Training for Restraint:: Things to avoid doing #4
The accompanying images in this post show something that has been referred to as a “Therapeutic Floor Hold” in some training materials. It constitutes, in our view, inappropriate restraint. The (usually) vulnerable person being restrained is first taken to the floor — often through some kind of unbalancing using a trip. Once on the floor, […]
Training for Restraint:: Things to avoid doing #3
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 input from some Japanese martial arts into the restraint techniques they were learning at the time. Numerous famous Japanese Judo and Jujitsu […]
Training for Restraint:: Things to avoid doing #1
A Restraint Procedure Under Scrutiny 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. What it reveals is worth examining closely — because there are a large number of things in this “procedure” which are likely to fail during […]
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 […]
We do Fire Drills, not Fire Talks, for performance outside the classroom
Emotionally safe performance driven instruction is a key component of Vistelar’s training methodology. What does that mean? First, we want our training to be emotionally safe, where students can feel safe in making mistakes and learning. Then, it has to be performance driven so that students know how to perform something, rather than just understanding […]
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 […]
Healthcare Myth 1: Killing them with Kindness
Here is Vistelar Consultant Joel Lashley talking about some myths in healthcare, and in particular the belief that we need to present kindness at all times — or minimise our recognition of intimidating or disrespectful behaviour in our healthcare facilities. Interested in Becoming a VDI Instructor? You will have your chance at the first-ever VDI […]
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 […]