Safe Use and Handling of Ligature Cutters
Safe Use and Handling of Ligature Cutters There are very few pieces of equipment in healthcare that can genuinely mean the difference between life and death. A ligature cutter is one of them. When a ligature incident occurs, there is no time to search for equipment. No time to wonder what to do. No time to hope someone else knows. Every second matters. Our flagship Safe Use and Handling of Ligature Cutters in Care and Secure Settings programme has been developed to ensure staff have the confidence, competence and practical ability to act immediately during one of the most time critical emergencies they may ever face. This isn’t simply equipment training. It’s about preparing professionals to save a life. Why This Course Is Different Most ligature cutter training stops at: “Here’s the cutter… here’s how it works.” Ours doesn’t. We teach the complete picture. Delegates learn: Understanding ligature risks Identifying ligature points Human behaviour during ligature incidents Safe emergency decision making Correct cutter deployment Anatomy considerations Legal responsibilities CQC expectations Post incident management Equipment maintenance Practical simulation exercises Building confidence under pressure What Makes Distinction Solutions Different Rather than delivering a simple equipment demonstration, we’ve created one of the UK’s most comprehensive Ligature Cutter programmes. It combines: Suicide prevention awareness Ligature risk identification Emergency response Human factors Safe practical skills Legal compliance CQC expectations Post incident management