title: Hospital security over the years: keeping up with the changes.
abstract: Entering his twenty-fifth year in hospital security, the author looks back on his experiences in an everchanging field including: the Three Mile Island "melt-down" panic; his first injury; the '80s AIDS "epidemic;" handling the victims of a prison riot; changes brought about by a major hospital merger; and the new things he continues to learn.
authors.affiliation: Security Services, Pinnacle Health, Harrisburg, PA, USA.
authors.forename: David L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Falgoust
mesh_terms: D004190:Disasters; D006273:Health Facility Merger; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010299:Parking Facilities; D012637:Security Measures / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States