Training for Restraint:: things to avoid (#6) escorts on aircraft

Training for Restraint:: things to avoid (#6) escorts on aircraft

by | Tuesday, September 6, 2016 | Control and Restraint, Legal Court Case, Restraint Devices, restraint positional asphyxia, Sudden death during restraint

The accompanying photo to this post comes from a restraint-related death of a deportee which happened in 1999 in Germany.  The man who died was called Aamir Agheeb and he was a Sudanese national who died during an aircraft restraint on a Lufthansa flight (see news...
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...
Training for Restraint:: Things to avoid doing #4

Training for Restraint:: Things to avoid doing #4

by | Wednesday, June 29, 2016 | Care Home Risks, learning disabilities, Physical Interventions, Positive Handling, restraint positional asphyxia, Sudden death during restraint, Training Design

The accompanying images in this post are of something that has been referred to as a ‘Therapeutic Floor Hold’ in some training materials.   It consistutes, in our view, inappropriate restraint.  The (usually) vulnerable person who is being restrained is...
Training for Restraint:: Things to avoid doing #3

Training for Restraint:: Things to avoid doing #3

by | Wednesday, June 22, 2016 | Control and Restraint, mental health unit, Physical Interventions, Positive Handling, Psychiatric, restraint positional asphyxia, Security and Door Supervisors, Sudden death during restraint, Training Design

There are better and less-better Restraint Techniques The image accompanying this post was apparently taken in 1907 of the City of London Police learning or demonstrating restraint techniques.   They are clearly wearing jackets which suggest that there may have been...
Training for Restraint:: Things to avoid doing #1

Training for Restraint:: Things to avoid doing #1

by | Saturday, June 11, 2016 | Control and Restraint, Physical Interventions, Positive Handling, Quality management, restraint positional asphyxia, Sudden death during restraint, Training Design

This image was first published in an article about the types of physical restraint practices being carried out on children in schools in the USA.   There are a large number of things in this ‘procedure’ which are likely to fail during a...