Special report. The Los Angeles ER shootings, Part II: What hospitals in other parts of the country are doing.
In the first part of this report, we related the shootings and subsequent hostage taking and its impact on Los Angeles County-University of Southern California Medical Center and other California hospitals. In this part, we'll focus on what a number of other security directors are doing to prevent such incidents and we'll report in some detail about the use of metal detectors.
D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004865:Equipment and Supplies, Hospital; D005389:Firearms; D015141:Los Angeles; D008670:Metals; D010934:Planning Techniques; D012637:Security Measures / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States; D014754:Violence