Practically everyone is familiar with elevators. By the late teen or early adult years, people typically have used this transport equipment at least a few times. Many people use elevators every day or nearly so, whether at work, home, hotels and public buildings. Elevator Services in Washington DC maintain all these types of equipment as well as elevators most people don’t see, such as hospital systems intended for transporting patients, employees, medical devices and linens.
Dedicated Uses
The largest medical facilities usually have several dedicated elevators so the uses do not overlap. In smaller hospitals, visitors may routinely find that they are sharing an elevator with staff members transporting equipment, meals or clean linens. However, it is unlikely that they ever share an elevator with a patient being transported from one area to another unless the patient is a family member or close friend. They also will probably never share an elevator with a laundry bag filled with soiled linens.
Emergencies
Technicians providing maintenance and repair for Elevator Services in Washington DC are essential no matter where the equipment is located, but medical facilities have some special considerations. If a patient transport elevator breaks down during an emergency situation, the delay could be catastrophic.
Uncomfortable Situations
A less dire issue but one that nevertheless causes discomfort is when an elevator breaks down and the visitors and staff members resort to using patient transport elevators. This also can cause delays since those cabs are not intended to have all this extra traffic. Medical facilities without enough elevators, however, may have no other way for visitors and employees to reach upper stories if they cannot use stairways. That’s another important reason to have technicians from a company such as Elevator Technologies, Inc. perform routine maintenance as recommended.
Routine and Critical Uses
Sometimes patient transport elevators have relatively routine purposes, such as a nursing assistant bringing a patient in a wheelchair to a physical therapy appointment elsewhere in the building. In other cases, those elevators are crucial for rushing an accident victim or a patient who has suffered a heart attack to an operating room. More information about elevator maintenance can be seen at .
