@article{ref1,
title="The manual handling of the aggressive patient: a review of the risk of injury to nurses",
journal="Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing",
year="2009",
author="Stubbs, Brendon",
volume="16",
number="4",
pages="395-400",
abstract="Staff are injured more frequently than patients during the implementation of physical interventions. In essence the application of physical interventions is a form of manual handling, where the aggressive patient is the 'load'. In the non-mental healthcare environment, manual handling contributes to a large chunk of work-related musculoskeletal disorders. Applying physical interventions against an agitated and aggressive human load is a risk factor for injuries being sustained. This paper discusses physical interventions as a manual handling procedure as a possible explanation of injuries sustained to nursing staff from being in a team applying physical interventions. Possible strategies to reduce the risk of developing musculoskeletal disorders from physical interventions are discussed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1351-0126",
doi="10.1111/j.1365-2850.2008.01354.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2850.2008.01354.x"
}