A stalker at work what can we do?
A stalker at work – what can we do? Why would an employer offer personal protection training to an individual employee? This post is about conflict management | personal safety | dynamis training. At Dynamis we can work with employers to support an employee who is being stalked or harassed by someone who could turn […]
Lone Social Worker Abducted and Abused
Three teenagers who abducted and attacked a trainee social worker on a home visit have been jailed for a total of five years. The case raises urgent questions about whether lone worker safety training is keeping pace with the risks faced by frontline staff. The Attack Holly Loudoun, 23, was forced to her knees and […]
Restraint Training: Control Phase and Restraint Phase Differences
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Restraint Training: Floor-Based Restraint Controversy
In a call to ban prone restraint, a leading mental health charity has suggested that the use of prone restraint is degrading, humiliating and has no place in a civilised modern healthcare system. The charity also linked prone restraint to numerous deaths which have occurred proximal to restraint in a way that suggested it was […]
Nightclub death linked to Neck Restraint
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Punch Drunk Restraint Training Design
What Stimulus Are You Preparing Your Staff to Respond To? One of the key questions we ask our colleagues in the field of training, as we visit with them to share our approach, is: “What stimulus are you preparing your staff to respond to?” The question is somewhat oblique, but it focuses on the heart […]
Personal Safety Tips for Lone Workers (or anyone)
Our clients sometimes ask our Dynamis Team to deliver training on general personal safety for Lone Workers or in our specialised Violence Prevention clinics for Survivors of Abuse. Here are 12 of our key personal safety tips, drawn from our Self-Protection Trainer Certification manual. 12 Essential Personal Safety Tips 1. Body Language Matters Certain behaviours […]
Reacting more quickly: Stimulus Identification in Breakaway Training
Stimulus Identification is a huge part of being able to respond to it One of the most important factors which influences Reaction Time (RT) and decision-making is the number of possible stimuli the performer must choose from at any given time – each of which may need a distinct response action to be programmed. […]
Understanding Reaction Time in Restraint Training and Personal Safety
In sports science, there is a vast and growing body of knowledge on the subject of Reaction Time, as it is one of the key components of the performance of skill. Reaction Time is defined as the interval of time that elapses from the sudden presentation of a stimulus to the beginning of a person’s […]
Retail Security Risks and Training in Personal Safety
I read with interest this appalling — but familiar — story about a female security guard being stabbed with a syringe in a Sainsbury’s in Kent. The security guard confronted a drug-taking subject as he attempted to steal a bottle of whiskey from the supermarket shelves and make off with it outside the store. The […]