Safety and security

Created 13.9.2024
Last Updated: 12.11.2024

The foundation of the operations at Lapland University of Applied Sciences is the well-being of students and staff, safe working conditions, the planned progression of students’ studies, and the smooth implementation of RDI activities.

Work is guided by the implementation plans for educational programs, ensuring the progress of RDI activities, as well as the smoothness and availability of services. The remote work guidelines outline a flexible yet community-oriented integration of on-site and remote work, applying principles of equality.

Safety training, informational sessions, and drills are organized for staff and students to create conditions for recognizing hazards and preventing accidents, while ensuring an adequate level of competence in emergency and hazardous situations.

Safety guide

Safety concerns us all!

The general duty to help applies to all of us. Anyone who notices or becomes aware that a fire has broken out or that an accident has occurred or is imminent and cannot immediately extinguish the fire or prevent the danger, has a duty to inform those in danger without delay, to make an emergency report and to take rescue measures to the best of their ability.

In the event of an acute and immediate danger, the call the emergency number 112 . The emergency number is the number to call the police, the first responders, the emergency services, the poison centre and any emergency assistance you may need.

In non-emergency situations, you can contact the university safety specialist.

In the event of fire, medical emergency, accident or violence, call the public emergency number 112.

How to make an emergency call

  • Give your name, exact address and telephone number,
  • briefly describe what has happened,
  • answer questions and follow the instructions,
  • arrange guidance with the emergency services,
  • do not hang up until you are told to do so,
  • arrange for directions to the agreed location and make sure the route is clear.

Assess the situation

If a person has a seizure or an accident and does not wake up after being talked to and shaken

  • call the emergency number 112,
  • tell what has happened,
  • give the exact address (you can find the addresses in the campus information),
  • follow the instructions and put the phone on speakerphone if necessary,
  • do not end the call until you have been authorised to do so.

Is the patient breathing?

  • Lay the patient on their back.
  • Open the airway.
  • Bend the head back.
  • Make sure the airway stays open, lift the chin away from the chest.
  • Monitor breathing: feel for airflow and whether the chest rises/falls.
  • Turn the breathing unconscious person on his side and monitor breathing regularly.
  • If breathing is not normal or you do not feel any airflow, start cardio-pulmonary resuscitation

Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR)

  • Expose the chest if necessary.
  • If the person does not breathe normally, start chest compressions, press 30 times.
  • Find the correct place to apply pressure. Place the heel of one hand on the middle of the breastbone and the heel of the other hand on the on top of the first one.
  • Press the breastbone 30 times with your arms straight at a rate of 100 – 120 times / minute. Depress the breastbone approximately 5-6 cm.
  • Begin to give mouth-to-mouth ventilation with two blows of air.
  • Close the patient’s nose by pinching the nostrils with your thumb and index finger.
  • Place your lips tightly around the patient’s mouth and blow air in his lungs 2 times. Check whether your blows make his chest rise.
  • Continue CPR by alternating 30 compressions and 2 ventilations until the person shows signs of recovery or professional help arrives.

Bleeding

  • Stop the bleeding.
  • Raise the limb to an upright position.
  • Lay the person with profuse bleeding on his/her back, stop the bleeding e.g. with a cloth.
  • Apply a pressure dressing to the bleeding site if the bleeding continues.
  • If the bleeding does not stop, place a tourniquet over the site of the leak, call 112.

 

What to do in the event of a fire

  • Save those in immediate danger
  • Warn others on the property and order them to leave
  • Call 112. Also call the information centre of the campus when possible.
  • Extinguish the fire if you think it is possible. However, do not put yourself at risk.
  • Limit the spread of the fire by closing doors and windows
  • Guide rescuers to the scene
  • Leave the building by the shortest possible route to the assembly point.
  • Remember that you must not leave the assembly point until you have been authorised to do so.

Fire alarms, bells, announcements and shouting are used to signal the fire.

Remember! The most dangerous thing about a fire is the toxic fumes it produces.

If you encounter a threatening person

  • Stay calm, do not panic. Do not provoke, and do not be provoked. Speak clearly and briefly, avoid staring. Be flexible and factual.
  • Keep your distance from the threatening person. Avoid sudden movements. Do not turn your back and secure the escape route.
  • Try to buy time for others to arrive.
  • Call for help. Try to report to the 112 emergency centre without being seen and as soon as possible.
  • Do not underestimate the threat or the situation. Do not correct the delusions of a person in a confused state.
  • If the situation escalates to violence, rescue those in danger if possible. Do not endanger your own safety. Warn others and take cover.

After the situation

Contact Markus Veteläinen, a specialist in safety. Use the safety incident form to report the incident.

A threatening situation is always a shock. Do not be left alone with your feelings. Discuss the incident with your chaperone and the safety specialist. Let them know if you want to talk to someone, for example from occupational health.