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3/28/2015

Key Life Safety and Facility Orientation Information for NPH .

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The information presented in this training material will

provide you with an awareness of the following:
General Orientation of the NPH including:
o Building Access
o Employee Common Areas
o Elevator Usage
Life and Environmental Safety

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ACCESS AND ENTRY

Access to Hospital Campus
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All employees are required to access NPH through the secured turnstiles located across from the Tower
parking garage.
A special BARA badge is required to enter through the secured turnstiles.
Building access hours are 8:00 am 5:00 pm.

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Walk Path to Main Entrance

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After entering through the secured turnstile, employees can proceed straight down the walk path to
enter through the main patient and visitor entrance.
Please note once the hospital opens to the public, employees are then asked to enter the hospital
through the designated staff entrance.
Entry through the main entrance doors is available during normal business hours.
Early morning or late night entry requires a scan of the ID badge at the badge scanner located on the
wall near the first and last door.

Walk path towards main entrance

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Main entrance located on right

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Main entrance entry doors

Common Areas
Main Entrance Lobby and Atrium
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After entering through the main entrance doors, you will be in the lobby and atrium area.
The Gift shop and touch screen displays are located in the lobby.
Leaf patterns in the lobby floor serves as subtle visual way finders to help one remember their location.

Gift shop (closed door) and Touch screen monitors

located in main entrance lobby

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Leaf pattern in lobby floor

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Second floor view of main entrance lobby

Common Areas
Main Entrance Lobby and Atrium
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To the right (when facing the gift shop) is additional seating area.
Parkland memorabilia (previously located near MacGregor in the old hospital) can be found in this area
Parkland police will have a presence and office in the main entrance.
Public restrooms are located within this section across from the seating area.

Additional Lobby and atrium area located around the corner of main entrance
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Common Areas
Multi-Faith Chapel
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In between the cafeteria and Parkland Memorabilia area is the Multi-Faith Chapel.
The chapel can accommodate approximately 178 people.
Two huge doors in the back of the chapel slide open to the chapel garden.

Entrance to the Chapel

Interior view of Chapel

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Common Areas
Cafeteria
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The cafeteria is located on the first floor around the corner from the multi-faith chapel
The new cafeteria approximate seating capacity is over 700 people.
Seating will be available for outdoor dining.
Entry is available to the cafeteria from the outdoor gardens.

Inside entrance to the cafeteria

Section of cafeteria showing outdoor view of garden

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Cafeteria
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A private dining area is designated in the new cafeteria.

A large screen display is located against back wall for easy viewing by all.
A variety of food and beverages will be served.

Large screen display located in cafeteria

Variety of food choices offered

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Doors to Private Dining Area

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Employee/Staff Entrance
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Employees are requested to use the Employee/Staff entrance once the hospital is open to the public.
Make a right after entering through the secured turnstile.
The staff entrance is located across from the med/surgery clinic (under construction) and past the
cafeteria.

Front view of Staff Entrance

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Close up of Staff Entrance Entry doors

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Employee/Staff Entrance
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The Staff Entrance has secured turnstiles that require employees to scan their badges for entry.
The Staff Entrance is not temperature controlled.

Secured turnstiles in Staff Entrance

Close up of turnstile

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Scan of Employee ID card required for entry

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ElevatorsPatient/Visitor
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New Parkland Hospital will utilize the concept of On stage and Off stage.
On stage represents the patient/ visitor facing areas and services.
Off stage represents the employee centered activities and areas which serves the patient/visitor.
The patient/visitor (on stage) elevators are the green, blue, and gold elevator banks.

Green and Blue On Stage elevator banks (2nd floor)

Gold elevator bank (On stage)

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ElevatorsEmployee/Staff
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Employee/Staff elevators are off stage and are located behind restricted access doors.
A and E bank stations are designated Employee/Staff elevators.
Staff elevators are destination elevators
o Employees select the floor they wish and are then instructed which elevator to use
o The elevator will take them directly to the floor they had chosen
o If the employee mistakenly gets on the wrong elevator, then they will have to get off and from
the elevator lobby select the correct floor

Employee/Staff Elevators (left side)

Employee/Staff Elevators (right side)

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ElevatorsEmployee/Staff

Employee selects the floor

Screen indicates which elevator to take

Light above elevator identifies the correct

elevator to take

There are no buttons to push once inside

the elevator. Display identifies
destination floor, while second display
identifies current floor

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NPH by Floor

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LIFE SAFETY
Fire Pulls
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Fire pulls are located throughout the building.

If an employee is the first to encounter an active fire, then he/she should pull the fire pull to alert every
one of the danger.
Once a fire pull is activated it will initiate the fire warning signals, which including pulsating lights and
sirens.
o Employees should safely head for the building exits.

Activate fire pulls by pushing in and then

pulling down on the handle

Exit Signs
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Exit signs identify the way out of the building and are located throughout.
New Parkland Hospital exit signs have green lightingnot red.

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Stair Wells
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All stair wells are clearly marked for easy identification.

Employees are directed to use the stairs during emergency evacuations or for shelter during severe
weather emergencies.

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Fire Extinguishers
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Fire extinguishers are located throughout the facility.

Access to some extinguishers requires the glass to be broken to access the extinguisher.
All extinguishers are clearly marked and have a fire extinguisher sign located above for visibility.
Some extinguishers are housed together with a water valve.
Some extinguishers are housed behind a panel while others are housed behind a glass door.
Fire extinguishers are ABC rated for all fire types.
In an emergency, use PASS and RACE
o PASS= Pull, Aim, Squeeze, and Sweep
o RACE = Rescue, Alert, Confine, and Extinguish

Extinguisher housed
behind door

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Extinguisher with fire

department valve

Extinguisher housed
behind glass door
(glass must be broken to
access extinguisher)

Extinguisher clearly
identified with sign
above

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Fire Walls
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New Parkland hospital has emergency fire walls hidden behind panels
Upon a fire emergency, the panel will open automatically and the fire wall will expand and close off
sections of the hospital to contain the fire.
The fire walls opens in manner similar to an automatic garage door-- if it meets resistance while
attempting to close it will stop.
The fire wall also has an open button you can press that will open the wall to allow you to pass through.

Fire wall behind closed panel

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Panel open revealing collapsed

fire wall (pictured gray)

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PHONE
Phone Operations
o NPH will use the Cisco 8945 standard desk phone.

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Phone Operations
o The Cisco 8945 IP phone quick reference guide
o There are also nine Cisco phone training videos available now via the Intranet
at http://intranet.pmh.org/Home/phone_upgrade.asp

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Emergency Calls
o In NPH all employees are directed to call 911 for all emergency situations
o All 911 calls made within the building are sent to Parkland Police Dispatch
o Be ready to communicate location and floor number.

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RESTRICTED AREAS
Employees should not venture into any areas of the hospital that are roped off or
barricaded to restrict access.

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Completion of Online Orientation

To receive credit for the completion of this online NPH Life Safety and
Facility orientation, please make sure you complete the short quiz for this
module in Healthstream.

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