In situations where the immediate safety of children or others is at risk, residential workers are authorized to use specific measures intended as last resort, namely restraint and seclusion (R&S). This study sought identify detail reasons invoked by when justifying their decision restrain seclude a child. Researchers reviewed coded 628 anonymized official R&S reports written from two different...

The present study is designed to monitor the effects of buspirone and propranolol on responses to stress. Exposure to single (2h) restraint stress decreased food intake, growth rate and time spent in the lit compartment of a light-dark activity box. The deficits were not observed following 5 (2-h/day) restraint stress, suggesting that adaptation occurred. Prior administration of buspirone and p...

The aim of this study was to explore nurses' and physicians' perspectives on and reasoning about the use of restraint during medical procedures on newly admitted preschoolers in somatic hospital care. We analysed qualitative data from individual interviews with a video recall session at the end with seven physicians and eight nurses. They had earlier participated in video recorded peripheral ve...

This statement defines physical restraint and provides recommendations for its use in children and adolescents. Mechanical restraint and physical holding are described. The primary focus of the statement is on mechanical restraint. Recommendations: Explain the procedure to the child; physician's order is used; when intervention is used, communicate in writing to parents; physical assessment. It...

Obtaining proper occupant restraint fit when using a wheelchair as a motor vehicle seat is often difficult to attain with vehicle-mounted restraint systems. The comprehensive evaluation conducted in this study illustrates the occupant crash protection benefits of wheelchair-integrated restraint systems, as compared to vehicle-mounted restraint systems. Using computer crash simulation, occupant ...

The control of thermal cracks induced by the effect early age are main concerns in concrete dam during construction stage. Despite its importance, detailed analysis gravity dams period is relatively rarely literature, eventually because prediction behavior on stage requires taking into account several phenomena and interaction, demands a considerable computational effort. To overcome this drawb...

The potentially chilling effects of non-compete covenants on the ambitions and capacities former employees to forge careers as commercial entrepreneurs have been propelled forefront public debate in recent years. For example, US, reports press rank file working sandwich bars being restrained by post-employment restrictions sparked outrage. Nor has UK immune such concerns. British Government iss...

Stress as a cofactor has been reported to affect the progression and severity of liver diseases. The present study investigated the effect of chronic restraint stress on carbon tetrachloride (CCl4)-induced liver fibrosis. A total of 30 male BALB/c mice were randomly divided into three groups: Oil-treated control group; CCl4-treated group; and CCl4 + restraint-treated group. CCl4 was administrat...

BACKGROUND Children ages 8-12 years, also called "Tweens," demonstrate a number of risk factors for motor vehicle injury, including lack of restraint use and front seating position, yet few interventions have targeted this group. We implemented a school-based educational intervention designed to increase awareness and encourage safer transportation of these children. MATERIALS A local school ...