Training for Restraint:: Things to avoid doing #5

Training for Restraint:: Things to avoid doing #5

by | Wednesday, July 6, 2016 | Care Home Risks, Control and Restraint, Hospital Security and Conflict, mental health unit, Physical Interventions, Positive Handling, restraint positional asphyxia, Sudden death during restraint, Training Design

The technique being demonstrated in the picture accompanying this post is promoted as a way for controlling violent patients in a hospital setting.  Unfortunately, it is potentially a deadly restraint and its use might go far beyond control and extend to culpable...