Reduction in the use of physical restraints was seen after implementation of an evidence-based intervention program.

The use of physical restraints on nursing home patients declined nearly 40 percent nationally in recent years as the federal government, states and the nursing home industry placed greater emphasis on ...

One of the more devastating legal cases Steve Levin has handled involved a nursing home resident who suffocated to death after becoming trapped between a bedrail and their mattress.

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 ...

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," ...

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 ...

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 ...

The appropriate use of patient restraints in health care settings can keep both patients and hospital staff safe from injury, but they are often overused and abused. It’s important to know what the ...

We’ve probably all seen TV shows or movies such as One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (starring Jack Nicholson), where an individual with a mental illness is placed in a straitjacket in a psychiatric ...

Joseph Ibrahim has received funding from Commonwealth and State Health Departments for research, education and consultancies. He was an expert witness for the Coroner's Court in South Australia for ...