OLVG reads alarm for alcohol users

certainly thirds of patients entering the emergency room on a Friday or Saturday night, has looked deep into the glass. Some swearing, spitting, threatening and throwing stuff.

"Drink state with dots on one. There is often a peak around ten o'clock in the evening after a runaway Friday afternoon drinks and a peak celebrate about as close to the cafes," says Michiel Gorzeman, physician and medical manager of the Emergency Relief OLVG.

Most patients are between twenty and forty years and have fallen off their bike. "They come with their bikes up and fall into the tramlines on their chin. The result is that we see a lot of head injuries and broken jaws."

Aggressive
The trouble is great. "They are annoying and restless. They do not want to wait for a cure and be aggressive." With all its consequences. They throw up on the floor, other patients harass, urinate or defecate on the floor, spitting doctors and nurses in the face.

"I have had what been hurled at my head There is often only one solution:. Flat spray or tie."

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Gorzeman notes that among nurses and physicians is a certain 'resignation'. "Otherwise, you do not keep it full. This type of aggression is not in your cold clothes here. The people behind the counter are the worst, getting the first and worst aggression about him." Sometimes the aggression is so bad that the security intervenes.

"We want to really raise the alarm about the alcohol nuisance. There should be more attention to come in the hospitality world and through public education in schools.

Alcohol is accepted by society but it brings a lot of aggression, restlessness and great care with it. There is much attention to drugs like ecstasy but alcohol is an underestimated problem. "

http://www.telegraaf.nl/  By: Hanne Loes Pen Photo: Rink Court