Two Los Angeles County supervisors are calling on health officials to find alternatives to physically restraining patients, voicing concerns after a Times investigation found an L.A. County-run ...

The appropriate use of patient restraints in health care settings can keep both patients and hospital staff safe from injury, but they are often overused and abused. It’s important to know what the ...

BRAINERD — An 18-year-old Brainerd man was arrested and charged with misdemeanor fifth-degree assault following an incident in the emergency room Wednesday, Dec. 17, at Essentia Health-St. Joseph's ...

JACKSON, MI – A nurse at Henry Ford Jackson Hospital was stabbed while on the job last week when a patient became combative and pulled out a knife. Police were called at about 7 a.m., Feb. 13, to the ...

Los Angeles General Medical Center restrained patients in its psychiatric inpatient unit at the fourth-highest rate of any such facility in the United States, newly released annual figures show — the ...

CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, Ill. (WCIA) — Two Champaign County Sheriff’s Department Correctional Officers received awards Wednesday evening for successfully restraining a combative inmate last month. Officers ...