Use and Application of Posey Safety Products

Poseys - the best restraints out there! We still use them - almost exclusively for stabilizing limbs after injuries but infrequently on people who are severely self-abusive (beat their heads until they are bloody, try to pull their eyes out, things like that). If someone has just had an operation and tries to pull out all the equipment and such that keeps them alive (IV lines, catheters, feeding tubes, oxygen, etc.) we go through the necessary hoops for short-term posey restraints. Lots of paperwork, consents, human rights committees, monitoring, hourly documenting, etc., but they buy time for the person to mend. Otherwise the equipment is pulled off/out as soon as the person wakes up and then they have a significantly increased chance of death or permanent injury.

Damn, where can I get me some of those Lynnie??? Although I am INCREDIBLY concerned about the... ahem... "SACK" knot.

Wow. Did EVERYTHING from the 70's look like it was designed around a psychedelic rock festival poster?.......geez.....even medical instruction books. You'd think a medical equipment manual wouldn't have flowery designs and "spiraling", wavy wording on the cover.....kinda weird. Also, the last guy on the page looks a little too happy to be wearing that safety jacket.......hmmmmmm

Ok, now one thing sorta bugs me...why is that infant so happy about being restrained?!?! Seems to me the little one would be hollering over that.

The dude in the straight jacket looks incredibly happy to be restrained. Maybe it was the same dude who drew the cover, and was just on LSD at both times. lol. but in all seriousness, the kids in restraints sadden me

Think of infants in papooses. They are perfectly comfortable.

Sketchie - try eBay or any medical supplies store. ;-)

Now, there's a hang-danged good thought, Motts!

By the way, Cyber, you notice that the other two children didn't seem quite as pleased. I don't know the age at which Native American infants stopped being carried all the time in the papoose boards - probably at the end of their first year when they started walking. Don't know for sure, but maybe it's a more natural feel for an infant than a growing/exploring child.

http://www.nativeameri...ooseCradleboards.htm

And yes, I am thinking that the adult pictured has possibly partaken of the same hallucinogenic drugs that were referred to earlier.

Does anyone else thing that the dude in the straight jacket looks vaguely like Hitler?? I think it's the hair...

I suppose there is a (happy brochure) for just about all products advertised to a select few.

Does anyone find the "Posey connected cuffs" depictions disturbing? Looks like some mad doctor removed part of that person's legs, even though it is two separate pictures.

Next time you are on a plane take a look at the safety brochure... Those people don't look all that concerned about the upcoming water landing.

they put my brother in a papoose when he stabbed his tonsil out with a drumstick my mom freaked out but they had to do it

He does kinda look like Hitler! LMAO!

Its not something you really want to see. My sister had a severe allergic reaction to something (still have no idea what) and they had to intubate her and put her on a respirator. They tried really hard to keep her sedated but she kept waking up and trying to pull the tubes out of her throat. They tied her down because of it. It really was a terrible thing to see, but necessary.

I know that restrants are for safety but would you really be smiling if you had to wear that???

Is it an actual photograph, or does anyone else think those restraints look drawn on?

The baby looks happy enough, but the older kid is not thrilled.

Hitler? Nah, looks like Paul Newman!

Wow that's different! I haven't seen one of those manuels on here before!

woah groovy poster. FREE HUEY!

Whoa...the dude in the last picture looks little bit TOO happy to be wearing that thing!

i totally thought that the guy in the safety jacket looks like Hitler lol :)

i agree about the picture of the legs. ( I see its to pictures.... but the layout is so strange) it looks like his legs have been dnapped.... like what Kathy Bates did to that dude in MISERY

Damn. nothing about StraighJacket therapy?

That guy in the last picture and the baby definitely look happy.

I agree with it's creepiness......freaky pscodelic

I agree the last guy looks like hitler. the posey that I remeber is the ones that us nurses aides in high school use to keep the senior s in the wheelchairs which was a vest that kept them from falling out of there chair. I wish that some places used the restaint to hold perple in position in bed which would help alot with bed sores.
I have been in restaints before because I was naughty (not that way dear Dr.) and all I felt was horrableand hatted it. But the staff told me some people are so relaxed in restraints that they go to sleep and are fine. not me (i think it the drugs)

C-Note, I think you mean psychadelic. Excuse the misspelling. Am on Depakote at this particular juncture in time.

Interesting look back... very interesting...

i think the baby is too little to know what's going on, so of course he's happy.

That one little boy on the right looks terrified ;o

ROFL t last picture

I appreciate this site and the opportunity to post comments. Most comments were silly and meaningless almost making in fun of the facts and history. The Posy guide was very interesting. I would rather see the models with a blank expression or smiling then showing fear or torture. It was just a guide and nicely done. I appreciate the history of it. Thank you!

