PMVA General Services Association (GSA) Accredited Course
This is a three day accredited and certificated course for staff that work in care and mental health environments:
Day 1 – Introduction to PMVA
Legislation and ethical issues
Disengagement and breakaway techniques
Day 2 – Communication including verbal and non-verbal
Identification of triggers and the assault cycle
Low level restraint techniques
Day 3 – Turning the patient, supine and prone restraints
Importance of reviews, reflection and adequate change management
Theory and practical assessment
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PMVA – General Services Association (GSA) accredited course
Who’s it aimed at?
This certificate is designed to provide training for staff that work in care and mental health environments who may need to disengage or restrain service users, for example, those who are self-harming, and need to be effectively restrained under duty of care.
No previous PMVA training is required to take part on this course.
Entry requirements
This course is suitable for learners aged 18 and above. As detailed above, no previous PMVA training is required to take part on this course.
Course Outcomes
Upon completing the course, learners will be able to:
Define PMVA
Understand the Mental Health Act and the Mental Capacity Act
Understand the law around the use of force
Have an understanding of government guidance in this area
Disengage from hair-pulling, grabs and strangles
Prompt and guide service users
Know when and how to use non-restrictive interventions
Know when and how to use restrictive interventions
Turn patients safely and efficiently
Administer IM medication effectively
Complete post-incident reviews and influence change
Course Objectives
The training cover:
The law in relation to the use of physical force to defend themselves and others
Demonstrating appropriate and effective physical skill for physical skills, breaking away and defending against a violent assault
Distance and stance
Wrist grabs
Defences against punches, slaps, strangles and hair grabs
A method of physically prompting and guiding a person
The use of a non-restrictive standing hold that can be used as an escort
Non-restrictive methods to manage behaviour in seated positions and on the floor
A two-person restrictive standing hold that can be used as an escort
A two-person restrictive seated hold
A team method to separate people fighting
How to support a person to and from the floor
How to restrict a person’s movement when in a horizontal position
How to move a person held horizontally to a safer position
An explanation of why some techniques should not be used
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