As the Spring 2020 semester approaches, please take a few moments to review the college’s medical emergency procedures. Your familiarity with these guidelines could save time in the event someone is in need of immediate medical care.
First and foremost, employees should contact Public Safety!
Medical Emergency: Serious Illness or Injury on campus
To call Public Safety for assistance during ANY emergency:
- Dial 911 from a campus phone or (518) 629-7210 from a cell phone, or
- Use a red emergency phone located in campus buildings or an outdoor emergency phone identified by the blue light
Give Public Safety as much information as you can about the nature of the emergency, including:
- nature and location of the incident
- number of people involved
- any other pertinent information particular to this event
If possible, have someone stay with the patient if you need to go to a phone. Public Safety will dispatch an officer to the scene and will also connect your call to Rensselaer County 911 by conference call. You will receive instructions on what to do until the fire department and EMTs arrive.
Data suggests that the average response time by the Troy Fire Department and EMTs to emergency calls on campus has been in the range of three to four minutes. Every effort will be made to keep this response time as short as possible.
Published: Mon, 13 Jan 2020 13:10:35 +0000 by f.aliberti