sued.
I talked to the guy a few days later. He didn't remember anything about the incident.
That was a real eye-opener for me.