My mum said they were having a fire drill at the nursing home and they left all of the patients in there rooms. Can you believe that? What are they going to do if there's a real fire, let all of them get burned up?
2007-08-03 09:36:29 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Senior Citizens
not a joke... this really happened.
2007-08-03 09:36:47 · update #1
you don't move the patients during a fire drill you just go through the motions and know during the REAL thing you grab beds and haul butt
2007-08-03 10:40:25 · answer #1 · answered by Southern Comfort 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most likely what they did was a shelter-in-place drill. It is very common to do this in certain circumstances: a tornado drill at a school is a good example. It is also common to do in a nursing home or another place full of people with special needs. Usually in this kind of drill they will only evacuate people out of the area with the fire/smoke in it. If/when the fire/smoke spreads, they would evacuate more people. This way the staff is not overwhelmed by moving everyone out at once, and the secondary shelter is not overwhelmed by getting everyone settled at once. It is actually more dangerous to the patients to move everyone at once: more likely to 'misplace' someone in the confusion and fear, more likely for panic on the part of both the patients and the staff.
Talk to the staff about it to be sure if this was the kind of drill they did. Also, be sure to ask them where people would be moved to (so you know for your own peace-of-mind). They should be able to answer your questions fully. If they don't, or if the answers don't seem right, keep going a level up in management until you find someone who can give you good answers (even if you wind up going to some governmental oversight organization). You have a right to those answers, and so does your mother.
2007-08-04 10:56:16 · answer #2 · answered by Jody M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've been in a hospital (as a patient) when there was a fire drill. The nurses close all patients' doors so that if there is fire or smoke in the corridor, it will take longer to get into the individual rooms.
I know this because I asked.
If there were an actual emergency, the response would be different.
2007-08-06 07:59:04 · answer #3 · answered by felines 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I worked in an assisted living home about 5 years ago. I was the only employee there between 11:00pm and 7:00 am. Many were not able to get from there beds to their chairs alone. During tornado season, I began asking where the emergency plan was in case of a tornado. There didn't seem to be one, so I began to aggravate the higher ups, by asking where I was suppose to take the patients if in fact there was a tornado. Once I was told just to leave them in there rooms. When that didn't satisfy me, I was told to take everyone out into the hallway. There wasn't even a number for me to call for assistance in case if an emergency. I hope things have gotten better.
2007-08-03 15:36:56 · answer #4 · answered by kayboff 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
And this bothers you why??? Should the staff upset all the patients who don't understand that this is just a drill? Don't be absurd!
A drill like this assures that the staff will know what to do in case of a real fire, and is still minimally invasive for the patients.
2007-08-03 12:00:17 · answer #5 · answered by kiwi 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You should get in touch with someone who knows the official rules on this (erm...not sure how you would do that...) someone who isn't a member of staff at the nursing home I mean, and find out. It may well be that the disruption is considered too great for elderly residents, and that they can somehow drill without them having to be moved...
2007-08-03 14:12:24 · answer #6 · answered by guest 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What would you have them do...move these people about needlessly. The drill is for the staff, to make sure they are well trained to get everyone out. IT would be cruel to frighten the older folks who may not know what is going on.
2007-08-03 11:35:44 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
That's terrible but I believe it. When hurricane Katrina happened, the staff did just that. Left those poor people while they ran for cover. What is this world coming too?
2007-08-03 14:05:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Rofl
2016-05-17 10:13:26 · answer #9 · answered by daisey 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have no idea--I know that I have a sprinkler over my head to put it out!! I also have a door and a window I can go out if it gets bad.
2007-08-03 09:41:38 · answer #10 · answered by lilabner 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