i was so frustrated the other night i couldn't see straight. a pt, who is an illegal immagrant, went off in our triage are because they didn't like the triage process. when our nurse tech went over to try to calm the pt., they went off on him, grabbing areas that are painful on males, hiting him, kneeing him, scratching him. after a long night with the pt. a detective comes and looks at the tape of the incident and says , it wasn't assult, (because the tech walked into the situation. )and ! , it was unlawful restraint of a pt. all he was trying to do was calm the pt. he did place his hands on the pt's sholders but, he in no way used restraint.. it wasn't until the pt let loose on him that he defended himself. now he has to have hiv testing and has to worry about law suit because the family is now talking, latino lawers. the detective said we should have waited on the police. (what a load of bull *(#!#####&*^#!) since when are medical personel not allowed to take control of situations that can be a danger to other pt's and staff. there were other pt's sitting near, including children. if something happened to them we would have been liable too. i don't understand. :smiley_ab