This customizable document, Emergency Department, is taken from MCN Healthcare’s Life Safety and Interim Life Safety Management Manual. For more than 20 years, MCN has been the health care industry’s leading provider of policy and procedure templates, forms, competencies and other compliance tools.

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Here is some sample content from Emergency Department:

	The proper response to fire or smoke is R.A.C.E. R = Rescue patients immediately from fire or smoke area. A = Pull fire alarm station and call emergency number to give exact location. C = Contain the smoke or fire by closing all doors to rooms and corridors. E = Extinguish the fire when it is safe to do so. Rescue individuals from the immediate fire or smoke area. Always rescue people before pulling the fire alarm. Pull the fire alarm and call emergency number to report the fire. Be sure to take this step immediately after rescuing, so that the appropriate emergency response personnel...
Second excerpt:
	...extinguisher to suppress the fire only if you have been trained and it is safe to do so. Notify the Operations Center when you are in readiness for evacuation. Stand by for orders. Post someone at exit door to maintain order. Supply a blanket to each patient and a wet towel to cover their face if necessary. Evacuate bed patients using gurneys or carry. If the fire is not in your area, be alert, be guided by the instructions of your area fire marshal, or department manager. Area fire...