Case Study: Brain Injury Rehabilitation Centre
Brain Injury Staff Training in Dealing with Distressed or Challenging Behaviours Brain Injury Training Project Case: a brain-injury rehabilitation hospital, with a specific focus on short- to medium-term care and support for people with brain injuries. The hospital has a unit specifically for cases with challenging behaviour. Who engaged Dynamis: the hospital service manager, […]
Case Study: Foster Carers Training
Foster Carers Training in Managing Challenging Behaviours and Physical Intervention Foster Carers Training Project: a foster agency, contracted to the local authorities in its area, was receiving requests from its foster families to have training in the use of physical interventions. Families wanted clarity on the rules regarding this area and asked us for Foster […]
Case Study: Learning Disability Home Care
Learning Disability Home Care Training for the Support Team in Managing Challenging Behaviours. Learning Disability Home Care Case: 11-year old boy with a brain injury and learning disabilities. Who engaged Dynamis: The Case-Manager who administrates and supervises the care-package being delivered to support the client at home with his family. Why Dynamis was asked to help […]
Throwback Thursday: Emergency Response Belt demonstrations in Dubai
Back in 2013, my team and I had the opportunity to demonstrate the use of the Emergency Response Belt to our healthcare authority clients in Dubai. With a very busy Emergency Department, taking hundreds of cases every day, the staff were sometimes having to deal with very upset, frustrated and distressed psychiatric patients presenting at […]
Throwback Thursday: Restraint Chair in Oman
During a trip to the middle east back in 2010 to visit with a number of psychiatric institutions and hospitals to give advice and training, I recall being shown the ‘restraint chair’ in the picture at one of the units I visited. I remember being quite surprised at the sight. Even though I was aware of […]
Restraint Training: Complex Motor Skills in Control scenarios are just a Pain!
During our 2015 Advanced Control Tactics instructor-level training certification, Coach Tony Torres explained some of his experience and functional, pragmatic ideas in relation to why pain-compliance holds should not be used during the ‘Control’ phase of an incident. We define the ‘Control Phase’ as the early-stage and often rapidly-unfolding physical interaction between subject and intervening staff. It […]
Restraint Training: Soft Cuff as the Least Restrictive Option
The Alternative option: Soft-Cuffs (Emergency Response Cuff – ERC) An innovative and very significant restraint device is now available to hospitals and care services in the UK and we believe that it deserves a serious and comprehensive exploration. The equipment is formally known as the Emergency Response Cuff (ERC) and is sometimes referred to as the “Soft-Cuff” due its tough-cloth […]