Occupational Health & Safety
OH&S policies are available in more detail at GSHS. You will have access to these whilst you are a student here. On your orientation day you will be shown where to find this information in your work area.
Emergency Codes
Should you be involved in an emergency, a large number of people usually arrive very quickly. Steps you can take to help would be to clear the area of clutter, fetching the “crash trolley”; perhaps assist other patients or family members to an area where they can sit and wait.
For any type of medical or other emergency within the hospital use emergency buttons located on the wall in each patient room and is easy to identify.
Codes are standard for all Victorian Hospitals and include the following:
Red
Fire/smoke
Blue
Cardiac Arrest or other Medical Emergency
Black
Hold-up/Hostage or Violent Person
Brown
External Disaster
Purple
Bomb/Arson Threat
Orange
Evacuation
Yellow
Internal Disaster
Grey
Unarmed Threat