Most of us experience a paging system every day, even if we don’t realize it. Anytime you walk into a store, a shopping mall, a hospital, a government building, etc where music is playing over an intercom system, you are experiencing a paging system in action. 

Symtech Solutions offers customized life safety communication systems that protect the lives of those who use them on a daily basis, from visitors to hospitals to healthcare facilities, including overhead paging systems. Our mission is to help healthcare facilities do their jobs more efficiently, saving time, effort, and energy. Below, we’ll take a look at what a paging system is. Contact us to get started today!

WHAT IS A PAGING SYSTEM?

A paging system, or public address system, is a system that allows communication with those in a certain area, most frequently in a building. The system allows for instructions to be passed along, as well as for someone to be paged, or summoned to a room or area. In healthcare facilities, these systems are used for ambient music when not in use, to page healthcare facility workers to certain areas, and to communicate to everyone in the building instructions when needed. These systems are vital in an emergency when information needs to be disseminated quickly to dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of people. Many public address systems can also be used to convey information to only certain parts of a building, which is super useful in a large building, such as a hospital.

USES OF A PUBLIC ADDRESS (PA) SYSTEM

• To send rapid communication to employees or staff in a building
• To request assistance from someone else in a building
• To convey important information, like phone calls or a guest is waiting
• To convey emergency information quickly
• To make announcements, such as the building is closing to guests soon

BENEFITS OF AN OVERHEAD PAGING SYSTEM

• Overcome habituation in our world to sounds and noises
• Easy-to-use so anyone can convey much-needed information
• Everyone can hear the message at the same time
• Messages can be broadcasted from multiple locations
• More reliable than mass texts
• Better response than an emailed message
• Zoned messaging, so you can announce to certain areas without disturbing others in other areas
• Ability to play ambient music easily

CHOOSE SYMTECH SOLUTIONS FOR ALL OF YOUR PA SYSTEM NEEDS

Having a PA system allows for rapid communication, which can save lives in emergency situations. For instance, by announcing there is a fire in one part of the building, you are able to effectively and quickly evacuate other parts of the building safely. Truly, there are no limits as to the power of disseminating information rapidly for the safety of others. In addition, the ability to streamline your operations by having everyone on the same page improves operating efficiencies, avoids redundancies, and saves everyone time, effort, and money.

Symtech Solutions designs and implements life safety communication systems, including public address, or overhead paging, solutions. Since 1982, our family-owned, Pennsylvania-based company has been helping national and regional medical centers, nursing homes, hospitals, and other healthcare facilities, including senior living facilities, with the rapid response monitoring systems they need in order to more effectively do their jobs of delivering exceptional patient care. By taking care of patients more efficiently, patients are seen faster, get help quicker, and ultimately have a higher quality of care. For healthcare staff, they are less stressed about getting to patients, have more time for patient care and for back office tasks, and have better communication in all aspects of their job.

If you are interested in our medical paging systems, reach out to a team member today.