PMVA Training – GSA Approved
We deliver PMVA courses accredited by the GSA and accepted throughout many NHS trusts. All our tutors are GSA grade A tutors.
Theoretical Modules Include:
Health & Safety at work act.
Public health model
The law and the use of force
Mental Capacity Act
Risks in restraint
Recent influences on Physical intervention ( guide lines )
RIDDOR
Human Rights Act
Conflict management ( de-escalation & communication)
Breakaway and restraint techniques taught include:
Various wrist grabs
Various clothing grabs
Slaps, punches, kicks
Hair pulls-various
Chair de-escalation
Strangle holds
Planned approach (restraining violent patient as part of a response team)
Role of the head person
Prone restraint
Supine Restraint
Turning the patient
Seclusion exits
