Sedation should always be preferred to restraints, but for various reasons it is not possible to sedate someone 100% of the time in the ICU. The use of restrain

Sedation should always be preferred to restraints, but for various reasons it is not possible to sedate someone 100% of the time in the ICU. The use of restraints described in the article is disturbing, but more context would be needed to understand whether they were appropriate or not.