Biomedical Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
Notes
Action
Taken
(Yes/No)
Action
Score
Time
Score
Time
begun
Time
completed
Expected responses to be
evaluated
4.0 Hospital Evacuation Policy
4.1 EOC Activated.
N/A
4.2 Security will “Lock Down” all
entrances.
N/A
4.3 Appropriate overhead announcements
made.
4.4 Manpower to manage the evacuation
gather.
4.5 The decision is made to identify the
closest safest location to evacuate patients
to.
Conklin Building Evacuation
1.0 Patients directly exposed to the
fire/smoke condition moved first.
1.1 Patients are moved to the opposite
side of the floor from the fire/smoke
condition.
1.2 The decision is made to move
patients vertically to the second floor in a
timely manner.
Figure 22.3
Evaluation form created by Karyl Burns, RN, PhD; Research Scientist, Hartford Hospital Department of Trauma and Emergency Medicine; 2005.
