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Safe restraint

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My 18 year old son has very violent meltdowns. There are no obvious triggers and no de-escalation technique works.

We had to call the police last night as we could not physically stop him. I was later taken to hospital for treatment for bites.

The only thing the police offered was to handcuff him. Not wanting that, is there any safe restraint training, techniques or equipment I can use to prevent further injury?

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  • There is no such thing as safe restraint only restraint that's less dangerous than leaving someone un restrained. There is an old Japanese rope based martial art called hojujitsu. You start with a rope with a self tightening loop tied in the end and after snagging it on a limb wrap the rope around someone till they can't move. Suppose you sewed a load of soft towels together end to end with the last bit of towel sewed into a loop. If you can get that loop around his torso you can wrap him in the loose end of the towel 'chain' like a massive human towel burrito, till he can't move much. Would need at least 2 people for any chance of success.

    Generally if in doubt it's better to call in the professionals. Not so much the police but psych nurses. Difficult to persuade them to make house calls though.

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  • There is no such thing as safe restraint only restraint that's less dangerous than leaving someone un restrained. There is an old Japanese rope based martial art called hojujitsu. You start with a rope with a self tightening loop tied in the end and after snagging it on a limb wrap the rope around someone till they can't move. Suppose you sewed a load of soft towels together end to end with the last bit of towel sewed into a loop. If you can get that loop around his torso you can wrap him in the loose end of the towel 'chain' like a massive human towel burrito, till he can't move much. Would need at least 2 people for any chance of success.

    Generally if in doubt it's better to call in the professionals. Not so much the police but psych nurses. Difficult to persuade them to make house calls though.

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