It is known: a hierarchic group of psychiatric patients, with a strong and charismatic leader, is the worst case scenario in a psy unit. When this happens, the nurses try to separate them in several rooms, or seek ways to beak the group. However, one very dangerous situation can occur when several violent and impulsive patients gather in a hierarchy and a leader emerges from them. This happens partly because of the sedative drugs being used, but also because of the attitude of the caregivers and the fact that escaping is not an easy option given the fact that the police works closely with the hospital if needed be. There were 2 nurses managing around 70 patients in the locked unit and it almost never happened that the patients took the power, even if the caregivers were and still are outnumbered. When I worked in the psychiatric hospital in Romania, the situation was potentially explosive all the time. As simple as it gets, few people actually learn something from this.
I guess this is not particularly informative for you, as it’s common-sense and everybody knows it. The only way is to separate it in pieces. Even if the material from which is made is quite soft and the separate fibers are easy to break, when several fibers are gathered together, you can’t break the entire object.
Have you ever tried to break a broom, to fracture it with one sudden and decisive move? I guess you tried in vain… if you ever tried… You can’t break it actually.
