Superior Healthcare Begins with Safety

What They Needed:
When most people think of an emergency, they think about getting to hospitals and healthcare facilities… but that’s only part of the equation. Healthcare destinations are often tasked with handling emergencies that occur on their campuses outside the ER, but still require immediate response and attention.

For instance, it is not at all uncommon for patients and/or family members to lose consciousness or require emergency assistance while walking between parking lots and garages to hospital or ER check in, or to physicians’ offices. Oxygen lines and tanks can present a fire hazard without warning, and local fire departments need to be dispatched immediately. At-risk patients such as small children or elderly who wander from their rooms may need to be located by police. Police may also need to be called in for injuries or deaths resulting from criminal behavior. The list goes on and on.

Unfortunately, most modern healthcare destinations are simply not built for rapid emergency communications outside the hospital or medical center. Thick walls designed to protect the hospital often block cell phone signals. The use of technologically advanced imaging and other equipment can interfere with call reception. “No phone” rules in ICU units and other wards means visitors are typically asked to leave phones at a nurse’s station.” All of these scenarios and others like them make it absolutely necessary for healthcare facilities to have solid, reliable, accessible options for emergency communications in place that can be easily used by anyone, at any time.