Your patient in the partial hospitalization program (PHP) ha…
Your patient in the partial hospitalization program (PHP) has come in for his appointment today. You are running behind and front desk staff notifies the patient that there will be about a 10-minute delay. The patient begins shouting at the front desk staff that this isn’t fair and kicks over the trash can in the lobby. Then he picks up an object from the trash and proceeds to throw it toward the administrative staff and is threatening harm to the staff. The chart indicates no allergies. What is the most important intervention at this point?