Less Lethal Force
Compliance tools provide officers with more options for controlling a situation without deadly force.
Compliance tools provide officers with more options for controlling a situation without deadly force.
NEW YORK
Although physical intervention is considered by most in healthcare security to be the method of last resort, sometimes hospital employees are left with no alternative but to use this approach on someone who becomes a danger to themselves or others. This last part of our series on managing abusive individuals discusses how hospital personnel can appropriately use restraints.
This mysterious condition is a primary cause of in-custody death. Campus officers must know how to recognize it and respond appropriately.
Healthcare workers, police and security personnel greatly benefit from training that shows them how to appropriately deal with patients, visitors and even other employees who may become disruptive or violent. But if that training isn’t delivered properly andto the right people, problems can result. This first part of our serieson managing abusive patients discusses how hospitals can avoid themistakes often made when developing their education programs.