Restraints can be imposed on incident participants as a measure to contain the incident. An restraints is imposed by a provider member for a defined time period, and could be physical, mechanical or chemical in nature.
For example, a client undergoing juvenile detention has a history of abusing other young people. The detention center in which the youth is housed reports to the organization that a fight has broken out between the youth and his cell mate, resulting in the cell mate being injured. A member of staff had to intervene, to hold the youth on the floor while the injured cell mate was helped. The incident is recorded by the resource manager, who indicates that a physical restraint with a duration of two minutes was applied by the staff member on the youth.