Understaffed

[Angela8642]

There was a fire in a CHSLD in Quebec, Canada that killed 30plus seniors. Could this have been prevented by having more staff. They had the minimum staff on hand but did meet the government requirements. Are our laws outdated and how many people will died because of understaffing? Iam very concerned for the innocent who can't or won't speak up! Check out the Montreal Gazette top stories

[Silverdragon102, BSN]

Here is a link. L'Isle-Verte seniors residence fire claims at least 5 - Montreal - CBC News

Staff numbers will vary from province to province. One thing that also comes out from this is Did the facility have sprinklers? This is a sad thing to happen and I hope we see changes in many areas but somehow I doubt it

[Daisy_08, BSN, RN]

It is a tragedy. I think the big problem was not having a sprinkler system. I know that any of the placed I have worked from RH, LTC and hospital that there would be no way to get everyone out if the fire was bad enough. What do you do with the morbidly obese, ventilator depended, those so fragile that the trip down the hall would kill them? Our fire training/policy says close the fire doors, and never risk your own life. I think we all just pray it never happens. I can't imagine hearing the cries for help as bystanders at CHSLD described.