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This workshop will include an overview of the tactics needed to keep staff safe. In healthcare, the need for physical restraint can be one of the most dangerous situations emotionally, mentally, and physically for all involved. Additionally, improper restraint use can lead to serious sanctions governing and accrediting bodies. This workshop will highlight how to explain the use of physical restraint when it was both justifiable and desirable.
This workshop will include an overview of the tactics needed to keep staff safe. In healthcare, the need for physical restraint can be one of the most dangerous situations emotionally, mentally, and physically for all involved. Additionally, improper restraint use can lead to serious sanctions governing and accrediting bodies. This workshop will highlight how to explain the use of physical restraint when it was both justifiable and desirable.
Understanding employee/staff options for when:
Spit at
Have food thrown at
Slapped or punched
Having hair pulled
Being kicked
Being bitten
What You Will Learn
An understanding of how to stabilize both verbally and physically
The difference between non-intrusive and intrusive techniques
The importance of Safety Statements
6 Levels of Stabilization
How to manage yourself and be calm in situations full of chaos
How to avoid unnecessary injuries to staff and patients
Tactics to support longer physical stabilization, if needed