The Science of Defensive Postures for Training in Restraint and Personal Safety
Stimulus-Response (S-R) Compatibility is the scientific principle describing the “naturalness” of the connection between a stimulus and the associated response. Reaction time for a skill is faster when the stimulus-response pair feels instinctive — and slower when it doesn’t. Think about turning a car steering wheel left in response to an upcoming left turn. That […]
Using Desirable Difficulties in Restraint Training
As physical skills trainers, is there something we can learn from the educational researcher Robert Bjork? Much training in physical intervention skills focuses on a linear learning process — start with “the basics,” progress through “intermediate” skills, and reach full competency. But one researcher studying a Breakaway training package found something alarming: with a long […]
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 […]
What is great conflict management training?
__CONFIG_colors_palette__{“active_palette”:0,”config”:{“colors”:{“62516”:{“name”:”Main Accent”,”parent”:-1}},”gradients”:[]},”palettes”:[{“name”:”Default Palette”,”value”:{“colors”:{“62516”:{“val”:”rgb(244, 198, 53)”}},”gradients”:[]}}]}__CONFIG_colors_palette__ Call to Talk about Training Or get info by email now [tcb-script] (function() { var qs,js,q,s,d=document, gi=d.getElementById, ce=d.createElement, gt=d.getElementsByTagName, id=”typef_orm_share”, b=”https://embed.typeform.com/”; if(!gi.call(d,id)){ js=ce.call(d,”script”); js.id=id; js.src=b+”embed.js”; q=gt.call(d,”script”)[0]; q.parentNode.insertBefore(js,q) } })() [/tcb-script] Self-Efficacy: Conflict Management is about more than just ‘Techniques’ When people learn that they can master tasks, they start to […]
Restraint Training: The Biggest Mistake in Control Tactics
Coach Tony Torres says that the biggest problem in Control Tactics is that people try to exert control too soon in the confrontation timeline. The biggest problem in Control Tactics is that people try to exert control too soon in the confrontation timeline. The Three Phases of Any Confrontation In our 9 Attitudes methodology from […]
Hospital Violence Reduction – Organisational Commitment
Leadership Commitment to the Hospital Violence Reduction Project Sometimes in the hospitals we visit, nursing staff do not feel that they have the full support of the organisation in managing incidents of violence or aggression in their work — even though there is an active Hospital Violence Reduction Project in play. This is underlined by […]
Restraint Training Programmes and Accreditation
While reviewing documentation in regards to training needs analysis recently, I came across an interesting piece of research carried out by the Health and Safety Executive and published in 2006. In it, the researchers sought to evaluate training in violence management in the UK and find good practice advice. The document emphasises in a very […]
Hospital Violence Reduction – Environment and Physical Design
Emergency departments face unique security challenges. The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) measures a hospital’s environment of care partly by how well it “controls access to and egress from security-sensitive areas.” For trauma centres and emergency departments — where emotions run high and vulnerable patients converge — the physical environment itself becomes […]
Care Home Safe Holding: 72-year old woman died after assault by fellow resident
A 72-year-old grandmother died 13 days after being attacked at a care home. Maureen Shone, 72, was found by staff on the floor of her bedroom in Trentham, Staffordshire after being brutally assaulted by a male patient. Staff found the attacker near Mrs Shone’s room covered in blood. A metal curtain pole had been used […]
Hospital Violence Reduction – Permission to Intervene
Hospital Violence Reduction: Permission to Intervene In some environments, there is sometimes still a question about whether a security officer or a nurse who uses force in a situation could rely on the backing of their management — and the backing of the hospital — if they intervene and are then challenged legally. The intrinsic […]