Positional asphyxia.

Restraint position and positional asphyxia.

STUDY OBJECTIVE To determine whether the "hobble" or "hog-tie" restraint position results in clinically relevant respiratory dysfunction. METHODS This was an experimental, crossover, controlled trial at a university-based pulmonary function laboratory involving 15 healthy men ages 18 through 40 years. Subjects were excluded for a positive urine toxicology screen, body mass index (BMI) greater...

Agitated delirium versus positional asphyxia.

To the Editor." The recent article by Stratton et al [May 1995;25:710-712] describes two violent and combative patients who were placed, prone, in hobble restraints and died while being transported and monitored by paramedical personnel. The authors are to be commended for bringing this problem to the attention of emergency physicians. Unfortunately, they appear to have confused agitated deliri...

Positional asphyxia: reflection on 2 cases.

Positional asphyxia, a fatal condition arising because of the adoption of particular body positions, causing mechanical interference with pulmonary ventilation, can occur in various circumstances that are likely to come under the observation of the specialist in legal medicine (work, car accidents, torture, kidnapping, etc.). It is difficult to diagnose the cause of death in such cases because ...

Reexamination of custody restraint position and positional asphyxia.

The use of the hogtie restraint (also known as hobble or prone maximal restraint) by law enforcement and prehospital personnel has come under scrutiny because of reports of sudden deaths in persons placed in this restraint position. Some contend that this body position restricts chest and abdominal movement to the point that individuals are at risk for hypoventilatory respiratory compromise and...

Birth asphyxia.