Who is allowed to apply restraints?

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Who is allowed to apply restraints?

Restraints are a medical intervention that can pose safety and ethical concerns, so they must be used only under a physician’s order and by staff who have received proper training. This ensures there is a clear clinical justification, appropriate monitoring, and documentation, as well as the ability to reassess and remove the restraint as soon as it’s no longer needed. Family members generally do not have the training or authority to apply restraints, and security personnel typically aren’t equipped to determine indications or provide ongoing medical monitoring without the physician’s order and trained personnel. Therefore, the responsibility rests with trained hospital staff who have an order from the physician to apply restraints.

Restraints are a medical intervention that can pose safety and ethical concerns, so they must be used only under a physician’s order and by staff who have received proper training. This ensures there is a clear clinical justification, appropriate monitoring, and documentation, as well as the ability to reassess and remove the restraint as soon as it’s no longer needed. Family members generally do not have the training or authority to apply restraints, and security personnel typically aren’t equipped to determine indications or provide ongoing medical monitoring without the physician’s order and trained personnel. Therefore, the responsibility rests with trained hospital staff who have an order from the physician to apply restraints.

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