TY  - JOUR
T1  - PRevention of injury to patients by falling from windows
AU  - More CW
Y1  - 1919/10/25
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1919.02610430051029
JO  - Journal of the American Medical Association
SP  - 1303
EP  - 1303
VL  - 73
IS  - 17
N2  - To the Editor: 
    —The article entitled "Fatalities in Hospitals Caused by Patients Falling from Windows (The Journal, Aug. 23, 1919, p. 604), tempts me to describe a scheme we have used in the More Hospital for a number of years to lessen the opportunities for delirious patients to escape from the hospital.We installed a special enunciator in the main hall near the general service one. This special enunciator has a loud bell, differing in tone from the other. From this enunciator, concealed wires extend to a small copper plate in the baseboard near a corner in each room and ward. If a patient becomes delirious, his bed is rolled into the corner of the room or ward, and an electric mat about 3 by 5 feet in size is placed in front of the bed and connected by wires to the copper plate in the baseboard. Over this is
SN  - 0002-9955
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1919.02610430051029
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1919.02610430051029
ER  -