Code Silver / Active Violence Hospital Staff Training · 2. Hide Out/Shelter in Place Non-patient...
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Code Silver / Active Violence Hospital Staff Training
HealthEast Care System Security
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New Code: Code Silver
Code Silver Purpose: to coordinate proper actions to decrease risk and injuries if someone uses a firearm or
weapon at HealthEast. Code Silver defined as: armed person/hostage situation Active shooter
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Code Silver Actions for staff:
1. Evacuate: safely evacuate if able.
2. Shelter in Place /Hide out: where you are, lock down, and hide.
3. Take action: your last resort when faced with deadly assault, defend yourself against threat.
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1. Evacuation for Non-Patient Areas
• Move away from paged Code Silver location, if escape route is available. Move towards exit and cautiously move away from building
• Help other staff and visitors escape if possible • Prevent others from entering the area • When you are safe, call 911
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2. Hide Out/Shelter in Place Non-patient areas
• If you cannot get out, find an area with a door that locks and/or can be barricaded
• Turn off all lights, close blinds and turn off volume on cell phone
• Hide behind a large object • Stay quiet • Look for objects that could be used as weapon
(for use when faced with an immediate deadly threat)
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3. Defensive Action against Assault
• Look for objects that could be used as a
weapon, when faced with an immediate deadly threat
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Advanced Planning
• Familiarize yourself with rooms and closets that can be locked and barricaded
• Think about objects that could be used as a weapon (fire extinguisher, stapler, phone, lamp) if you were threatened with deadly assault
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1. Evacuation Patient Care Areas
• Upon hearing a “Code Silver” overhead page; patient care employees on patient unit will Evacuate as appropriate to the situation. DO NOT go the area specified in “Code Silver”
• The primary response to a Code Silver on a patient care unit will be to Shelter in Place to protect patients, visitors, and staff.
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1. Shelter in Place Patient Care Areas
• Upon hearing a “Code Silver” overhead page; patient care employees on patient unit will Shelter in Place (unless the staff member determines that the specific circumstances require evacuation). DO NOT go the area specified in “Code Silver”
• Staff member will close all doors and initiate the Shelter in Place procedure.
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Close and lock all offices
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Close Doors to Unit
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Patient, Visitor, and Staff Safety: Shelter in Place
• Move visitors, ambulatory patients, and other staff to a lockable/barricadable area, if possible under circumstances.
• Instruct them to stay locked down.
• Close, lock, and/or barricade as many barriers as possible.
• Do not argue with any person(s) that chose to evacuate instead.
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Close the patient room door
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BARRICADE DOOR
Use a chair to prevent door handle from moving to open or,
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Help patient and family to the bathroom, if available/possible
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Calm and Reassure the Patient/Visitors
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Calm and Reassure the Patient/Visitors, cont.
• Explain this is a hospital security lock-down for active violence and we are taking every precaution for their safety.
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Push the bed to barricade inside, if possible
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Lock the bed’s wheels in place
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Lock bathroom door (if possible), communicate to your team
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Stay Sheltered in Place
• Continue to calm and reassure patient • Lock-down process may last multiple hours • Listen for additional overhead
announcements. Follow procedures after announcements.
• Use your Vocera and/or cell phones for emergency medical communication
• If police breach (break into room) put your hands up and follow all orders
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Active Shooter Police Response
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Staff Interaction with Police
• If you encounter police officers, put your hands up. Do not run to or grab onto the officers. Do not yell or scream.
• Follow orders by police officers / SWAT team • Police are there to find and stop shooter /
threat, not attend to wounded or injured persons
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Staff Interaction with Police- Put hands up and follow all orders
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Summary
• Know your department’s role and procedures for an active shooter / active violence response
• Think through response scenarios for your area
• Practice with your team, hospital, or business unit.
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Questions?
Steve Daniel -Chair, HealthEast Workplace Violence Prevention Committee -Security Manager, HealthEast Woodwinds 651-232-0083 (office) 651-796-8079 (mobile) [email protected]