Healthcare Emergency Codes and Preparedness
How hospitals, long-term care homes and clinics prepare for and respond to emergencies, for all staff: emergency codes and their colours used in Canadian facilities, fire safety and horizontal evacuation of patients who cannot walk, code white, code blue and medical emergencies in non-clinical areas, missing patients, bomb threats and an armed intruder, hazardous spills and decontamination, mass casualty incidents, infectious disease outbreaks and surge planning, power, water and IT outages, extreme weather, and an emergency drill for a unit.
HSE-395 12 lessons planned ▶ Video lessons coming soon
Offered by HSM University · Safety Training
Course content
- 1Emergencies in healthcare facilitiesComing
- 2Emergency codes and how they are calledComing
- 3Fire safety in healthcareComing
- 4Evacuating patients and residentsComing
- 5Violent incidents and an armed intruderComing
- 6Medical emergencies and missing patientsComing
- 7Hazardous spills and decontaminationComing
- 8Mass casualty incidents and incident commandComing
- 9Outbreaks and surge planningComing
- 10Utility, IT and supply failuresComing
- 11Extreme weather and community disastersComing
- 12Capstone: running a unit emergency drillComing
Requirements
Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.
Description
How hospitals, long-term care homes and clinics prepare for and respond to emergencies, for all staff: emergency codes and their colours used in Canadian facilities, fire safety and horizontal evacuation of patients who cannot walk, code white, code blue and medical emergencies in non-clinical areas, missing patients, bomb threats and an armed intruder, hazardous spills and decontamination, mass casualty incidents, infectious disease outbreaks and surge planning, power, water and IT outages, extreme weather, and an emergency drill for a unit.