Issues over the use of chemical restraint in a home run by the HSE were raised by HIQA following an inspection.

Nearly 1,000 patient deaths involved drugs, including powerful opioid painkillers as well as sedatives and antipsychotics ...

Chemical restraint allows undisturbed handling of the physically free, yet unconscious research subject. Wickings and Nieschlag (1980) noted significantly lower serum cortisol responses to ...

Washington state lawmakers are once again debating a bill that would further restrict the use of restraint and isolation in ...

When animals need medical attention, effective restraint makes the job easier and safer for both the person providing the ...

More than a year after the state health department promised to do an “immediate and thorough” review of the program that allows paramedics to sedate patients with ketamine, a review panel ...

As the nation observes Black History Month, there is a continued need for legislative change to protect vulnerable patients ...

It can be difficult to decide whether chemical or physical restraint is necessary, as chemical restraint can have complicating side-effects. For example, isoflurane anesthesia causes a rapid ...