Health and Safety Unit 3 Sophie Bevan

Understand Priorities and Responses in Dealing with Incidents and Emergencies

Types of Incidents and Emergency Abuse Accidents Exposure to infection Exposure to chemicals Intruders Spillages Aggressive Encounters Emergency Aid Fire

INTRUDERS

Objectives Explain how to deal with intruders Explain possible choices for action Explain the order in which you would carry these out Provide reasons for the priorities and responses

“A person who enters a building with criminal intent” What is an intruder? “A person who enters a building with criminal intent”

How to Deal with an intruder? You are a carer in a residential home for adults with learning difficulties. The home has high security levels in place. At lunch time, you notice an unidentified person quickly leaving one of the residents rooms, not dressed in a uniform, but instead in a tracksuit and gloves. You are immediately suspicious. What should you do?

Burglary Case In 2004 in Chiswick, west London, 45-year-old teacher Robert Symons died at his home from a stab wound he is believed to have sustained in a struggle with an intruder. Incidents like these inevitably prompt people to ask themselves how they would react if they discovered an intruder in their home.

Types of Intruder Relatives Un-identified persons Criminals Opportunist burglars Ex-employees Illegal access

Health and Social Care Settings In groups, choose a category and come up with your own intruder scenario Hospital (A & E) Counselling session Childrens Nursery Elderly Day Care Home

How should you handle an intruder? A judge backed Derbyshire farmer Kenneth Faulkner who shot and wounded a burglar who had raided his home three times. But the high-profile case of Norfolk farmer Tony Martin saw him jailed for three years for shooting dead a teenage burglar in his home in 1999

How should you handle an intruder? Call the Police Avoid confronting intruder Inform Relatives Report in accidents and incidents book Review and update policies and procedures for dealing with incidents Protect yourself Access support for your emotional reactions Protect people you are caring for