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 ...

PUEBLO, Colorado — The Colorado Department of Corrections' use of clinical 4-point restraints at state prisons is under scrutiny by a Colorado attorney who contends the practice – which is meant to ...

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At least 50 hospital patients were improperly restrained in New York between 2015 and 2018, spanning men and women handcuffed, hit with batons, drugged, and left strapped to beds up to 12 hours ...

The Minnesota Department of Education is recommending schools be allowed to continue the use of a controversial physical restraint, used to subdue or calm agitated students, until 2017. Current state ...

The staffing of qualified social workers (QSW) was associated with a significant reduction in the use of restraints in nursing homes, particularly in facilities serving residents with cognitive ...

Thousands of hospital patients in New York are subjected to restraint with limited independent oversight, despite mounting concerns about racial bias and other injustices linked to the incidents, USA ...

Los Angeles General Medical Center restrains inpatients in its psychiatric unit at a rate higher than any other hospital in California — and more than 50 times the national average for inpatient ...