BackgroundNurses are primarily for the care of patients and should ensure that physical restraint, which has many negative consequences, be applied according to standard practice. Therefore, they have knowledge about restraint apply by observing existing laws ethical principles. This study aimed determine level, attitude practices pediatric nurses on identify factors influencing use. MethodsA c...

Emergency medical services (EMS) providers must often manage violent or combative patients. The data regarding violence against EMS personnel are poor, but according to studies conducted thus far, between 0.8% and 5.0% of incidents to which EMS personnel respond involve violence or the threat of violence. Physical or chemical restraint is usually the only option available to emergency care prov...

A humane, adjustable and comfortable restraint chair is described which is suitable for a wide variety of experiments on unsedated primates weighing between 3.5 and 15 kg.

Securement of wheelchairs and occupant restraint for wheelchair riders on buses is one of the most difficult problems facing transit providers. The primary findings of this literature review show that (1) very little information has been published regarding transit bus safety and crash environment; (2) the focus of most reported wheelchair incidents involved noncollision events, in which inappr...

In 2008, the number of children younger than 1 year old or less than 20 pounds restrained in rear-facing child safety seats increased significantly. Rear-facing child safety seats are the appropriate child restraint for children younger than 1 year old or less than 20 pounds. This result is from the National Survey of the Use of Booster Seats (NSUBS), the only probability-based nationwide child...