Is the Government’s Coronavirus Guidance Statutory or Advisory & Are You Protected Against a Claim if You Follow It & The Legal Difference Between ‘Practical’ and ‘Reasonably Practicable’?
Covid-19
Should We Be Resuming Physical Restraint /Intervention/PMVA Training During Covid 19?
Should We Be Resuming Physical Restraint /Intervention/PMVA Training During Covid 19? This is a very interesting discussion thread that I started on LinkedIn regarding people’s views on resuming PI training. A lot of very experienced PI trainers (many at the top of their profession) and good people commented on this thread so it is an excellent resources for … Read more
PPE & Restraint During The Pandemic [Video]
I have been getting asked a lot about my views on staff donning ppe so that they can restraint patients/service users, etc.
Your Life Insurance Cover May Not Pay Out If You Restrain Someone And You Contract Covid and Die As a Result
Your Life Insurance Cover May Not Pay Out If You Restrain Someone And You Contract Covid and Die As a Result!
HSE, TUC & CBI Joint Statement on Covid 19
As you know I have been putting out risk assessment information relating to Covid 19 and Physical Restraint in lieu of anything that may or may not be forthcoming from Public Health England and you can access that resource on our website if you haven’t done so already.
Private Hospital Threatening Nurses With Disciplinary Action For Refusing to Treat Covid 19 Patients
A private hospital is allegedly threatening to discipline nurses who are refusing to treat covid 19 patients because they don’t have
Tactical Muscle Relaxation
In this current Covid-19 pandemic the scientific advice from all of the experts is to stay at home and only go out for essential food and medicine.
The virus can only spread if it is passed on from one infected person to another.
ECFA Analysis [Video] – How To Challenge Incorrect Advice, Guidance and Training
ECFA (Events and Causal Factors Analysis)
Following on from the recent videos posts that I have out regarding Covid-19 and Restraint Risk Assessment, as well as the other posts I’ve done with Trevel Henry on this issue, I thought I’d share this video with you.
Trevel Henry and I Discuss Physical Restraint and The Covid-19 Situation [Video]
Trevel Henry is a good friend and a very experience Expert Witness on the use of force as well having been a trainer for many years now.
In this video we discuss the issues relating to the use of physical restraint in the current pandemic situation in an open and frank way.
Covoid-19 Risk Assessment
Restraint and Covoid-19 Risk Assessment – Please Share and Help Me Save a Life I don’t know if you are aware but I have put together a risk assessment to help staff who are still at work, especially those staff who may be expected to physically control and restrain someone who may become violent, and as a result are exposing … Read more