EveryoneOUT! Safely: Understanding Safe Egress of Persons with Limited Mobility During Emergencies

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WEBINAR DESCRIPTION:
Jim Closs (National Director at Age Safe Canada) and Dr. Tilak Dutta (Scientist at KITE Research Institute) discuss the safe egress of persons with limited mobility during emergencies.

Getting EVERYONEOUT in the event of an emergency evacuation should be the goal of every building in the country. Ensuring that those with limited mobility are able to be evacuated during emergencies, quickly and safely will be discussed along with the concepts around fall and injury prevention of staff charged with assisting those clients, patients and residents under their care. Environments that are zero-lift need to ensure that this includes times of movement through emergencies and evacuations.

PRESENTERS:
Jim Closs has spent thirty years in seniors’ care and housing, accessible design, safe patient handling and falls prevention. Throughout his career he has been at the leading edge of new product development, commercialization, and education. He has held leadership roles within large organizations and has worked directly with building and operational management, healthcare professionals and families. He is as comfortable around a board room table as he is at a client’s kitchen table.

Throughout these roles it was always the need to educate the clients first, understanding their immediate wants without compromising their future needs. His ability to collaborate and work between those developing and making products and the persons ultimately benefiting has led to numerous success stories. These benefactors include the end-users, caregivers, and healthcare administrators.

Age Safe Canada is the culmination of a lifetime of experience.

Dr. Tilak Dutta is a Scientist at KITE Research Institute, the research arm of Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, University Health Network and holds cross-appointments at the University of Toronto at the Institutes of Biomedical Engineering and Rehabilitation Sciences. The goal of Dr. Dutta’s Engineering Health team is to give individuals with disabilities and their caregivers the tools they need to realize their full potential. His team's ongoing projects include:

Preventing falls on icy surfaces with advanced winter footwear
Understanding tripping risk on outdoor walkways through measurement of minimum foot clearance
Preventing caregiver back pain through a wearable training tool called PostureCoach
Preventing pressure injuries for bed-bound individuals at home using repositioning prompting systems
Improving accessibility of Canada’s National Parks
Revising emergency evacuation guidelines for individuals with disabilities