P4 - health, safety and security within a health and social care sector
P4 - Explain possible priorities and responses when dealing with two particular incidents or emergencies in a health and social care setting.
Fire,
When you are working within a health and social care setting the most important thing is to evacuate the people that is in your care out of the building first.
When you are working in an organisation you should always familiarise yourself with where the fire exits, fire alarms and fire extinguishers are located.
If you are working within a care setting with elderly residents and there is a fire it is important that you smash the fire alarms in order to make everyone else in the building aware that there is a fire. As a career, your main priority would be protect the elderly people and get them to the nearest fire exit.
If any of the fire exits are blocked for any reason and you are struggling to open them, you should always call the fire department and also close the door of the room that you are in put something along the gap at the bottom of the door so that the smoke doesn’t enter the room that you are in and stay low with a window open.
If you are in a situations where you are stuck in a room by yourself you should always open in window and shout to let passer-by know the situation that you are in.
A fire can have a very big Impact on people because they may lose valuables that mean a lot to them, they could lose their home or they could even hurt themselves.
Flood,
Floods can be caused by many different things such as a natural disaster or a burst water pipe. When you are working within a health and social care setting a flood plan should be set in place at all times in case a flood was to occur. If a flood in caused by a natural disaster health and social care settings usually have a number of days to prepare themselves for this and staff should know exactly what to do.
Because the nursery was closed this may not have an effect on the children but it may have an effect on the teachers and
Fire,
When you are working within a health and social care setting the most important thing is to evacuate the people that is in your care out of the building first.
When you are working in an organisation you should always familiarise yourself with where the fire exits, fire alarms and fire extinguishers are located.
If you are working within a care setting with elderly residents and there is a fire it is important that you smash the fire alarms in order to make everyone else in the building aware that there is a fire. As a career, your main priority would be protect the elderly people and get them to the nearest fire exit.
If any of the fire exits are blocked for any reason and you are struggling to open them, you should always call the fire department and also close the door of the room that you are in put something along the gap at the bottom of the door so that the smoke doesn’t enter the room that you are in and stay low with a window open.
If you are in a situations where you are stuck in a room by yourself you should always open in window and shout to let passer-by know the situation that you are in.
A fire can have a very big Impact on people because they may lose valuables that mean a lot to them, they could lose their home or they could even hurt themselves.
Flood,
Floods can be caused by many different things such as a natural disaster or a burst water pipe. When you are working within a health and social care setting a flood plan should be set in place at all times in case a flood was to occur. If a flood in caused by a natural disaster health and social care settings usually have a number of days to prepare themselves for this and staff should know exactly what to do.
Because the nursery was closed this may not have an effect on the children but it may have an effect on the teachers and