Emergency Evacuation During a Hospital Fire

On January 2017, a fire ignited at UTMB Galveston, in the John Sealy Hospital. The smoke from the fire affected several units, including a mother/baby unit and an ICU. This is the retelling of the situation by the speaker, who was an administrator at the time. She, along with bedside staff and emergency personnel, worked together to successfully evacuate all the patients. She also recounts the lessons learned from this emergency situation.

The learner will understand the high risk, low volume nature of large-scale hospital evacuation.

The learner will be able to understand the importance of the Incident Command Structure during an emergency event.

The learner gain insight on important evacuation techniques.

This nursing continuing professional development activity was approved by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

This nursing continuing professional development activity was approved by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Participants/Learner’s must attend the whole presentation, missing no more than 10 minutes and complete an evaluation in order to be awarded a CE certificate. 

No relevant relationships between ineligible companies and individuals with the ability to influence content of this activity have been identified by the Nurse Planner.