SAQ 735 – Administration – hospital fire response and ED evacuation planning

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You are the duty consultant in charge when a Code Red for fire is announced in your hospital.

The fire location is Medical Imaging, immediately adjacent to the ED.

One patient passing through the ED is a woman at 40 weeks gestation in labour who appears likely to deliver within 15 minutes.

There is also a ventilator-dependent patient in a resuscitation cubicle.

State five (5) important steps your department should take in response to the Code Red announcement.

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State three (3) actions you will take to ensure the labouring patient delivers safely.

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List four (4) things that should be done to prepare the ventilator-dependent patient for safe evacuation.

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