Vistelar Raises the Bar on Workplace Violence Training
In today's healthcare landscape, de-escalation training has evolved from a recommended practice to an essential compliance requirement. The alarming rise in ...
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Building Safe And Respectful Workplaces
You Can Be Compassionate and Safe at the Same Time
Nurses embody compassion, empathy, and love in their everyday interactions with patients, making them an indispensable part of healthcare. However, their ...
Grabs are dangerous! Whether the attacker is naked or otherwise
The real danger is not knowing what will happen after you are grabbed. Healthcare environments personal, private, and confined spaces, so being grabbed is a ...
I can’t believe you bit my ear off!
Just like spitting, biting is a degrading form of assault, besides being very painful, frightening, and dangerous. These assaults can be due to a patient being ...
Don't Lose When You Are on The Ground
In Healthcare the areas you work in are closed and confined spaces. Getting tripped, pushed, or tackled to the ground, or grabbed in the front or behind and ...
Does Everyone Know You Are In Danger?
In Healthcare, as in most professional settings, people typically speak in a low volume to respect others needs for privacy, concentration, and communication.
Wrist Grabs—More Common And More dangerous than you may think!
When an attacker grabs you, it creates a situation that is dangerous on so many levels. Grabs can quickly escalate to a fight, including the use of weapons. ...
When you cannot breathe — do this!
Problem: People can deal with hunger for days and thirst for hours, but we can only manage being deprived of our next breath of air for a couple of minutes. ...
You've Been Grabbed! Now What? Why being hopeful can get you killed
No work is more personal and intimate than healthcare and working inside a hospital means you are always up close and personal with your customers. In fact, ...
How Do You Train-the-Trainer? —Podcast
As a training company we often talk about how to teach individuals our content. But we also need to discuss how we train the people doing the teaching. How do ...