Case Story: Saxenhoj Psychiatric Hospital

The Saxenhoj Psychiatric Hospital is based in Lolland, Denmark, spanning multiple buildings and floors. It cur-rently holds 300 psychiatric patients, 100 of whom live at the hospital.

Saxenhoj had a combination of old panic alarm systems throughout different buildings, a new fire alarm system from Siemens, and an old analogue radio system from Motorola. They wanted to integrate all of these solutions to one platform, reducing the complexity and knowledge required to respond to emergency events.

Requirements:

- Replace existing panic alarm system throughout

entire hospital

- Manage and dispatch multiple alarm sources

and types through a single platform

- Track staff throughout all buildings

- Track staff in outdoor areas

Working with the management team at Saxenhoj, Airacom deployed an alarm handling software solutionusing both Bluetooth and GPS technology with Motorola radios.

“It was key to our staff to get a new, reli-

able panic alerting system with large

coverage and positioning capabilities.

By selecting MOTOTRBO radios we got

a handset that can do it all.”

Carsten Andersen, Chief Technician

Managing and distributing multiple alarms to MOTOTRBO radios with indoor and outdoor positioning

► Increases staff safety throughout entire hospital

► Allows alarm handling and both indoor/outdoor

positioning from one radio device

► Increases coverage to include every meter of the

facility, from hospital rooms to car parks

►Enables a variety of alarms from various vendors to

be managed and distributed on one platform

► Enables all alarms to be logged for post incident

reporting

► Offers a cost effective option for an all-in-one solu-

tion

Key Benefits

In short Needs

Update and integrate security systems to a

single platform to receive and distribute multi-

ple alarm types with location information.

Solution

Airacom Alarm Control System integrates tothe panic and fire alarm systems, notifying appropriate staff on their MOTOTRBO radios when an alarm is raised. Alarms can be raised for both emergency and patient call situations from either a radio or fixed button. The position of the alarm can be tracked both indoors and outdoors using Bluetooth and GPS technology.

Benefits

► Reduces emergency reaction times

► Delivers simple and accurate information

in an emergency

► Allows multiple buildings to be managed

on one platform

► Increases staff confidence and safety

► Enables alarm logging

The Solution

Panic alarm system: Airacom deployed a panic alarm system into Saxenhoj Hospi-tal comprising of two different applications. The first is an emergency response solution activated by a push button alarm on a MOTOTRBO handset; the second acting as a pa-tient call system from a fixed wall-mounted button. Once the alarm is raised security receive the location of the source, whether indoors or outdoors. This allows the response team to act quickly to a potentially life threatening situation.

Manage and dispatch multiple alarm sources and types: Airacom Alarm Control System (ACS) is a single software plat-form that was configured to listen to various alarm types (fire alarms, emergency alarms, etc) and dispatch these alarms to Motorola radios via text.

Indoor Positioning System (IPS): 120 Bluetooth Beacons were deployed throughout Saxenhoj to provide room level indoor positioning accuracy of staff carrying Bluetooth enabled devices. This gives management and secu-rity complete visibility of employees if an emergency situation arises.

GPS outdoor positioning: Once a staff member carrying a MOTOTRBO handset leaves the building, the device will seamlessly switch to GPS tracking to cover staff throughout car parks and other outdoor areas. Furthermore, GPS Geo-Fences were created to enable more specific outdoor locations when an alarm is raised.

Alarms raised from fire panels, panic buttons or staff handsets are received by Airacom Alarm Control System and auto-matically dispatched over the MOTOTRBO network to Motorola radios. The alarm will provide location information, either indoors via Bluetooth beacons or outdoors via GPS technology.