Preparing students to anticipate and escape potentially dangerous situations should they encounter an aggressive patient or service user
Breakaway techniques are physical skills ‘to help separate or break away from an aggressor in a safe manner’, according to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).
Nursing Standard. 37, 10, 40-41. doi: 10.7748/ns.37.10.40.s17
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