When emergencies arise that require patients to be evacuated from the hospital. A proven evacuation system can be critical for maximising safety, reducing disruption to patient care, and ensuring the procedure is completed quickly and with minimal stress for staff and patients alike. Critically ill patients, in particular, pose a significant challenge, so effective solutions are required to reduce the risks to the most vulnerable.

At TSG Associates, our SmartEvacuation™ System has been developed to solve the problem of how to evacuate a hospital safely while maintaining continuity of patient care. Our solutions are underpinned by rigorous testing to ensure that evacuations are carefully controlled and systematic, with each product tailored to address the key challenges.

In this article, we’ll explain the differences between our solutions.

SmartEvacuation™ System: the benefits

• Easy to implement.
• Can be embedded throughout your hospital to ensure consistency across departments.
• Full staff training provided to promote confidence and competence.
• Supports successful clinical audits.
• Standardises terminology to reduce confusion and improve coordination.
• Ensures evidence is available to support post-incident enquiries.

SmartEvacuation™ System: for a wholescale hospital evacuation

The SmartEvacuation™ System is our flagship product and is designed to coordinate highly complex full-scale evacuations of hospital premises. It assists hospital managers in making critical evaluation decisions during an emergency situation. The system takes into account the nature and extent of the emergency, the affected area, and patient data to streamline the evacuation process. By doing so, the system ensures smooth communication and care between key stakeholders, including staff, patients, and families.

SmartEvacuation™ Zone: creating a safe space within a hospital

Our SmartEvacuation™ Zone is designed to operate alongside the SmartEvacuation™ System to help hospital staff manage an evacuation or holding zone within the building. All essential tasks are included within the kit, including triage (using globally-recognised early warning scores), documentation, zone-marking, and communications. Resources can be requested in the required quantities and at the right time using unique terminology and labelling to ensure continuity of patient care.

SmartEvacuation™ Ward: helping individual wards with their decision-making  

Our SmartEvacuation™ Ward solution helps ward managers and nursing staff in individual nursing units make the correct decisions alongside communicating and recording information. The system provides protocols for safeguarding patient possessions with property bags, prioritising patients for evacuation, obtaining evacuation equipment, communicating with other departments, support services, and reporting the ward status to hospital managers. 

Book a free consultation today

The starting point when reviewing your hospital evacuation plan is to book a free consultation with our experts at TSG Associates. To arrange yours, please get in touch today.