The text excerpts and pictures posted on this page were reproduced without tampering or editing, but were reproduced without permission . This risk is one I am willing to take in order to further my crusade against the promotion of inappropriate restraint practices to further my efforts to STOP Restraint Asphyxia deaths. Someone positioned on his side cannot be effectively restrained . To prevent the patient s large muscle groups from working together, restrain one arm at his side and the other above his head. Restraint is not without risk either to the paramedic or to the patient.
Improper restraint threatens injury to everyone involved.
Occasionally a restrained patient dies. The term for this phenomenon is positional asphyxia. The most common scenario in these cases involves a patient in a hog-tie or hobble restraint. The patient is eventually captured, restrained, and placed in a hog-tie or hobble restraint. He struggles for a time, then becomes quiet.