hospitals
Hospitals pose difficult problems for fire safety, as it is
not possible in many instances to move people around quickly, or evacuate
them to outside the building.
To assist in moving patients in an emergency, a device
called a Ski Sheet can be fitted under the mattress, and then used to drag
the patient out of harms way whilst still on the mattress. This has the
advantage that the patient has the protection of the mattress and does not
need to be transferred to a trolley or wheelchair etc.
The Ski Sheet can be used to move patients
horizontally or vertically down stairs. In an emergency, straps are unrolled
& buckled across the chest and legs of the patient enabling safe and swift
evacuation. Ski Sheets were used extensively for the evacuation of patients
during the fire at the Royal Marsden Hospital in January 2008. Following the fire, a large quantity of replacements
were ordered!
We also supply a range of training DVDs
for Hospitals & Nursing Homes.
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