Breakaway Training: Judges Comments in Dementia Care Assault Case

Breakaway Training mentioned in Dementia Care Home Assault Case A 75-year-old resident in a care home suffered from dementia and since arriving at the home four months before the assault, he had committed 13 acts of aggression and at least 5 attempts at serious acts of aggression, including trying to strangle one of the residents. […]

The potential for actual management of aggression

The POTENTIAL for ACTUAL MANAGEMENT of AGGRESSION Twice in this article from the Herald newspaper members of staff at a facility in Ireland mention the specific training system  that they are trained in, presumably for their own personal safety, for the control of violent clients they have in their care and for the protection of others – MAPA […]

Patient Care and Compassion in conflict resolution training

Patient Care and Compassion in PMVA Training

Patient Care has to be part of good conflict resolution Training Patient Care relies on the compassion of the staff who are drawn to the profession of caring and their level of support, mentoring, leadership and the environment in which they are interacting with patients, visitors and each other.   Good NHS conflict resolution training will […]

How to be unbiased when approaching a patient

PMVA training courses won’t work unless they get you into SHOWTIME 2

How to be unbiased when approaching a patient When considering how to really make changes in a hospital or healthcare service through a prevention and management of violence and aggression (PMVA) training programme, there should be a focus on the concept of “Showtime” which is a way for how to be unbiased when approaching a […]

Ambulance Staff Personal Safety: a cautionary tale

Ambulance Staff Personal Safety: a cautionary tale Several years ago I was fortunate to be asked to present at a national conference for trainers in the prevention and management of violence and aggression.  While I was there, I had the great privilege to hear and record* this talk by “the most violently injured paramedic in […]

An essential component of an NHS De Escalation course

An essential component of an NHS PMVA course

NHS De Escalation courses: Compassion must be a core message for A great NHS De Escalation training course should have a balance of content which focusses on non-escalation topics, de-escalation topics, along with physical alternatives (breakaway and restrictive interventions skills) appropriate to the staff needs.  The importance of empathy, dignity and respect has to be a fundamental topic and […]

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