Ambulatory Patients Role In The Waiting Room

When evacuating a health care facility, it is the job of healthcare staff to make sure the patient’s exit the building quickly and safely. In the event of an emergency, such as a caustic liquid spill, Sara, the front desk receptionist, is responsible for escorting patients from the waiting room along with exam rooms 1 and 6, which are closest to the waiting area, out of the building. Sara’s group will exit the second floor via the stairs, which are located at the front of the waiting room. While every patient is important, those who need assistance walking will be assisted first. There are two additional wheel chairs located in the waiting room and will be utilized in the case of an emergency. Patients who are ambulatory will be encouraged
For this reason, it is essential that each worker knows their roles during emergency situations. Stress is developed in many healthcare workers’ because they have to deal with unexpected activities. For this reason, it could cause workers to have panic attacks because they have to adapt to unexpected role changes quickly. Other than healthcare workers, patients also have stress during emergency situations. During emergency situations, patients may have anxiety when they are stressed because ambulatory patients are encouraged to take a leadership role and help others around them. As a patient, taking leadership roles may cause stress because they don’t have an idea what to do. They have to rely on healthcare worker’s delegation because other patient’s lives are also in their hands. As for patients who need assistance, they could have anxiety because they can’t help others, as well as they can’t help themselves. Even after the situation is over, patients may still feel anxiety when they come back to the facility. They may feel scared because their anxiety of the situation may set in and they think about what had happened that one time they were there and could fear that the situation may reoccur. Patients may also have to cope with depression after an emergency situation. They are more prone to develop depression if the emergency situation was linked with a death or major harm to part of the body (like losing a leg, or having a burnt face). Whether they are healthcare workers or patients, auditory exclusions and tunnel visions may appear during high stress situations. Auditory exclusions is when people zone out and they aren’t able to hear what is being said which causes miscommunication. Other than auditory exclusions, tunnel vision also impacts healthcare workers and patients. This causes them to have a narrower focus on the