Permanent Evacuation
Committee in the Hospital:
1.
Hospital Director
-
Chairman
2.
Head of Causality Dept
-
Member
3.
Nursing Director
-
Member
4.
Head of Engineering
Dept.
-
Member
5.
Head of Public
Relation
-
Member
Immediate Evacuation
Committee:
1.
Administrative Officer on
duty.
2.
Head of departments
(surgical – Medical – Pediatrics – Anesthesia – Gynecology and
Casualty).
3.
Nursing Supervisor on
duty
4.
Safety and Security officer
on duty.
5.
Ambulance Office on
duty.
Causes of
Evacuation:
1.
Firebreak out any area of
hospital.
2.
Anticipation of fire spread
out from neighbouring area.
3.
Stashing explosives in any
area of the hospital.
4.
Spreading out of epidemic
disease in one of the hospital sections.
Types of
Evacuation:
Partial:
Evacuation of any ward or
floor of the hospital to avoid spreading out of fire or avoiding an anticipated
explosion.
Complete:
Evacuation of the whole
building.
Evacuation
Decision:
Evacuation decision is issued by the hospital director or his representative. In general the evacuation decision based on the reasons indicant evacuation as mentioned above under causes of evacuation.
Responsibilities of the
Evacuation Committee Members:
1.
The Administrative Officer
On Duty.
1.1
Inform Hospital Director or
his deputy.
1.2
Inform Head of Casualty
Departments.
1.3
Inform nearest Police
Office Area.
1.4
Inform Area Ambulance
Officer.
2.
Safety and Security Officer
On Duty.
2.1
Call Staff to help
evacuation.
2.2
Regulate work and refer
patients to the nearest health center.
3.
Head of Departments */Their
Deputies Responsibility
(Surgical, Medicine, Paediatric, Neonates, Anesthesia & ICU, Obst. & Gynecology, Casualty)
3.1
Every head of departments
is responsible on his department.
3.2
Deputies and a head must
inform their seniors about the current situation of
emergency.
3.3
Inform Dr to accompany
patients on ventilators.
3.4
Call on all Dr. on call to
meeting point outside the hospital, priority list will be decided on the spot by
the Dr on call.
4.
Nursing Officer On
Duty:
4.1
Inform Nursing Director or
her deputy.
4.2
Inform ambulance officer on
duty of the number and type of cases to be shifted from the evaenhion
area.
4.3
Assign nurses on duty in
the wards to bring patients trolleys (stretchers) from their wards to the
location of evacuation to help in the process of
evacuation.
4.4
Call the nurse’s form the
hostels to come and assist in evacuation process.
4.5
The Head Nurse or Group
Leader on Duty at the Location of Evacuation.
4.5.1
Make sure that suitable
cards have been placed for each case according to their condition – and to
report to the Nsg. Supervisor about the number and condition of her
patients.
4.5.2
Make sure that all
electrical appliances are off except the refrigerator of medicine and to take
the cardex and patient’s files and narcotic drugs with her to the evacuation
area if possible
4.5.3
To open the exit door, for
the patients, and guide them to walk on the right side of the
road.
4.5.4
Shift the bed ridden
patients on stretchers with the help of the
assistants.
The Priority of
Evacuation:
1.
Patients who are able to
walk:
1.1
Not applicable to Neonatal
patients.
1.2
Medical staff must
call/telephone parents of patients capable of surviving at
home.
1.3
These classes of patients
are marked by green card.
2
Patients Who Are Unable To
Walk:
2.1
They are transferred
outside the ward in incubators even if by the nurses and assistants through the road of the stairs of emergency exists
(unless fire is spread) to the gathering place.
2.2
If the fire existed through
the road of the emergency exits stairs, the nurse should lead the assistants to
shift the patients to the best safe and secured
road.
2.3
The nurse should instruct
the assistants who are carrying the patients to walk on the right side of the
roads till they arrive to the gathering locating and to request them to remain
with the patients of the stretchers waiting for instruction to transport them to
the receiving hospital.
2.4
This class of patients is
marked by yellow cards.
3
Patients Under Intensive
Treatment (Ventilator, Resuscitators, Cardio-Respiratory,
Monitors)
3.1
They are transferred from
the evacuation place through untraditional methods under the knowledge of
firemen or ambulance and evil defense members emergency left may be used for
them they will be attended by doctors and nurses who will shift them to the
receiving hospital and they are the last group to be evacuated, they are marked
by red cards.
3.2
This group of patients
should be transferred from the evacuation place to the requiring hospital
directly.
3.3
They are followed by
yellow card patients (patients who can’t walk) where they are transported
from the gathering area to the receiving hospital.
3.4
Finally the green
card patients (Who are able t walk) who still need treatment and follow-up,
to be transported to the receiving hospital, while those who don’t require any
treatment may be sent home.
Emergency
Exits:
1-
The maps of the emergency
exists are mounted on the wall of all hospital departments. All employees should carefully study
these maps to be aware of the emergency exits in their places or
wards.
