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Ligature Awareness & Prevention

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The course is designed for health and social care professionals working with individuals at risk of self-harm with ligatures.

6 Modules1 hour
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Learning Outcomes

What you'll learn

  • Be aware of ligature risk and environmental risk assessments.
  • Be able to identify different types of ligatures and ligature points.
  • Learn how to recognize and describe the signs and symptoms of ligature injuries.
  • Be able to safely remove ligatures using ligature cutters, addressing both suspension and incomplete suspension situations.
  • Have a better understanding of company policies, procedures, and guidelines related to ligature risks.
  • Be informed about first aid actions needed after strangulation or attempted strangulation.
  • Understand how to store, maintain, dispose of, and replace ligature cutters safely.

Modules

Module 1

Suicide and Ligature

Module 2

Case Study

Module 3

Risk Assessments, Policies & Procedures

Module 4

Hanging & Strangulation

Module 5

First Aid for Ligatures

Module 6

Summary

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Frequently Asked Questions

Ligature awareness training helps UK healthcare and care workers identify ligature risks, ligature points and environmental hazards, supporting safer care environments and effective risk assessment.

Ligature awareness training is relevant for healthcare professionals, care workers and staff working in hospitals, mental health services, care homes and other UK care settings.

Ligature points are objects or fixtures that could be used to attach a ligature. Training helps staff recognise potential ligatures, ligature points and environmental risks in care settings.

Staff should follow their organisation's emergency procedures, seek immediate medical assistance and provide appropriate first aid within their training. Prompt reporting and safeguarding procedures are also important.

Ligature prevention training covers risk assessment, identifying ligatures and ligature points, recognising injuries, safe use of ligature cutters, emergency response, first aid and workplace policies.