PMVA Healthcare

Prevention and Management of Violence and Aggression in the Healthcare Sector (PMVA) (3 Days)

PMVA (Prevention Management of Violence G Aggression) is an essential requirement when working within any mental health environment. Healthcare workers use PMVA when dealing with mentally unstable and potentially dangerous patients, who can harm others can cause harm to PMVA is a method of conflict management to ‘breakaway’ from patients and/or to execute physical restraint.

The PMVA 3 Day course covers the recognition, defusing/de-escalation and management of violent situations from breakaway techniques to planned approaches with nursing teams having to assist in the management of violent patients and service users. Our training also goes through the new and current legislation in relation to PMVA.

During the 3-day practical course, candidates will expand their knowledge of primary, secondary and tertiary strategies. They will also receive training in a variety of physical intervention skills, enabling them to make informed decisions when responding to challenging behaviour in their specific populations and settings.

By the end of this course, candidates will be able to:

• Assess and evaluate levels of risk posed by difficult/challenging people
• Understand lawful use of restrictive intervention
• Create a supportive environment to meet a person’s needs
• Balance quality of life with reducing restraint
• Identify negative factors affecting staff and persons supported
• Understand use of ‘reasonable force’ as described in law and its limitations and requirements
• Recognize procedural and environmental factors affecting conflict situations and their importance in decision making
• Use primary strategies to proactively meet a person’s needs, leading to reducing distress and behaviours of concern
• Place emphasis on verbal and non-verbal communication during conflict situations
• Recognize impact of cultural differences on communication
• Identify causes of communication breakdown and the importance of creating conditions for communication to succeed
• Describe common causes of conflict and stages of the assault cycle
• Recognize behavioural patterns of individuals during conflict
• Recognize warning and danger signals displayed by individuals during a conflict situation
• Summarize appropriate methods and actions for conflict situations
• Understand importance of early intervention
• Identify short and long-term support available to those affected by a violent incident
• Provide support to those directly affected by a violent incident for wider organizational benefits
• Understand different types of de-escalation strategies
• Define appropriate Secondary and Territory Non-Restrictive and Restrictive Strategies to manage aggressive individuals