Description:
This course is part of HEN's "What You Need To Know and What You Need To Do" series of information that should be presented to hospice staff and volunteers annually.  Standard fire hazards, safety prevention, and responses are targeted for hospice and palliative professionals, in both workplace and patient care environments. Hospice specific hazards are discussed, such as risks for the elderly, smoking as a quality of life issue, oxygen therapies, interdisciplinary team prevention, and what a surveyor will look for.

OBJECTIVES:

1.   Describe what hospice professionals need to know about fire safety: hazards, prevention, response.
2.  Describe how to apply  this fire safety information in one’s workplace.
3.  Describe how to apply this fire safety information with one’s hospice/palliative care patients.

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