Duress alarms

Tie down of objects that could be missiles

Security guards

Vile and foul behaviour in the emergency department including screaming and fighting.

Bleak and grubby outside vista and approaches to the hospital.

Atmospherically appalling shouting, stressing behaviour outside the hospital, in the ED waiting room, within the ED treating area, in corridors and in wards..

Staff doing their best but absolutely frazzled by work volume, distractions, code yellows and other codes, along with stringencies.

Our hospital system is a mess without parallel and is teetering on the edge of being beyond repair.