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PMVA 3 Day Course -BILD Act Certified - tutors are GSA grade A tutors.
PMVA

PMVA (Prevention Management of Violence and Aggression)

This 3-day course in the Prevention and Management of Violence and aggression (PMVA) has been certified by BILD ACT as fully aligned to the RRN Training standards . You can view our full BILD ACT certificate here .
(Source:restraintreductionnetwork.org/training-standards/



Train Healthcare ensures that our PMVA tutors are GSA grade A tutors.

Start time 9 am Finish 5 pm each day
Course Pre-Requisite Requirements

(CourseOutcomes)
-Understand the levels of risk posed by challenging people.
-Explain how you can meet a person need and create a supportive environment.
-Understand the balance between enhancing quality of life and reducing restraint.
-Describe the effect of negative/ environmental factors.
-Explain the use of ‘reasonable force’ and its limitations/ legal requirements.
-Understand primary strategies and how to proactively meet a person’s needs.
-Understand the importance of verbal + non-verbal communication during conflict.
-Underline the impact that cultural differences may have in relation to communication.
-Identify causes of communication breakdown.
-Describe the common causes of conflict.
-Recognise the warning and danger signals displayed during a conflict situation.
-Recognise the importance of early intervention.
-Provide support to those directly affected by a violent incident.
-Understand the different types of de-escalation strategies.
-Define appropriate Secondary and Territory Non-Restrictive and Restrictive Strategies to manage aggressive individuals.



Day 1
• Legislation, Legal Frameworks + Ethical Considerations
• Legal Responsibilities and Reasonable Force
• Risks Associated with Restraint
• Mental Capacity + Mental Health
• Challenging Behaviour, Behaviours of Concern
• Root Causes of Distress
• Creating a Supportive Culture
• Health, Therapeutic Relationships + Person Centred Care
• Populations and Locations
• Dynamic Risk Assessments
• Stages of the Assault Cycle
• Situational Awareness
• Identifying, Managing and Reflecting on Triggers
• Listening and Communication Skills (communication models)
• Indicators of Confrontational Behaviour (Warning and Danger Signs)
• Documentation, Record Keeping + Post Incident De-briefing.

Day 2
• Verbal and Non-Verbal De-escalation Techniques
• Disengagement Techniques (Wrist Grabs, Body Grabs, Hair/Clothing Grabs + Strangulation, Avoiding Punches and Kicks)
• Role + Responsibilities of Head Person, 3 C's, presenting + securing head.

Instruction and practice of: -
Friendly come along (including non-Contact, stage one, two + figure of four)
Team approaches.
Upper arm wrap
Upper arm wrap to secure hold
Upper arm wrap to supine hold (ready to decent to the floor)


Day 3

Instruction and practice of:
• Supine Descent
• Descent to floor in upper arm wrap
• Upper arm wrap to elevated rest and return.
• Trouble drills (sniper position)
• Securing legs in supine
• Elevated rest to standing.
• Seated de-escalation
• Decent to chair
• Trouble drills
• Unexpected and/or unintentional controlled decent to the floor where the aggressor dictates or initialises the downward movement (prone)

Descent
Upper rest to lower rest and return.
De-escalation on floor
Legs in Prone
Turning Prone to Supine
Standing from Prone