As you are aware on Friday 20th March 2020 the Prime Minister ordered the closure of all pubs, cafe's, restaurants and gyms for a minimum period of 2 weeks. As a result of this announcement the Martial Arts centre, I hire for courses was closed with immediate effect.
Considering the surge of cases and the capacity of acute and emergency NHS hospital services to meet demand and the government’s strategy of self-isolation to flatten the peak. I feel it is morally right to suspend the PMVA courses for a period of 2 weeks and then review in the light of government guidance.
If your PMVA refresher is due please discuss with your Nursing Agency as I am aware that the Nursing Agencies are in discussion with NHS Mental Health Trusts to see if PMVA Refresher training can be postponed until the virus is under control and it is safe to resume courses.
I hope you understand the position and I will update my website mavconsultancy.com an ongoing basis.
Thank you for your understanding, stay well & stay healthy.
Regards
Patrick
As you are aware on Friday 20th March 2020 the Prime Minister ordered the closure of all pubs, cafe's, restaurants and gyms for a minimum period of 2 weeks. As a result of this announcement the Martial Arts centre, I hire for courses was closed with immediate effect.
Considering the surge of cases and the capacity of acute and emergency NHS hospital services to meet demand and the government’s strategy of self-isolation to flatten the peak. I feel it is morally right to suspend the PMVA courses for a period of 2 weeks and then review in the light of government guidance.
If your PMVA refresher is due please discuss with your Nursing Agency as I am aware that the Nursing Agencies are in discussion with NHS Mental Health Trusts to see if PMVA Refresher training can be postponed until the virus is under control and it is safe to resume courses.
I hope you understand the position and I will update my website mavconsultancy.com an ongoing basis.
Thank you for your understanding, stay well & stay healthy.
Regards
Patrick
Please click on the link below for the video i recorded.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K61JeQfZzgE
Thanks folks for working so hard on your 2 day PMVA course this week at the Northern PMVA centre in Leeds 12th & 13th June and making the course such a pleasure to teach. Thanks Amy for the photograph which shows me in the background instructing yourself and participants on how to place someone in the secure recovery hold position, much safer than face down restraint as the person can breath easily and much safer for staff than the supine position (Person on their back) where they have a lot of flexibility to kick and injure staff when approaching their legs.
Thanks also for the great feedback Gbadebo, Cynthia, Daniel, Samuel, Vincent, Lynetta, Rubee, Amy, Shannon, Amy and Kim.
But as the sub title of the blog suggests a course should be informative and enjoyable to, so I will close with the comments of Aisha Hussain "I have had a fantastic time training with Patrick he teaches well and is clear helping understanding. I have learn't quite alot within two days. The techniques were really good, I enjoyed learning and am well pleased". Thank you Aisha and participants. Please get in touch if you want information about the PMVA bookable courses in Leeds.
He is describing the course in general and specifically the use of the Recovery Hold position were patients are restrained as a last resort on their side on the ground as oposed to the less safe and undignified face down restraint on the ground. The recovery hold is less traumatic as patients can breath easily and can be informed for example after receiving an injection that they are in a recovery position to help them relax and calm. Chijioke and the other course particpants were also impressed by the different and easy techniques that can be applied if a violent person requires an injection without going to the ground. I consider that it important that all Hospital trusts and independent hospitals who provide inptient care for people with a mental illness or learning disability seriously consider the alternatives to face down restraint. Particularly as the Department of Health (DOH) 2013 Guideance Positive and Proactive Care Reducing the Need for Restrictive Interventions Paragraph70 states
"Staff must not deliberately restrain
people in a way that impacts on their airway, breathing or circulation, such as
face down restraint on any surface, not just on the floor".