Ligature Awareness

Course Title: Ligature Awareness

Course length 3 hours.  

Maximum number to attend 12

This awareness course is designed for all staff involved in supporting individuals who are at risk of attempting suicide or self-harm by the application of a ligature.

Learners will gain practical skills and knowledge to recognise self-harm and ligature injuries, treat a casualty and to safely remove someone from suspension.

Learning Outcome & Assessment Criteria

Ligature Awareness

Statistics on ligature injuries

Identification of potential ligatures

Discussionon ligature points

Implementing control measures

Management of the ligatured person

Personal risk assessment and approach

Signs and symptoms of ligature injuries

Use of the ligature cuttersdemonstration and practical exercise including:

Rescue from Ligature

Safe removal of ligature

Safe removal from Suspension

Safe storage of ligature cutters

At the end of the training session, there is a written assessment to evidence the learning of the attendees.