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1 8 S U P P L E M E N T T O O U T P A T I E N T S U R G E R Y M A G A Z I N E J U N E 2 0 1 6 T wo days before Thanksgiving 2013, the 22- year-old son of a GI patient stabbed 5 people at the Ambulatory Surgery Center of Good Shepherd Medical Center in Longview, Texas. A periop- erative nurse and a father accompanying his son died in the attack, which could have been much, much worse had the facility not been properly prepared, says Beth Chrismer, MSN, RN, CPHRM, Good Shepherd's risk manager. In this ORX session, Ms. Chrismer will share her experience and the lessons learned to help you prepare for and avoid a similar tragedy at your facility. What If a Killer Walked Into Your Facility? Prepare for the worst to keep your patients, staff and surgeons safe. • Director of Medical Care Review at the Ambulatory Surgery Center of Good Shepherd Medical Center in Longview, Texas. • Has more than 38 years of healthcare experience and 15 years in healthcare risk management. • Transitioned to the ambulatory surgery setting 2 years ago and says she "loves every minute of it." Beth Chrismer, MSN, RN, CPHRM Speaker Profile • An attack out of the blue. Just before 7 a.m. on November 26, 2013, an inpa- tient from the adjoining hos- pital was scheduled to undergo a GI procedure at the ambulatory surgery cen- ter. The patient's son, identi- fied as Kyron Rayshawn Templeton, had accompa- nied her to the hospital, and was in the waiting room when he got up to go to the bathroom. He came out wielding a knife, and began stabbing staff members and visitors, wildly screaming "You're not going to kill my mother." When it was all said and done, Mr. Templeton had attacked 5 people within 30 seconds, resulting in the death of a nurse and an 82-year-old man waiting to pick up his son after surgery. As awful as it was, the situ- ation could have been even worse. The staff at the center had just completed a training