Emergency Preparedness and Safety Flashcards
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During a tornado warning, where should staff move residents?
Answer: To an interior room or hallway on the lowest floor, away from windows
Tornado protocol calls for sheltering in interior, windowless spaces on the lowest level to protect against flying debris.
A facility's generator powers life-safety systems during outages. How often should the generator typically be tested under load?
Answer: Monthly
Emergency generators are generally load-tested monthly, with periodic longer tests, to ensure they will perform during an actual outage.
In an active shooter situation, the widely taught response protocol for staff is:
Answer: Run, Hide, Fight
'Run, Hide, Fight' is the recognized protocol: evacuate if possible, hide and barricade if not, and fight only as a last resort.
Which item belongs in each resident's emergency evacuation packet or 'go-bag' documentation?
Answer: The resident's medication list, physician contacts, and emergency contact information
Evacuation documentation must travel with the resident and include medications, medical conditions, physician, and emergency contacts to ensure continuity of care.
New employees must receive emergency preparedness and fire safety training at what point?
Answer: During orientation before assuming independent duties, with periodic refreshers
Staff must be trained in emergency procedures at orientation before working independently, with ongoing refresher training thereafter.
During a regional wildfire, air quality outside becomes hazardous but no evacuation order is issued. What is the most appropriate administrator action?
Answer: Implement shelter-in-place measures: close windows and doors, adjust HVAC to limit smoke intake, and monitor at-risk residents
With hazardous smoke but no evacuation order, sealing the building, managing HVAC intake, and monitoring respiratory-compromised residents is the correct shelter-in-place response.
Why must an ALF emergency plan be based on a facility-specific hazard vulnerability analysis (HVA)?
Answer: Because risks vary by location, building, and population, and the plan must address the most likely and severe hazards for that facility
An HVA identifies the specific hazards most likely and most severe for that facility so the all-hazards plan prioritizes realistic threats.