Jennie Sealy HospitalPatient Care Operations Orientation

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Jennie Sealy Fire Protection Features

• Fully Sprinklered• Fire Alarm System with Voice Announcements• Some Protected Elevator Lobbies (for firefighter use)• Fire Extinguishers• Several Smoke/Fire Compartments on every floor• Vertical and Horizontal Exits• Protected Access to Adjacent Buildings• There is no Level 3…

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Fire Alarm System

• 1100 Smoke Detectors• 1200 Speaker-Strobes• Alarm Notification Process-• Floor of the event receives notification• Floors above and below event receive notification• If there’s an event on either level 1, 2, or 4 - all 3 levels get

notified because of open entryway.• Voice Capability allows us to make announcements with

additional instructions if necessary.• Listen for “Dr. Red” coded announcements

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Elevators

• Elevator lobbies are separated from the corridors with a fire/smoke barrier.

Note: The public elevator lobby on level 2 is not separated/protected.

• If there is an event in an elevator lobby, the elevators enter “fire recall” and cannot be used.

• The Staff elevators are in a separate smoke compartment from the public ones. The central staff elevator is specifically designed for fire fighter use during emergencies.

• Only Galveston Fire Department (GFD) or other authorized emergency responders should operate the elevators during a fire emergency.

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Elevator Special Information

Note: If elevators are in “fire recall”, Galveston Fire Department will have to operate the elevators to move patients. The flashing fireman’s hat in the lobby is an indicator that has happened.

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Building Stack

• Levels 2 through 6 are Pedestal Floors.• Level 2 and 4 can support patient care.• Level 4 has the most patient care:

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Building Stack

Levels 8-11 are patient bedtowers:

Typical layout

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Defend-in-Place

• The overall concept for healthcare is that patients will stay in a protected healthcare environment as long as possible and remain safe.

• Areas not directly affected by an incident will defend-in-place and begin preparations to evacuate/receive evacuees:1. Clear the corridors of items and equipment2. Close patient room doors3. Instruct visitors/family members to wait in waiting room or the

patient room for further instructions until alarm is over.4. Scan your environment for hazards (i.e. fire/smoke)5. Report to your immediate supervisor

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Compartment of Fire Origin

• If the incident is within your area, you will be evacuating to the compartment to the north/south of you.

• Each wing (A, B, C, D) is a smoke compartment.

• A and B wings are each other’s refuge area.

• C and D wings are each other’s refuge area.

C wing

D wing

When Evacuating

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Won Door (Accordion Fire Door) Operation

• Won Doors are like cross-corridor doors and will close when activated by the fire alarm.

• Won doors are located in the Clinical Service Wing and Jennie Sealy Hospital on multiple floors.

• The doors have a bump-stop safety that will stop the door when it contacts an object (see video).

• If you need to get through a closed Won door, press the green bar and it will open, let you through then close again behind you.

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Pull the pull station

• If you see smoke or flames, you need to pull the fire pull station

• Summons the Police, who call the fire department and other emergency responders to your exact location

• Allows rapid response• Follow up by calling the Fire Phone at

(409) 772-1211, or just extension 21211

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Elevator Access

• The elevators are located in the central smoke compartments, separate from each wing

• The middle compartments make another level of protection around each bank of elevators.

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Connection to Campus

Patient Transport during an emergency:•Jennie Sealy connects to the Clinical Services Wing in two locations on Level 2 and Level 4.•Additional connections are available on Level 5 and Level 6 as a last resort (non-patient care areas).

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Vertical Evacuation

• For larger incidents, vertical evacuation may be necessary.• Primary evacuation point will generally be to level 4

(depending on the Incident Command’s directions).• GFD will help use the elevators, if they are accessible• CSW, John Sealy Hospital, John Sealy Annex, or Trauma

Center, may be ultimate destinations.• Secondary evacuation point will be to Level 2, and then on

to another building as appropriate.• If elevators are not available, vertical evacuation will be down

the stairs to the next patient floor.• Patient floors are only on 2, 4, 8, 9, 10 and 11.

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Thank you for taking the time to learn about the Jennie Sealy Hospital

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