Evacusled

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Evacusled

• Used ONLY in an emergency to evacuate
  non-ambulatory patients safely from the facility

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Evacusled Deployment

• Evacusled may be stored rolled up in a designated
  unit specific area.

• You may have Evacusleds on some beds. There will
  be a visible label stating, This bed is equipped
  with Evacusled.

• Evacusled Tag

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Evacusled Deployment

• Evacusleds will be used for horizontal and
  vertical evacuation. These are site specific
  decisions.
• Depending on the emergent situation, staff
  availability, fragility of the patients, a 1-2
  person evacuation method will be used.

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Deployment Steps

• Clear evacuation route, position bed, lock bed,
  lower bed.
• Reassure patient.

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Vertical Deployment Steps

• Cocoon patient with bed linen and pillow, put IV,
  charts, oxygen, catheter bags, whatever the nurse
  manager indicates, in with patient.

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Vertical Deployment Steps

• At the head of the bed pull the orange cord
  STRAIGHT up with a quick tug over the patients
  head, ease white cords around mattress corners.
  Repeat at foot end. Velcro together.

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Find cleats on the side of the sled.Find the
white cord. Genty tug
Vertical Deployment Steps

• Find 2 cleats on the side of the sled. Find the
  white cord. Gently tug straight down on the white
  cord to secure patient. Do this on both sides.

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Evacusled Deployment

• Evacusled may be deployed from side of the bed or
  foot end of the bed depending on bed type.

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Vertical Deployment Steps

• Grasp carry handles below cleats, pull foot end
  of mattress to floor at a 45 degree angle, guide
  head gently to the floor.

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Vertical Deployment Steps

• Pull the orange towing cord at the end of the
  mattress, pull/roll feet first. Roll down the
  hall with foot end raised up so sled rolls on the
  wheels. Make wide turns.

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Vertical Deployment Steps

• Roll the patient to the preassingned stairwell.
  Make wide turns to get around corners.

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Vertical Deployment Steps

• Roll patient to the pre-assigned stairwell,
  prepare to pass on to another rescuer for
  vertical evacuation.

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Vertical Deployment Steps

• Gravity will do the work. Keep 2-3 stairs between
  yourself and the foot of the evacusled.

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Vertical Deployment Steps

• Pre-determine
• which hand you will pull with and which hand you
  will use to brake with.

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Vertical Deployment Steps

• Descend 2-3 steps. Pull the evacusled straight
  out over the top stair, you will feel gravity
  starting to work as you roll over the top stair.

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Vertical Deployment Steps

• With your hand, push straight into the foot end
  of the Evacusled and into the stair to slow down
  and stop the sled. Keep in mind patient weight,
  size and height of stairs, and the landing at
  each stairwell.

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Vertical Deployment Steps

• At the landing, make a wide, pivoting turn around
  the stair well post to line the sled up for the
  next flight of stairs. Hand off to the next
  rescuer.

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Vertical Evacuation

• Keep In Mind, Gravity will do the work, the
  rescuer guides and controls the speed of the
  Evacusled. Control is greatest when the rescuer
  keeps 2-3 steps between himself and the foot end
  of the Evacusled.
• Determine which hand you will break with and
  which hand you will pull with.
• Pull the sled down over the top stair, you will
  feel gravity begin to work.
• The foot end of the sled is controlled with your
  hand by slowing down or stopping.
• Push STRAIGHT into the sled and stairwell with
  palm of hand to stop the sled.
• Keep In Mind, Size of stairs, height, angle,
  finish on edge of steps, width of stairwells,
  mattress, and patient weight are all factors.
• At each landing, make turns as wide as possible.
• At each landing or at the end of the stairwell,
  the next rescuer will be stationed to take over.

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Evacusled Stored In Storage Bag

• Lower patients bed, lock bed.
• Line up Evacusled Ready Bed along side of the
  patients bed.
• Using transfer method determined by nurse
  manager, (sling, backboard, sheet, etc.) transfer
  patient to bed equipped with Evaculsed.
• Deploy Evacusled as per instructions for standard
  Evacusled evacuation.