Restraint Reduction in Healthcare — Why NHS Trusts Are Changing Approach | Dynamis
An explanation of restraint reduction in healthcare that separates it from zero restraint. It sets out the three pillars, the questions to ask before and after an incident, and what leaders need to do.
PMVA Training UK — What It Is and Who Needs It | Dynamis
PMVA stands for prevention and management of violence and aggression, and the post argues that prevention comes first. It explains what programmes cover, where they are needed, and how to choose a provider.
NHS Advanced De-escalation Masterclass (ADM) — what it is, and what staff said afterwards
Scenario work rather than classroom theory fills the two-day NHS Advanced De-escalation Masterclass, which centres on the first minute of agitation and covers threat reduction, fairness, team support and repair.
What is Mental Health Secure Escort Training?
Zeb Glover, a senior trainer, talks through mental health secure escort work in this interview. It covers patient transport, sectioned and informal patients, why teams need aggression training, and what scenario practice adds.
Restraint Reduction Trainer Development
Inspection pressure over frequent prone restraints at a Scottish learning disability service prompted a trainer development programme for three care workers, described here alongside the culture of fear created by earlier MVA training.
Positive Behaviour Trainer Course for Services caring for People with Learning Disabilities and Complex Needs
A train-the-trainer course for services supporting people with learning disabilities and complex needs. It maps the flashpoints staff meet, including pain and delirium, intimate care, medication refusal and clashes between residents.
Conflict Management Trainer Course in Nottingham this Week for Hospital Security
Filmed in the training room in Nottingham, where 25 healthcare security staff were about to start a five-day train-the-trainer masterclass with Vistelar on de-escalation and personal safety.
Mental Health Escort Training: excellent Feedback from Frontline and Management
Dynamis describes training secure escort and patient transport teams across the UK in personal safety, restraint and communication, sets out the demands of that work, and reports feedback from frontline staff and managers.
Aggression Management for Healthcare in UAE
In the UAE, Dynamis provides PMVA training for healthcare teams and Positive Handling for schools, with emergency departments in Dubai and Abu Dhabi and more than 15 schools among clients.
Secure Escort: Courses for Mental Health Escort Teams
How a series of workshops was built for mental health escort teams transporting patients across the UK. The training focuses on flashpoints inside vehicles, with de-escalation first and restraint kept as a last resort.