The session provides the security professionals information about the medical implications of restraint. In layman’s terms, if I ‘do’ something to someone, what are the consequences for that person? It can stand as an independent session or links with ‘Use of Force’ and physical intervention training. It is accepted that a security officer may use a technique that is not part of their formal SIA training but is ‘reasonable in the circumstances’. It considers best practice to prevent deaths or serious injury through Positional or Restraint Asphyxia and highlights Acute Behavioural Disturbance.
