Physical restraints in emergency departments (EDs) are used to keep staff and patients safe, but may lead to adverse physical consequences, such as aspiration, physical trauma and phycological harm of ...

Where did the data come from? To report this story, The Times analyzed data collected by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the federal agency that has gathered restraint information from ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The use of physical restraints on nursing home patients declined nearly 40 percent nationally in recent years as the federal government, states and the nursing home industry placed ...

In the chaotic environment of an emergency room, hospital staffers sometimes face the question of whether to use physical restraints when a patient is experiencing a behavioral crisis. Using ...

The appropriate use of patient restraints in health care settings can keep both patients and hospital staff safe from injury, but they are often overused and abused. It’s important to know what the ...

Reduction in the use of physical restraints was seen after implementation of an evidence-based intervention program. Between December 2024 and January 2025 no physical restraint episodes occurred in ...

Los Angeles General Medical Center restrains inpatients in its psychiatric unit at a rate higher than any other hospital in California — and more than 50 times the national average for inpatient ...

Two Los Angeles County supervisors are calling on health officials to find alternatives to physically restraining patients, voicing concerns after a Times investigation found an L.A. County-run ...

Black patients presenting with psychiatric disorders to hospital emergency departments (EDs) across the US have significantly higher rates of chemical restraint than their White counterparts, new ...

WASHINGTON -- The use of physical restraints on nursing home patients declined nearly 40 percent nationally in recent years as the federal government, states and the nursing home industry placed ...