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- Title
The manual handling of the aggressive patient: a review of the risk of injury to nurses.
- Authors
Stubbs B; Ward M
- Abstract
Staff are injured more frequently than patients during the implementation of physical interventions. In essence the application of physical interventions is a form of manual handling, where the aggressive patient is the 'load'. In the non-mental healthcare environment, manual handling contributes to a large chunk of work-related musculoskeletal disorders. Applying physical interventions against an agitated and aggressive human load is a risk factor for injuries being sustained. This paper discusses physical interventions as a manual handling procedure as a possible explanation of injuries sustained to nursing staff from being in a team applying physical interventions. Possible strategies to reduce the risk of developing musculoskeletal disorders from physical interventions are discussed.
- Subjects
LIFTING &; carrying (Human mechanics); AGGRESSION (Psychology); MENTAL health personnel &; patient; MUSCULOSKELETAL system diseases; INJURY risk factors; PSYCHOTHERAPY patients; PEOPLE with mental illness
- Publication
Journal of Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing (Wiley-Blackwell), 2009, Vol 16, Issue 4, p395
- ISSN
1351-0126
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2850.2008.01354.x