Disability Rights, Inclusion and Safeguarding Regulations 2025
Part 1Physical restraints
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Part 1 Physical restraints
1. Subduing a person by forcing the person into a face-down position (known as a prone restraint).
2. Subduing a person by forcing the person into a face-up position (known as a supine restraint).
3. Subduing a person by holding down the person’s limbs or any part of the body, such as their arms or legs (known as a pin down).
4. Subduing a person by wrapping your arms around the person’s upper or lower body (known as a basket hold).
5. Subduing a person by forcing them to free-fall to the floor or by forcing them to fall to the floor with support (known as a takedown technique).
6. Any physical restraint that has the purpose or effect of restraining or inhibiting a person’s respiratory or digestive functioning.
7. Any physical restraint that has the effect of pushing the person’s head forward onto their chest.
8. Any physical restraint that has the purpose or effect of compelling a person’s compliance through the infliction of pain, hyperextension of joints, or by applying pressure to the chest or joints.