Medical Staff House Staff Orientation Manual - Montefiore Medical ...

information, or disagreements regarding the procedure, it will be delayed until the issues are
resolved.
DEATH CERTIFICATES
• The Death Certificate has three sections. Section 1, “Medical Certification” and Section 3,
“Physician's Confidential Medical Report” must be completed by the physician. Section 2,
“Funeral Director' s Report”, must be completed by the Funeral Director. The Death
Certificate should be completed in the Health Information Management where assistance for
completion is available *Note: If the patient is a transsexual, the sex at birth is the official sex
of the decedent regardless of sex change operations.
• The Death Certificate must be completed in black ink only. No erasures, write-overs, or
crossing out of information. Any evidence of abbreviation is unacceptable.
• The Death Certificate must be completed with the name of the patient as registered at MMC.
Any corrections to patient's name must be accompanied by written documentation.
FIRE SAFETY AND PREVENTION
In order to ensure safety and security, all associates are required to obey all applicable Center,
City, State and Federal health, safety, and fire laws, rules and regulations. Information on fire
alarm bells is posted throughout the Medical Center adjacent to all fire alarm boxes. Learn where
the fire alarms are located and where the information is posted.
In case of a fire, follow the R.A.C.E. (Rescue, Alarm, Confine, Extinguish) procedure.
Fires can be called in by activating fire alarms or by dialing extension 2222. In order to
safeguard the lives of patients and personnel and to reduce the loss of property, every staff
member must recognize the importance of fire prevention and fire control. Four steps that should
be followed by anyone discovering a fire in the hospital complex: R.A.C.E
R: Remove from immediate danger anyone in close proximity to the fire or smoke
A: Alarm - use one of the manual fire boxes located on each floor. Open the door of the
alarm box. Pull the internal lever down once and release. The alarm should sound within
five seconds. The staff member should dial the hospital's fire emergency number
(X2222). The caller should give the operator the exact location of the fire.
C: Confine the Fire- Close the door to the room which is on fire. Close doors to all other
patient rooms in the area. Insure that all stairwells, laundry chutes and corridor smoke
barrier doors are closed.
E: If possible, steps should be taken to extinguish the fire by using the portable
extinguishers located throughout the hospital. This step should not be attempted until the
first three steps have been completed. To operate a portable extinguisher, you do the
following:
P – Pull the locking pin from the handle
A – Aim the hose at the base of the fire
S – Squeeze the handle
S – Sweep the hose from side-to-side at the base of the fire.
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