Staff Information & Teaching Guide - Swinburne University of ...

Emergencies
Medical emergencies
If you find yourself having to handle a medical emergency during a teaching session:
Notify Security on 9214 3333
Give details of the location, type of incident and extent of urgency
First aid cabinets are located in each building. A list of locations of first aid
cabinets is included in Appendix 3. This list can also be accessed via the OH&S
website:
http://www2.swinburne.edu.au/corporate/emergency/firstaid_list.htm#hawthorn
If you use something out of the first aid boxes please notify the Manager Facilities &
Laboratory Support, Cameron Young, at cyoung@swin.edu.au, so that items can be
replaced.
During regular working hours (9.00 a.m. – 5.00 p.m.) Security will notify the SUT
Health Service and call a nurse to the scene or, if necessary, call an ambulance.
Before and after regular working hours (before 9.00 a.m. and after 5.00 p.m.) Security
will attend immediately and, if needed, call an ambulance or arrange transportation for
the person to get to a Casual ward or home if the situation is non-urgent.
Students with Disabilities
The University’s Disabilities Services Unit will formally advise the Faculty and Unit
Convenor of any registered students in your class who may require assistance or special
teaching needs. This notification will include details of the assistance to be provided (eg
interpreter for hearing impaired; assignment extensions, etc) and must be adhered to.
If you have a student in your class who has an obvious disability, or has notified you of
such, it could help to have an agreed evacuation plan for that student i.e. in the event of a
fire evacuation, a student unable to use the stairs may need to be left in the stairwell and
firewardens notified immediately to attend to that person until rescued (however, they
should not be left alone) The stairwells are fire and smoke proof.
Emergency Procedures in a Fire
It is vital to give your student group clear directions and ask them to stay together
throughout any evacuation and at the Assembly area. You may be asked to account for
your students by the Fire Brigade at the Assembly area to establish if any person is
missing. A map is attached of the evacuation assembly (see Appendix 4). A summary of
SUT’s emergency management procedures is also included (see Appendix 5).
Entrance to Buildings
During Teaching Hours
All buildings are open during teaching hours; however you may need keys to access
classrooms, laboratories or lecture theatres and your staff ID activated to access
sessional rooms in ATC building.
Keys and access card activation is done by the Manager Facilities & Laboratory Support,
Cameron Young. You can contact Cameron on 9214 8135 or at cyoung@swin.edu.au.
His office is located at AS311.
Sessional Staff supervisors are required to email Cameron Young requesting keys for
their staff, clearly indicating which locations sessional staff will require access to. When
keys are ready for collection, they can be collected from AS311. Sessional staff will be
required to present photo identification to collect keys.
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