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Here is some sample content from Fire Safety - Evacuation of Patients:

	POLICY: Any disaster or emergency event which directly affects this Hospital will require a decision either to evacuate patients or not to evacuate patients. Therefore, evacuation becomes a prime consideration. SIMPLE EVACUATION: Simple or partial evacuation involves moving patients from a single dangerous room or unit. TOTAL EVACUATION: Total evacuation is the lateral moving of all patients from a wing or the entire facility to the outside grounds or an adjustment protected area, which is safe and which is likely to remain so. Total, partial, immediate or delayed evacuation of the...
Second excerpt:
	...of attending physicians: when patient must be evacuated for any reason, the attending physicians shall be notified as quickly as possible by telephone. They shall be told what has happened, and advised of the patients' new location and condition. Notification of patients' relatives: the relatives of patients will be notified of the patients'; new location and general condition as soon as practical. This notification, however, shall in no way interfere with those actions designed...