Safety and Emergency Plan - Edmonton

Please ensure you have subscribed to the University of Alberta emergency alerts via the following this link: Emergency Alert | Protective Services. These alerts will provide timely notices of critical emergency events affecting the campus community. In addition, banner updates will be provided at the University of Alberta main homepage.

Most preclerkship teaching takes place in one of the buildings listed below. Please familiarize yourself with the respective evacuation muster points for each of these spaces: 

• Katz Group Center for Pharmacy and Health Research (Katz): North West Corner of Katz (87 Avenue and 114 Street)

• Edmonton Clinic Health Academy (ECHA): Green Area North East of Building and Turn-around South of Building

• Clinical Sciences Building (CSB): West side - lawn in front of outpatient residence

• Medical Sciences Building (MSB): East side of building - Parking Lot C

• Zeidler Ledcor Clinical Training Center (CTC): East side of building - Parking Lot C

Should an alarm be activated in the building that you are in, please ensure you evacuate the building without delay using the closest marked exits and moving to the respective muster points. If any emergency situation takes place while you are in a learning session, please notify the MD Program Office and the Associate Dean MD program as soon as reasonably possible.  

The full version of the Undergraduate Medical Education emergency plan may be reviewed here: Emergency Plan for Undergraduate Medical Education

For additional University wide information regarding emergencies, please visit Emergency Information and Procedures. 

Additional Emergency Resources

All University of Alberta students should be familiar with this webpage, which includes information about safety and security for all members of the campus community: Staying Safe: Safety & Security Information.  

Additionally, these University of Alberta policies are specific to safety and security for students, faculty, and staff:

1. Health Safety and Environment Policy

2. Personal Injury Policy

3. Bloodborne Pathogens Policy

4. Sexual & Gender-Based Violence Policy

5. Sexual Violence Disclosure and Complaints Procedures

6. Discrimination, Harassment and Duty to Accommodate Policy

7. Discrimination and Harassment Prevention Procedure

8. Helping Individuals at Risk Procedure

9. Ethical Conduct and Safe Disclosure Procedure

10. Emergency Preparedness Policy

11. Emergency Procedures

12. Odours and Scents Guidelines

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Medical students spend time at clinical sites throughout their four years of medical school. As a result, it is important to know about the safety and security in these environments as well. AHS Protective Services is responsible for maintaining a secure environment for patients, staff, students, and visitors; in essence the security of people, property and information. AHS Protective Services will respond to security, fire, and personal safety related issues

according to current legislation and established AHS and site policies and procedures. AHS Protective Services are first responders for the AHS facilities including the Walter C. MacKenzie Health Centre, Aberhart Centre, Cross Cancer Institute, Kaye Edmonton Clinic, University Hospital, Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, Stollery Children’s Hospital, Royal Alexandra Hospital,  as well as other AHS hospital sites.

AHS Protective Services is responsible for security related to AHS property and equipment, investigations (e.g. thefts, mischief, assaults), general patrols and inspections of buildings, parking lots, grounds, etc., key and access card control, and locker registration. When working in AHS clinical sites, medical students can call on AHS Protective Services for services such as escorts to hospital parking lots and the LRT (at the University of Alberta Hospital) and other security concerns.

AHS Protective Services staff provide “STAT” emergency response to:

• Any verbal or physically threatening situation that occurs on hospital property. Instructions to Dial "10 # " for Protective Services assistance are displayed on any "house" telephone; instructions on unit/department specific procedures are provided on site.

• Any medical emergency that occurs in public areas.

• Note: Security staff are first responders to "first aid" for staff in Support Services areas

• Any fire alarm, distress alarm, intrusion alarm, and other specific building system alarms.

When working in a clinical site, students should refer to their emergency code cards to identify the colour codes within the hospital (e.g., Code Red = Fire, Code Orange = Mass Casualty Incident, Code Purple = Hostage, etc.).