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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES

OMB No. 0938-1210

REPORT OF A HOSPITAL DEATH ASSOCIATED WITH THE USE OF RESTRAINT OR SECLUSION

CMS-10455 (Revised)
**If a Two Point Soft Wrist Restraint was used alone without use of seclusion, drug used as restraint, or other physical rest raint,
DO NOT SEND REPORT OF DEATH TO THE RO. Documentation of this death must be entered in the hospital/CAH internal
log or tracking system as well as in the patient’s medical record, per 42 CFR § 482.13(g).
If any other combination of restraint and/or seclusion was used, COMPLETE SECTIONS A-D

A. Hospital Information:

Address
City

State

Name of Person Filing the Report

Zip Code

Filer’s Phone Number

Title of Person Filing the Report

B. Patient Information:

Primary Diagnosis(es) / Psychiatric Diagnosis(es) if applicable:
Date of Admission

Date of Death

Time of Death

Condition Leading to Death

C. Restraint Information Part I (check only one) - Patient Death Occurred:
While in Restraint, Seclusion, or Both
Within 24 Hours of Removal of Restraint, Seclusion, or Both
Within 1 Week, Where Restraint, Seclusion or Both is REASONABLE TO ASSUME Contributed to the Patient’s Death
Type (check all that apply):
Physical Restraint

Seclusion

Drug Used as a Restraint

If Physical Restraint(s), Type (check all that apply):
Two Point, Hard Wrist
Two Point, Soft Wrist
Four Point, Soft
Four Point, Hard
Side Rail (x4)
Soft Ankle (x1) (x2)
Forced Medication Hold
Therapeutic Hold
Take-down
Enclosed Bed

Vest Restraint
Elbow Immobilizer
Bilateral Secured Mitten
Bilateral Unsecured Mitten
Roll Belt
Lap Belt
Drug Used as Restraint/Violent
Behavior Spit hood
Other Restraint Type:

D. Restraint Information Part II:
1. Reason(s) for Restraint/Seclusion use:

2. Circumstances Surrounding Death:

3. Restraint/Seclusion Order Details:
a. Date & Time Restraint/Seclusion Applied:
b. Date & Time Patient Last Monitored:
c. Total Length of Time in Restraint/Seclusion:
d. Drug: Name/Route/Dose/Time:
4. Was restraint/seclusion used to manage violent or self-destructive behavior? If NO,
a. If YES, was 1 hour face-to-face evaluation documented?

Yes

Yes

stop here.

No

No

b. Date/Time of Last Face-to-face Evaluation:
c. Was the order renewed at appropriate intervals based on patient’s age?

Yes

No

5. If simultaneous restraint and seclusion ordered, describe continuous monitoring method(s):

For Regional Office to Complete:
E. RO Action(s):
1. Was a survey authorized?

Yes

No

If YES, date SA received authorization for investigation:
If NO, provide brief rationale:
2. In the past two years, has a survey related to a restraint/seclusion death at this hospital resulted in finding
condition-level or IJ patients’ rights deficiencies?

Yes

No

3. If applicable, what deficiencies were cited related to Restraint/Seclusion or patient rights:

4. If an Immediate Jeopardy (IJ) was cited, was the Accrediting Organization notified (if deemed)?
5. Does Protection & Advocacy (P&A) have a current Data Use Agreement (DUA): (Do not notify the P&A unless a
survey was authorized)

Yes

No

6. If answer to E1 and E5 is YES, date RO notified P&A

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