Overview
- Nurse Travis Nunn is recovering at UPMC Presbyterian after being airlifted with a fractured skull and brain bleeding.
- UPMC Police say 39-year-old Bradley Scott Lloyd tried to flee the ER before surrendering at Taser-point and now faces aggravated assault charges.
- AFSCME Local 691 and SEIU Healthcare PA urged immediate measures including zero-tolerance policies, panic alarms, metal detectors, more security, de-escalation training, employee support and frontline involvement.
- UPMC called it “a horrific attack,” praised the swift response by police and ER staff and said it was encouraged by positive updates on Nunn.
- The case refocuses attention on rising violence against health care workers and on a House-passed prevention bill now stalled in the Pennsylvania Senate, with ANA and BLS data underscoring the risk.