Re: infant restraint, I know swaddling often soothes very young babies, and my own daughter (four months old) appears much more comfortable sleeping strapped into her infant car seat than lying in her crib. Remember that before birth they're nice and comfy in mama's womb where there's no extra space--the big wide world is *frighteningly* big and wide and they're not used to it at all. Bundling them up tightly reassures them by reproducing the tight-quarters feeling of the womb. (At least, this was how it was explained to me.) IIRC the papoose thing is very similar, with the baby wrapped tightly.

That said, I think that usually applies to babies a bit younger than the one in the picture, and I'm not 100% sure what would be so happy-making about having his/her arms strapped down like that, held out to the sides.

You are right. Those people look so happy 0_o. It's creepy. Whats there to be smiling about?

The last guy looks like Hitler on a massive dose of thorazine.

thats f'ed up. You notice they dont get the models to wear the restraints, they look like they were drawn in.

I absolutely agree, they were drawn in, guess it was just like a marketing decision like the cartoonic plane's "in case of crash" instructions. ... and by the way: Heil Zippers!!!!

Posey restraints are still in use, although the infant restraint is a little disturbing?

Got a bout of it just looking at this. They all look drawn on. Before photoshop, they used to cut out parts of drawings/photos & paste or draw them on. Kinda cheap looking, maybe they were in a rush to get it to print? Looks pretty darn creepy, why didn't they just draw the whole person, too? Digging that hippie cover though lol.

I wonder if Posey Van Pelt was related to Lucy and Linus....

I'm totally against the baby restraints!!!! Having a 2 year old nephew makes looking at that completely sickening to me.

Wait till you are trying to sew up the occasional large gashes that surprisingly strong whirlwind two-year-olds seem to attract and dealing with an understandably semi-hysterical parent with blood all over the place and your perspective might change. Hanging on to someone who is strong for their size and doesn't want your assistance and who is amazingly slippery due to being covered with blood does not make for graceful medical interventions. Similarly if your child doesn't understand that moving around may cause a bone that is setting properly to re-break and/or come out of alignment or pop a gastrostomy or G-tube out of place, these devices will quickly become an extremely helpful rehabilitation tool.

Anyone who wants to tie up or restrain someone does not need to wait for a set of properly adjusted well-fitting posey restraints. But if you have need (or frankly even if you don't) I would feel better about someone being restrained correctly and in the proper body alignment than I would with someone making something up from scratch.

Work a shift in an emergency room hospital with screaming, frantic, injured toddlers or with large adults who are totally unable to control themselves either due to psychosis, pain, or substance abuse. Think about things in context and how they can be properly used before assuming that these are items used for control and pain. ANYTHING can be made into an instrument of torture if that is what is in your mind and that is your intent. All that THIS is is an instrument or tool. The person who uses this is the one who has the ability to use or mis-use it.

the explanation fo the restraints were interesting. The drawing up top made the whole thing awesome. I could use these at my job, i would be fired tho since any type of restraints is forbidden. Even tho it would help from getting bit, punched, headbutted.. things like that

This reminds me of when I had surgery. I woke up in the hospital and was still really out of it due to the anesthetic. Someone used a restraint to tie my left arm to the gurney. The iv was also taped to my arm. The first thing I tried to do was rip all the tubes out with my free arm even though the nurse kept telling me not to. It was kind of shocking, I had no idea what was going on. All I knew for sure was that I wanted those tubes out of my arm.
I suppose that is a good reason to use restraints, it would have been a lot messier without them.

Thinking of restraints in a psych ward just plain scares me though. That's something completely different.

quick question were poseys specifically for the mentally disabled or would you get these as part of basic hospital gear for anyone?

So I'm pregnant & so is my sister-in-law...think I could find a copy of this instruction manual to hang up on the walls to keep order during the terrible 2s? I'm so kidding...but I love old instructions like this and the section on properly tying knots reminds me of boating lessons! I love it, as I do all your stuff...amazing locations & shots, as per usual.

That guy does look like hitler lol. Why would such restraints be used on infants and babies????

The one man laying down looks a little excited...lmao

the restraints for the children and babies are very disturbing, and the guy at the end smiling just makes me feel completely sketched out.

RE: Tracy

They had to use a form of restraint on my infant son. He was very sick and they had several tubes on him. He kept trying to pull the oxygen tube and IV out. He was just being curious, but they we keeping him alive. So they used a board type restraint to stop him till he was able to breath on his own, and they could remove the tubes. I was with him all the time and the nurse were in the room about ever 15 min. to check on him.

It was heart breaking to see, but at least he is here with me today 5 years later.

useful for kids with poor motor function so their hands aren't all over and they don't fall off the bed. It could also be possible that a kid could have an injury or condition requiring being still and not rolling over while sleeping.

I wonder if the models in this brochure included it in their resumes & portfolios? "Yeah, I modeled straight jackets for Posey in 1976."