Section : Emergency Procedures                                               

Date: November 25, 1996

Replaces: March 30, 1995

Upon Discovering A Fire or Smoke:

* Remove anyone in immediate danger. If the fire is in a patient's room, remove the patient and    CLOSE THE DOOR TO THAT ROOM.

* Activate the alarm by pulling the nearest fire alarm pull station. Call the emergency number,  *50,    give any information that you have.

* Close all doors. Have patients and visitors remain in their rooms and close the doors.Each patient    room is equipped with a fire rated door and is designed to protect the patient in the room.

* Extinguish the fire if possible.Use a portable fire extinguisher, if the fire is small and has not spread    beyond the point where it started.

* Relocate patients to a safe area when instructed to by a Patient Representative or a Fireman on    the scene.

* Nursing personnel must account for patients on the floor and identify how they will be relocated.    Relocate patients in rooms next to the fire to another room. If the area is full of smoke, move    patients behind a smoke barrier. Move patients down the stairs only when the entire floor is filled    with smoke. MCVH Administration will provide relocation sites once they arrive.

* Move ambulatory patients first, then patients on stretchers and wheelchairs.

* If you must move patients by the elevator, Hospital Administration and Richmond Bureau of Fire    will let you know which elevators to use.

* Refer to the MCVH/MCVAP Emergency Preparedness Plan for a full evacuation plan.

Section : Emergency Procedures                                              

Date: November 25, 1996

Replaces: March 30, 1995

* Evacuate your work area or office immediately if you smell smoke, see smoke, flames, or hear the    fire alarm. Close the door as you leave.

* Call (MCV *50, ACADEMIC 8-1234)

* When the operator answers, give the building name, room, and location of the fire. Briefly    describe, if possible. For example "flames coming out of copier."

* Evacuate the building using the closest stairs or as directed by a fire official. Never    use the elevator.

* Leave the building and start the building fire alarm by pulling the manual pull station to alert the    others to get out of the building. In buildings without fire alarms, notify workers on the floor to    leave by the nearest stairs.

MCVH Campus

There are special teams which have special training and equipment that respond to cardiac emergencies in the MCV Hospitals' Buildings. Call the emergency number (*50) and indicate if the emergency involves a child or adult; (All other campus locations use 8-1234.)

Academic Campus

Dial 8-1234 and tell the nature of the emergency. The university emergency phones, pay phones or office phones can be used, whichever is quickest. Time is very important with a cardiac arrest.

Emergency Care for EMPLOYEES, STUDENTS OR VISITORS

Cases requiring emergency care (severe burns, heavy bleeding, unconscious, fractures) are to be taken to the Emergency Department on the ground floor of the MCVH Main Hospital. If transportation is needed,

                                  - Dial 8-1234 for an ambulance

                                  - Give the exact location of the injured person

Section : Emergency Procedures                                              

Date: November 25, 1996

Replaces: March 30, 1995

                                      - Number of people requiring transport

                                      - Description of the injury/illness.

Employees, VCU and MCVH

Employee Health Services (call 8-0584) provides medical treatment to employees who are injured on the job or acquire an occupational illness. Employees may be seen Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. After hours, injuries can be treated in the MCVH Emergency Room.

If an employee should incur a work-related injury or occupational disease, they must notify their supervisor as soon as possible so they do not forfeit any rights they may have to workers' compensation. The employee and supervisor are both required to complete the University's Accident Report of Workers' Compensation Claim form, P-100, within 24 hours of the accident/illness.

MCVAP Employees

Employee Health Services (call 8-0584) provides medical treatment to MCVAP employees who are injured on the job or acquire an occupational illness. Employees may be seen Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. After hours, injuries can be treated in the MCVH Emergency Room.

If an employee should incur a work-related injury or occupational disease, they must notify their supervisor as soon as possible so they do not forfeit any rights they may have to workers' compensation. The employee and supervisor are both required to complete the MCVAP "Employer's First Report of Accident" and a "Physician Selection" form within 24 hours of the injury. The completed accident report form and the physician selection form should be hand-delivered or mailed through campus mail to the MCVAP Department of Human Resources, Attn: Benefits Coordinator, Box 980232 (phone 342-7617). Please do not leave either the accident form or physician selection form in Employee Health or the emergency room. Failure to file correct MCVAP forms could also result in the loss of benefits.

Students

Student Health Services are located at the new Ambulatory Care Center ,2^nd floor (8-9220) and Gladding Residence Center (8-8828). Hours are from 8:00 a. m. to 4:30 p. m. Monday through Thursday, and Friday 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. If the Student Health Services are closed, call MCVH telepage at 828-0951, and ask them to have the Student Health On-Call person call you. If you have not had your call returned in 20 minutes, call again.

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