Emergency Management
Who is the hospital's safety officer?
David Schleissmann
Where is the Incident Command Center?
Scott Edelman's Conference Room
(Alexander Building, Room 217)
What are 3 ways we can access Propio translation services?
-Rovers
-iPad devices
-Call the number
Patients learn about their privacy rights by getting “hip” to this form.
What is the Patient Notification of Privacy Rights/HIPAA form?
This clinical care process involves finding out what medications a patient is taking, comparing them to what has been taken in the past, documenting any changes, and checking for safety issues.
What is Medication Reconciliation?
What is the code for a Fire Emergency?
Code Red
What does Code Green mean?
Evacuation
If a patient or family member has a complaint that we can't resolve within that day, what is it considered?
a Grievance
This item should be given to all new patients to inform them about their right to be treated with respect, to be involved in decisions related to their care, and that they must also treat our staff with courtesy and respect.
What is the Patient’s Rights & Responsibilities or Patient's Handbook?
Before providing care to a patient, you must verify that you have the right patient using two of these.
What are patient identifiers?
Where are fire alarm pull stations located?
By every exit (stairwell) and in front of each Nursing Station
If an evacuation order is called, what kind of evacuation should be conducted?
Horizontal first to the other size of the smoke compartment door
Vertical secondary
Why is it important to introduce ourselves to patients?
Per NY state law, patients have the right to know who is caring for them
*and it makes patients feel safe
Before we provide any type of care to patients, patients must read and sign this document at the time of their first visit, and annually from then on.
What is the Consent to Treat form?
If medications on this list are given to a patient, specific precautions must be taken, because they have a higher possibility of causing harm.
What is the High Alert Medication list?
What does PASS mean in regards to fire safety?
Fire Extinguisher-Pull, Aim, Squeeze, Sweep
What is the code for an internal/external disaster?
Code D
What does AIDET stand for in regards to The Burke Advantage?
Acknowledge
Introduce
Duration
Explain
Thanks
The goal is to improve staff communications by getting important test results to the right staff person within this many minutes.
What is 30?
Doing this process before starting a patient procedure is important to identify any missing information, and prevent errors.
What is a time-out?
Where can you find the hospital's fire plan?
Burke's Intranet
Hard copies on the nursing units and in the program gyms
What is HICS?
Hospital Incident Command System
If a patient or visitor claims that there's been a HIPAA violation, who is the first person that needs to be notified?
Privacy Officer, Cathy Dwyer
This is a way for patients to formally communicate what type of healthcare they want if they are no longer able to make decisions due to illness or incapacity, and to appoint a person to make such decisions on their behalf.
What is an Advance Directive/Healthcare Proxy?
What 3 items are on the Do Not Use Abbreviation List?
“U”, “IU” and “QD” all appear on this list.