FIRE SAFETY
No storage is permitted within this height to the ceiling or fire sprinkler head.
What is 18 inches?
What is 12 full E cylinders or 1 H cylinder are permitted in a smoke compartment?
What is our LINEN cart?
This fire extinguisher is the most common at OH, it is safe to use on combustibles, flammables, and/or electrical fires.
What is ABC extinguisher?
These wipes need 2 minute dry time in between use.
What is the purple cloth wipe?
These compartments prevent smoke from spreading.
What is a smoke compartment?
All full cylinders need to be segregated in these categories/bins.
What is full, partially full, empty, nitrous oxide?
What is the hourglass?
This extinguisher uses carbon dioxide to extinguish a fire and is used in surgical suites because it doesn't leave a residue.
What is CO2 extinguisher?
This cleaning solution must be used at the point of contact when cleaning our insturments.
What is enzymatic spray?
Also, make sure you wear PPE and soak the instruments really well.
This mnemonic helps when a fire is found on the unit.
RAACE
Remove
Alarm
Alert
Confine
Extinguish
This is how we maintain our medical gases on the unit. HINT: How are they secured?
What is secured at all times to a rolling cart or chained?
This symbol denotes when our supplies are manufactured.
What is jagged ruler thingy. LOL
This extinguisher are specifically found in commercial kitchens and are designed to extinguish grease fires.
What is a K-Type extinguisher?
These signs tell the nurse and visitors if a patient has restrictions.
What is an isolation sign?
This mnemonic is how we use a fire extinguisher.
PASS:
PULL
AIM
SQUEEZE
SWEEP
This is the code we call overhead if we have medical gas leak.
What is a Code Green?
All reusable equipment must be cleaned in this time frame.
What is between each patient?
This extinguisher is a non-ferrous extinguisher, which is safe for use in the MRI suite.
What is a MRI SAFE extinguisher?
This type of isolation requires the nurse to wear an N-95 in the room at all times.
What is airbourne isolation?
A Code Red Stat is when this type of evacuation is necessary.
What is a horizontal evacuation? All patients, visitors, and team members must evacuate into an adjacent smoke compartment.
This piece of equipment is one use and is attached ot our medical gases in the room.
What is a christmas tree?
Alaris pumps are cleaned this way.
What is sent to SPD and marked with a blue paper that means it is clean?
Locate the closest fire extinguisher and pull station.
Identify?
This practice involves washing hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds to reduce infection.
What is hand hygiene?