2-
Each fire alarm box
contains a key of the emergency exit door that is located near the door (the
reserve key is kept with nurse in charge).
3-
The cover of this box could
be broken to take the key form the box to open the emergency exit door to allow
patients to use the emergency stairs t reach gathering
place.
1.
First
Floor:
1.1
Surgical Wards (Ward 9, 10,
11 and 12)
1.1.1
Emergency exit, which is
located at the end of the passageway of the surgery wards, is closed at present
time due to the maintenance works.
1.1.2
Ward No. 12 is closed now
due to maintenance works.
1.1.3
Ward No 9, 10 and 11 in the
back of each wards there is an emergency exit door leading to the back stairs,
which can be used to go down to the outside of the hospital then to the
gathering place.
1.1.4
An alternative ways can be
used if the first ways one not safe and secure and vise
versa.
1.2
Medical Wards (14, 15, 16
and 17).
1.2.1
Emergency exit, which
located at the end of medical wards corridor is closed at present time due to
the main tenancy works.
1.2.2
At the back of each ward,
there is an emergency exit door leading to back stairs to be used to go out of
the hospital and then to the gathering place.
1.2.3
An alternative ways can be
used if the first ways one not safe and secure and vise
versa.
1.3 Evacuation of Operation
Theatre – Intensive care Unit and C.S.S.D.
1.3.1 There is an emergency exit
leading to the roof of the kitchen, through this exit door using the stairs you
may go out side the hospital and then to the gathering
place.
1.3.2 An alternative ways can be
used if the first ways are not safe or secure and vise
versa.
2.1 Gynecology and Maternity
Wards (1, 2, 3 & 4)
1.1.5
Emergency exit, which is
located at he end of main corridor of the maternity
wards, is closed at present time due to he maintenance
works.
1.1.6
Ward No. 4 is closed at
present time due to the maintenance works.
1.1.7
Ward No 1, 2, 4 at the back
of each ward there is an emergency exit door leading to the outside of the
hospital then to the gathering place.
1.1.8
An alternative road can be
used if the first ways are not safe or secure and vise
versa.
2.2 Pediatrics Wards (5, 6,
7& 8):
2.2.1
Emergency exit, which is
located at the end of the passageway of the pediatric wards, is closed now due
to the construction works.
2.2.2
At the back of each
pediatric ward there is an emergency exit door leading to the out side of
hospital there to the gathering place.
2.2.3
Alternative roads may be
used in case the first ways are not secure.
2.2.4
Ward 8 follows, priority evacuation as mentioned
above.
1
General Directions and
guidelines for employees:
1.1.
Act and behave calmly and
do not panic.
1.2.
Be an example for he others by following the instructions of emergency
plan.
1.3.
The success of emergency
plan depends on the good management of each
employee.
2 Please follow the following instructions in case of emergency:
2.1
In case of emergency do not
use elevators.
2.2
Use the stairs way of
emergency exit if you are in the first floor. Walk on the right way indicated by
lighted arrows.
2.3
If the back stairs of the
emergency exit are not safe, use the immediate stairs to go down to ground floor
and vise versa.
2.4
If you are in the ground
floor or in the basement do not go up to the first floor unless you are
requested to do that.
2.5
When you are requested for
assistance, please go directly to your job location or your ward and help in
evacuating process, don’t forget to use the stairs, walking on the right
side.
2.6
In case the emergency exit
door is locked, you have to break the glass of the fire warning alarm box (red
box) and take the key out and open the door to get out of the
hospital.
2.7
When you are off duty and
heard the siren or you have seen the lighted arrows, please call your department
or your ward to be aware of your role.
2.8
Do not hesitate to g to
your job location of you are needed because this is human and national
duty.
2.9
The in charge on duty
person is the last one to leave the evacuation
place.
3.1
Ground
Floor:
3.1.1
Causality
Department:
There are two emergency exit doors at the both ends of the corridor between the causality and out patient’s clinics, which can be reached through the door near to female observation room, and then to go out side the hospital to reach the gathering place.
3.1.2
Out Patient
Clinic:
1.3.3
There are two emergency
exit doors at both ends of the corridor between the casualty and out patient’s
clinics, which can be used to go out side the
hospital.
1.3.4
There is one emergency exit
door at the end of the old maternity corridor leading to outside of the hospital
to reach the gathering place.
Cars parking in front of the out patients clinics (Which was shaded before)
3.2.3 The Alternative ways in the First
Floor:
1.4.1
The internal main stairs to
go down to the main entry of the hospital.
1.4.2
The internal intermediate
stairs behind the lifts in front of operation room to go down to the main
corridor between the main casually and out patient’s
clinics.
1.4.3
The internal middle stairs
in the corridor leading to the medical wards to go down to the main corridor,
which is leading to Pediatric wards.
These alternative roads can
be used of the first ways one not safe vise versa.
4.1 The
Basement:
1.3.5 There are two emergency exits leading to outside directly, one of them is near to the main entrance of casualty and the other one leads to the back of the electrical generators.
1.3.6 There are also other two emergency exits one under pediatric wards and the other is under maternity wards.
