Date: Tuesday, August 15, 2017
Time: 2:00 PM ET
Stressful environments can overstimulate patients in high-acuity inpatient psychiatric units. Patient agitation often results in the need for physical interventions, such as manual holds and seclusion. Preventative measures to reduce agitation could abate the psychological and physical trauma that can result from these active interventions.
Participants on this webinar learned more about UAB Hospital’s quality improvement project, which aimed to prevent aggressive behaviors, decrease restraint use, and lower assault rates by reducing sensory input in the unit milieu. After six months, UAB found that the percentage of time in which restraints were used decreased significantly.
The webinar defined sensory processing and its implications in an adult psychiatric setting, described how sensory reduction can effectively reduce physical restraints, and discussed the methods involved in implementing a sensory program.
Melissa Bearden, MACN, OT/L
Manager, CPM Psychiatric Therapy Services Department
UAB Hospital
Elizabeth Caine, MSHA, MBA
Administrator, Center for Psychiatric Medicine
UAB Hospital
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