The CMS Restraint Training Requirements Handbook

Use of restraint and seclusion is fraught with difficulties and is therefore a top focus of CMS and other regulatory bodies.

Staff must be trained in the correct use of restraint and seclusion, and this handbook is a quick way to ensure they know the rules and how to apply them.

The CMS Restraint Training Requirements Handbook is sold in packs of 10 so you can easily train multiple employees. A perfect resource for your staff to reference on the go, the handbook covers everything they need to ensure they have the knowledge to safely use restraint and seclusion and follow all the CMS guidelines.

Benefits

This book will help you:

- Administer the application of restraints
- Understand the implementation of seclusion
- Monitor patients in restraint/seclusion
- Properly assess patients in restraint/seclusion
- Provide care to restrained/secluded patients

Table of Contents

Introduction

The Training Requirements

Safe Application of Restraints
Implementation of Seclusion
Monitoring of Patients in Restraint/Seclusion
Assessment of Patients in Restraint/Seclusion
Providing Care for a Patient in Restraint or Seclusion
Techniques to Identify Triggers of Circumstances That Require
Use of Restraint or Seclusion
Use of Nonphysical Intervention Skills
Choosing the Least Restrictive Intervention
Safe Application and Use of All Types of Restraint and Seclusion
Used in Facility
Clinical Identification of Specific Behavioral Changes That
Indicate Restraint Is No Longer Needed
Monitoring Physical Well-Being of Patient
Use of First Aid Techniques and Certification in CPR Use

Sample Competency Form 1

Sample Competency Form 2

Sample Competency Form 3

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