Earn 1.0 AIA LU/HSW | Tuesday, August 9, 2016 | 2:00-3:00pm EDT
This session is part of a new HC 101 Series by the Academy of Architecture for Health. The web-based 60 minute seminars are tailored to provide budding healthcare design professionals with conceptual and practical primer-level knowledge.
Regarding hospital patient safety, there are two areas of primary concern: 1) Life safety - assuring that occupants are protected from smoke as well as fire; 2) Environmental Safety – assuring that occupants are not exposed to materials or organisms posing a threat to life or health. This session addresses Life Safety. We will discuss the relationship between the Life Safety Code, Authorities Having Jurisdiction, and CMS, briefly touching on the history of hospital construction regulation through the recent adoption of NFPA 101 by CMS. The defend-in-place approach used in hospitals will be clarified through a demonstration of problems encountered in patient evacuation. Lastly, we will examine differentiating elements of fire and smoke barrier assemblies and review how to use rated assembly catalogs and engineering judgments in hospital facility design.
Learning Objectives:
After participating in this webinar attendees will:
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- Comprehend the relationship between the Life Safety Code and Authorities having Jurisdiction and CMS.
- Understand the reasoning behind defend-in-place versus evacuation response to fire in a hospital.
- Identify appropriate elements of fire and smoke containment in hospital design including fire barriers, smoke barriers and smoke partitions.
- Employ rated assemblies and engineering judgments in design of fire barriers, smoke barriers and smoke partitions.
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Moderator
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Tom Clark, FAIA, EDAC
is the Principal for Planning and Design for
Clark/Kjos Architects, a firm exclusively dedicated to healthcare
design serving the Pacific Northwest, Alaska, and Pacific Islands. Tom
received his education at the University of Cincinnati, and the
Architectural Association of London. He is currently Board member and
President-elect of the American Institute of Architects’ Academy of
Architecture for Health. Tom has led original research studies within
his firm related to hospital inpatient units’ efficiency factors and
primary care medical homes. He has presented at numerous conferences and
is widely published for his design work.
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Speaker
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John Kreidich, AIA, CHC, LEED AP BD+C
Specializing
in healthcare building for twenty‐seven of thirty‐eight years planning,
designing, constructing, and operating hospital, research and
university facilities, John Kreidich is the go-to resource for all
hospital‐related safety, infection control, sustainable building, and
medical equipment procurement matters at McCarthy's Central Healthcare
Unit – joining McCarthy in 2000 to run its Compass continuous work
program operations. Kreidich was previously Vice President, System,
Facilities Planning and Construction for the Penn State Geisinger Health
System 1997 ‐ 2000, following four years as Assistant Vice President
for Facilities Management at the Penn State University, Milton S.
Hershey Medical Center.
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