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Date:
04 November 2006Category:
Module 7: Transfer, Leave & Discharge and MiscellenousQuestion:
Do Buxton chairs constitute Physical or Mechanical Restraint?
Answer:
The definition of mechanical means of bodily restraint (as per Rules governing the use of seclusion and mechanical means of bodily restraint S.13.2)
the use of devices or bodily garments for the purpose of preventing or limiting the free movement of a patient's body.
Therefore, if a buxton chair is use to prevent or prevent or limit the free movement of a patient's body it would constitute mechanical strain as it would
Please refer to Rules Governing the use of Seclusion and Mechanical means of Bodily Restraint.