The number of deaths and length of time patients spent in restraints raise myriad questions about pandemic-era care, ...

The Gazette reported Wednesday that Quebec’s ombudsperson has denounced the “excessive” use of physical restraints on patients in the emergency department at the Lakeshore General Hospital ...

As the nation observes Black History Month, there is a continued need for legislative change to protect vulnerable patients ...

Restraint can be necessary for ensuring safety during medical interventions, but it also raises ethical concerns and can lead to negative emotional and physical consequences for children.

By offering access to bed-chair pressure sensors in hospitalized patients with perceived fall risk, nurses may be less inclined to resort to physical restraints, thereby improving clinical outcomes.

Patients undergoing treatment at psychiatric ... institutes in Japan resort to a kind of care heavily dependent on physical restraint,” Hasegawa said. “It should be recognized first of ...