Reducing restraints: alternatives to restraints on an inpatient psychiatric service--utilizing safe and effective methods to evaluate and treat the violent patient
| Autor: | James J. Rivera, Janet Bezmen, Linda Curley-Casey, Dominic Marino, Ann M. Sullivan, Charles T. Barron |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
| Předmět: |
Restraint
Physical medicine.medical_specialty Safety Management Poison control Psychiatric Department Hospital Violence Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health Security Measures Patient Isolation Injury prevention medicine Humans Psychiatry Service (business) business.industry Incidence Mental Disorders Human factors and ergonomics Mental health Psychiatry and Mental health New York City Seclusion business Self-Injurious Behavior Antipsychotic Agents |
| Zdroj: | The Psychiatric quarterly. 76(1) |
| ISSN: | 0033-2720 |
| Popis: | This paper describes the violence safety program instituted at Elmhurst Hospital Center in Queens, New York City in 2001, which significantly reduced the use of restraints and seclusion department wide, while providing a safe and therapeutic environment for patient recovery. The hospital service and program instituted is described, followed by restraint and seclusion data since 1998, and the program's results through 2003. Concurrent data in areas that could be affected by a reduction in restraint and seclusion such as self-injurious behaviors and altercations; use of emergency medication; use of special observation and length of stay data are also presented. In addition, types and frequency of alternative methods utilized to avoid restraints and seclusion are described. |
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