Physical restraints in emergency departments (EDs) are used to keep staff and patients safe, but may lead to adverse physical consequences, such as aspiration, physical trauma and phycological harm of ...
U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd proposed legislation Wednesday to prevent a growing problem in public schools nationwide – the increasing use of restraints on troubled children. Dodd and Rep. George Miller ...
In April 2015, Justin Sangiuliano, a seventeen-year-old diagnosed with Autism, was physically restrained at his group home in Oshawa, Canada. To control an aggressive outburst, two staff members ...
Although the use of physical restraint was generally uncommon in the emergency department (ED), Black patients were more likely to experience this during patient encounters compared with white ...
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A code response team for agitated patients was modeled on response teams for other acute conditions such as stroke. A team-based approach to responding to agitated patients in the Emergency Department ...
A new study from Duke-NUS Medical School has highlighted the widespread use of physical restraints among caregivers of older adults with advanced dementia living at home, revealing a need for better ...
Chicago Public Schools has repeatedly violated state law over the use of physical restraints of students, “overwhelmingly failed” to train its staff properly and continued the practice despite ...
A 16-year-old girl dies after being physically restrained by staff members during a disruption in a Katy facility for troubled kids. Officials defend the control technique, called the "basket hold," ...
U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd on Wednesday proposed legislation to prevent a growing problem in public schools nationwide: the increasing use of restraints on problematic children. Dodd and Rep. George ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Point 4 of this article has been modified from its original version to clarify speakers’ comments. Since passage of healthcare reforms in OBRA 1987, the incidence rate of resident ...
FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — You expect the unexpected when you adopt eight kids. "Loud, active, messy, sticky, stinky," Ray and Lori Carter said describing their family dynamic. But the Carters said they ...