Environment of Care
Emergency Numbers
- 9-1-1 (medical center landlines only)
- UC Davis Police Department: 734-2555
Codes
Call (916) 734-3666
- Blue: Cardiac/Respiratory Arrest
- Summon help while staying with person if possible
- Begin CPR
- Continue until assistance arrives and takes over
- ‘C’: Emergency C-Section
- Green: Internal or External Disaster
- Pink: Newborn Emergency Event
- Rainbow: Infant/Child Abduction
- If an infant or child is reported missing
- Step into corridors,
- Observe for individuals carrying packages, and
- Prevent visitors from leaving the facility.
- If an infant or child is reported missing
- White: Hazardous Material/Chemical Spill
- Secure the area- keep unauthorized persons out
- Evacuate immediate area, if necessary
- Summon help. Alert AN-II or Charge Nurse
- Refer to Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) for information about spill cleanup.
- Fire Safety with a Code Red
- Remain in your area unless instructed by hospital staff or fire department to go elsewhere. Do not use the elevators. If there is smoke-filled hallways or rooms, crawl on hands and knees and cover mouth/nose with a wet cloth. Use caution when opening doors. Always touch the door and do not open if it is hot.
- Red: Fire
“RACE”
- Rescue anyone in immediate danger
- Alarm: pull alarm, know & call the hospital emergency number
- Contain fire, close doors & windows
- Extinguish or Evacuate as students are expected to assist staff with evacuation of patients.
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