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Hospital Emergency Codes are used in hospitals worldwide to alert
staff to various emergency situations.
The use of codes is intended to
convey essential information quickly and with a minimum of
misunderstanding to staff, while preventing stress or panic among visitors to the hospital
These codes may be posted on placards throughout the hospital, or
printed on employee/staff identification badges for ready reference.
Hospital emergency codes are frequently coded by colour, and the
colour codes denote different events at different hospitals and are not universal
Note: Different codes are used in different hospitals
Code Blue
Code Blue is the term for a medical emergency,
meaning a person is
possibly in danger of immediately dying
The procedure is to immediately call for help (calling the operator or by
pressing the nearest code blue button) and begin life-saving techniques (like CPR) if necessary.
Qualified personnel on the scene will bring the nearest "crash cart", a
special cart kept on all wards and in the ER and containing life-saving
equipment, including a defibrillator (pads used to deliver an electric
shock to the heart) and equipment for establishing an airway
(intubating).
If the person in trouble is assessed and not responding, the ABC's should be followed
-- the airway, breathing, and circulation are to be
checked in that order, working to establish one after the other.
CPR should be used if necessary ( only if no pulse is sensed )
Code Yellow
Code Yellow is the term for a hazardous materials emergency, such as
a chemical spill, gas leak, or biohazard spill
(cultures of bacteria or viruses and generator spillage in nuclear medicine).
The procedure is to :
1) Remove people from the area
2) Alert others in the area
3) Call the emergency number and/or the local Hazardous
Materials (Haz Mat) team
4) Confine the spill if possible to do safely
5) Account for all people in the area
6) Secure the area and prevent others from entering
Code Red
Code Red is the term for a fire.
One acronym for what to do is R A C E:
Rescue -- get people out of the area, shutting doors behind you.
Alarm -- activate the nearest fire alarm and call the emergency number
Contain -- close doors and windows in the area. Turn off air
conditioners and fans if possible.
Extinguish -- if this can be done safely, use a fire extinguisher to
extinguish the fire.
Code Orange
Code Orange is the term for a bomb threat.
If the threat is made by phone, the person receiving the phone call should note and write down the time of the threat and the exact
wording the caller uses.
If the caller can be kept on the phone, the following questions should be asked in this order:
1) what time will the bomb go off?
2) where is it?
3) what does it look like?
4) why hurt us?
5) what kind of bomb is it?
6) who are you?
Also helpful are to note the caller's voice and describe it and any
background noises.
The threat should be reported immediately to security and/or call
emergency .
Code Pink
Code Pink is the term for a possible
infant or child abduction from a hospital
As soon as the abduction is suspected, call emergency and inform the
charge nurse. Maintain vigilance for any suspicious people leaving the
area. Often security has a special plan deploying its personnel and
blocking all exits from the area until the child is either found or the
abduction found to be a false alarm.
Code Triage
Code Triage is a term for an internal hospital disaster, such as an earthquake, hurricane, tornado, or flood.
Sometimes this code has different levels, indicating the severity of the disaster.
For example, a "Code Triage Level I" would be informative and require no action by most hospital personnel since the ER could handle all casualties
A Code Triage Level II would indicate that hospital personnel stand by for emergency assignments.
A Level III alert would indicate that hospital personnel report to their emergency duty stations (previously assigned in event of an emergency).
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Hospital Emergency Codes are used in hospitals worldwide to alert
staff to various emergency situations.
The use of codes is intended to
convey essential information quickly and with a minimum of
misunderstanding to staff, while preventing stress or panic among visitors to the hospital
These codes may be posted on placards throughout the hospital, or
printed on employee/staff identification badges for ready reference.
Hospital emergency codes are frequently coded by colour, and the
colour codes denote different events at different hospitals and are not universal
Note: Different codes are used in different hospitals
Code Blue
Code Blue is the term for a medical emergency,
meaning a person is
possibly in danger of immediately dying
The procedure is to immediately call for help (calling the operator or by
pressing the nearest code blue button) and begin life-saving techniques (like CPR) if necessary.
Qualified personnel on the scene will bring the nearest "crash cart", a
special cart kept on all wards and in the ER and containing life-saving
equipment, including a defibrillator (pads used to deliver an electric
shock to the heart) and equipment for establishing an airway
(intubating).
If the person in trouble is assessed and not responding, the ABC's should be followed
-- the airway, breathing, and circulation are to be
checked in that order, working to establish one after the other.
CPR should be used if necessary ( only if no pulse is sensed )
Code Yellow
Code Yellow is the term for a hazardous materials emergency, such as
a chemical spill, gas leak, or biohazard spill
(cultures of bacteria or viruses and generator spillage in nuclear medicine).
The procedure is to :
1) Remove people from the area
2) Alert others in the area
3) Call the emergency number and/or the local Hazardous
Materials (Haz Mat) team
4) Confine the spill if possible to do safely
5) Account for all people in the area
6) Secure the area and prevent others from entering
Code Red
Code Red is the term for a fire.
One acronym for what to do is R A C E:
Rescue -- get people out of the area, shutting doors behind you.
Alarm -- activate the nearest fire alarm and call the emergency number
Contain -- close doors and windows in the area. Turn off air
conditioners and fans if possible.
Extinguish -- if this can be done safely, use a fire extinguisher to
extinguish the fire.
Code Orange
Code Orange is the term for a bomb threat.
If the threat is made by phone, the person receiving the phone call should note and write down the time of the threat and the exact
wording the caller uses.
If the caller can be kept on the phone, the following questions should be asked in this order:
1) what time will the bomb go off?
2) where is it?
3) what does it look like?
4) why hurt us?
5) what kind of bomb is it?
6) who are you?
Also helpful are to note the caller's voice and describe it and any
background noises.
The threat should be reported immediately to security and/or call
emergency .
Code Pink
Code Pink is the term for a possible
infant or child abduction from a hospital
As soon as the abduction is suspected, call emergency and inform the
charge nurse. Maintain vigilance for any suspicious people leaving the
area. Often security has a special plan deploying its personnel and
blocking all exits from the area until the child is either found or the
abduction found to be a false alarm.
Code Triage
Code Triage is a term for an internal hospital disaster, such as an earthquake, hurricane, tornado, or flood.
Sometimes this code has different levels, indicating the severity of the disaster.
For example, a "Code Triage Level I" would be informative and require no action by most hospital personnel since the ER could handle all casualties
A Code Triage Level II would indicate that hospital personnel stand by for emergency assignments.
A Level III alert would indicate that hospital personnel report to their emergency duty stations (previously assigned in event of an emergency).
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