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Physical restraint refers to the practice of rendering people helpless or keeping them in captivity by means such as handcuffs, shackles, straitjackets, ropes, straps, or other forms of physical restraint. Alternatively, unarmed combat techniques or sheer force of numbers may be used to restrain a person.

For some types of restraint device that leave the arms and legs free, see safety harness.

For restraint for medical or psychiatric purposes, see medical restraint

Physical restraint may be used:

by police to arrest and detain criminals
to restrain people who are suffering from involuntary physical spasms, to prevent them from hurting themselves (see medical restraints).
controversially, in mental hospitals
as part of games of BDSM and sexual bondage
by escapologists, illusionists and stunt performers
by kids playing cowboy games
by a kidnapper (stereotypically with rope or duct tape and a gag)

Restraining someone against their will is generally a crime in most jurisdictions, unless it is explicitly sanctioned by law. (See false arrest, false imprisonment).

The misuse of physical restraint has resulted in many deaths. Physical restraint can be dangerous, sometimes in unexpected ways. Examples include:

postural asphyxia
unintended strangulation
death due to choking or vomiting and being unable to clear the airway
death due to inability to escape in the event of fire or other disaster
death due to dehydration or starvation due to the inability to escape
cutting off of blood circulation by restraints
nerve damage by restraints
cutting of blood vessels by struggling against restraints, resulting in death by loss of blood
death by hypothermia or hyperthermia whilst unable to escape

For these and many other reasons, extreme caution is needed in the use of physical restraint.

Gagging a restrained person is highly risky, as it involves a substantial risk of asphyxia, both from the gag itself, and also from choking or vomiting and being unable to clear the airway. In practice, simple gags do not restrict communication much; however, this means that gags that are effective enough to prevent communication are generally also potentially effective at restricting breathing. Gags that prevent communication may also prevent the communication of distress that might otherwise prevent injury.

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Hand-to-hand combat (sometimes abbreviated as HTH or H2H) is a generic term for close quarters fighting, particularly when the outcome is likely to be fatal, as in mÃªlÃ©e military combat or a duel. This distinguishes it from combat sport.
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A safety harness is a harness designed to protect a person, animal, or object from getting injured (i.e. falling). The harness is attached with a rope or cable to a stationary object and to non-stationary person, animal or object via cloth straps, metal wires, etc.
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Medical restraints are a subset of general physical restraint used for medical purposes. Unlike some other forms of restraint, medical restraints are designed to restrain their wearer without causing pain.
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Police are agents or agencies empowered to enforce the law and to effect public and social order through the legitimate use of force. The term is most commonly associated with police departments of a state that are authorized to exercise the police power of that state within a
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Mental hospital may mean:

A Psychiatric hospital
A hospital in Nepal named Mental Hospital

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BDSM is any of a number of related patterns of human sexual behavior. The major subgroupings are described in the abbreviation "BDSM" itself:

B and D: Bondage and discipline
D and S: Domination and submission
S and M

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bondage involves people being tied up or otherwise restrained for pleasure. Bondage is usually, but not always, a sexual practice. The paraphilia of being sexually aroused by bondage is sometimes known as vincilagnia.

Studies in the U.S.
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Escapology is the practice of escaping from restraints or other traps. Escapologists (also called escape artists) escape from handcuffs, straitjackets, cages, steel boxes, barrels, bags, burning buildings, fish-tanks and other perils, often in combination.
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Magic is a performing art that entertains an audience by creating illusions of impossible^[1] or supernatural^[2] feats, using purely natural means. These feats are called magic tricks, effects or illusions.
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stunt performer is someone who performs dangerous stunts, often as a career. These stunts are sometimes rigged so that they look dangerous while still having safety mechanisms, but often they are as dangerous as they appear to be.
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Duct tape, in the USA and Canada, is a vinyl, fabric-reinforced, multi-purpose adhesive tape with a soft and tacky pressure sensitive adhesive. It is generally silver or black in color but many other colors and transparent tapes have recently become available.
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A gag is usually a device designed to prevent speech, often as a restraint device to stop the subject from calling for help. This is usually done by blocking the mouth, partially or completely, or attempting to prevent the tongue, lips, or jaw from moving in the normal patterns of
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Tort law I
Part of the common law series
Intentional torts
Assault · Battery
False arrest · False imprisonment
Intentional infliction of emotional distress
Property torts
Trespass to chattels
Trespass to land · Conversion
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Positional asphyxia, also known as postural asphyxia, is a form of asphyxia which occurs when someone's position prevents them from breathing adequately. A small but significant number of people die suddenly and without apparent reason during sex or restraint by police,
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Strangling is compression of the neck that leads to unconsciousness or death by causing an increasingly hypoxic state in the brain.^[1] Fatal strangling typically occurs in cases of violence, accidents, and as the mechanism of suicide in hangings.
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Choking
Classification & external resources

ICD-10 F41.0, R06.8, T17, W78-W80
ICD-9 784.9 , 933.1

For choking meaning compression of the neck, see Strangling. For other usage of choking, see choke.

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Emesis redirects here. For the genus of metalmark butterflies, see Emesis (butterfly). Heaving redirects here. For the up-and-down motion, see heave.

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Hypothermia
Classification & external resources

ICD-10 T68
ICD-9 780.9 , 991.6

Hypothermia is a condition in which an organism's temperature drops below that required for normal metabolism and bodily functions.
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Heat stroke
Classification & external resources

ICD-10 T 67.0
ICD-9 992.0

DiseasesDB 5690
MedlinePlus 000056
eMedicine med/956 Heat exhaustion
Classification & external resources

ICD-10 T 67.3 - T 67.5
ICD-9 992.
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Asphyxia
Classification & external resources

ICD-10 R 09.0 , T 71.
ICD-9 799.0

“Suffocation” redirects here. For the death metal band, see Suffocation (band).

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Choking
Classification & external resources

ICD-10 F41.0, R06.8, T17, W78-W80
ICD-9 784.9 , 933.1

For choking meaning compression of the neck, see Strangling. For other usage of choking, see choke.

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Emesis redirects here. For the genus of metalmark butterflies, see Emesis (butterfly). Heaving redirects here. For the up-and-down motion, see heave.

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