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.

 

EMERGENCY EVACUATION

See also Ferno Care for a range of evacuation/transit chairs.

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Ski Sheet

in use

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The Ski Pad (right) is a development of the Ski Sheet for use when corridors or stairways are too narrow for a Ski Sheet and mattress.

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BabEvac Cot

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Fire - The Vital Steps

(Hospital Fire Safety)

Hospital Fire Safety

DVD Mega pack

Manual Handling (Hospitals & Nursing Homes) DVD

 
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