Learn an awareness of ligature, risk factors and how to use ligature cutters safely.
What is a ligature? What is ligature point? What is the difference between self-strangulation and hanging? What are ligature cutters? What is suicide, attempted suicide, assisted suicide and suicidal ideation? What are the risks of ligaturing? What is meant by Duty of care? What is an anchor point audit? What are warning behaviours for potential use of ligature points? What policies and procedures should be in place?
Our Ligature Awareness and Protocol course will help you to answer the questions above and more.
Through our Ligature Awareness and Protocol course, you will gain an understanding of ligature and ligature points. You will learn how to use ligature cutters. You will learn what to do post incident. You will learn what the risks and complications associated with ligaturing are. You will learn how to appropriately risk assess for anchor points.
What you'll learn.
o Understand the definitions of terms and guidelines.
o Understand the risks and complications that can occur during a serious incident.
o Outline the benefits of environmental assessment and risk reduction policy.
o Perform an environmental suicide and ligature point audit and risk assessment.
o Support good practice in assessing and removing potential ligature material.
o Safely use and store ligature cutters and follow correct procedures in the event of use both during and after.
o Emergency procedures and BLS.
Who is Ligature Awareness & Protocol for?
Our Ligature Awareness and Protocol course is an essential training course for any setting that supports individuals that threaten or attempt suicide or self-harm.
What are the learning outcomes?
By the end of the course, you will be able to…
o Explain terminology and equipment, relevant to ligature protocol and policy.
o Describe the main risks of ligaturing and the main complications associated with ligaturing.
o Demonstrate how to carry out an environmental suicide and ligature point risk assessment
o Recognise safe storage and demonstrate use of ligature cutters, and the types of ligature cutters that are available
o Develop appropriate strategies and policies in responding to someone who has ligatured, including the appropriate actions to take and how to call for help.
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