Code Red/Code Blue/Code whatever....what do you have/what are they for?

[HappyNurse2005]

Seeing the thread about Code Pink's for rude docs, and others mentioning Code Pink meaning peds cardiac arrest, made me think about the diff Codes we have.

Different Codes:

Code Blue-adult cardiac or resp arrest

Code Kinder -peds cardiac/resp arrest

Code Secure -violent/aggressive pt/family-need security asap

Code Red -fire

Code Lindbergh -abducted infant/child

Types of "alerts":

trauma alert -a trauma coming in (we are a level 1 trauma center)

gold alert -multi system unstable trauma

heart alert -someone comes in who may need the cath lab asap

There are others for bomb threat, natural disaster, etc. Those are the ones we actually hear occasionally.

[TRUENURSE84, ASN, RN]

in our hospital

code blue : cardiac arrest (adult or child)

code red : fire

code green :internal disaster

code orange :external disaster

code brown: biomedical waste spill

code white :violent person

code yellow: missing person

[JaredCNA, CNA]

Code Blue: Adult Cardiac Arrest (ages 12+)

Code Pink: Infant/Ped Cardiac Arrest (ages 0-11)

Code Red: Fire

Code B: Bomb Threat

Code Orange: Internal Disaster (Power outage, violent visitor, etc.)

Code Green: External Disaster (Large MVC, natural disaster, etc.)

Code Blanket: Abducted Child/Infant

Dr. Armstrong please call [extension]: pt has fell and lifting assistance needed

And my favorite...

Code J [unit name]: JCAHO is present and on [unit] LOL

No codes are called for ER, but they are called for ICU unless the house supervisor and the primary physician is on the unit.

[JaredCNA, CNA]

Code 111 - extra hands needed (this one can be Code 111 RNs, Code 111 all available personnel,)

Like, our unit is short-staffed, I'm stressed and pissed, we need more help!!! lol

I wish.

[GrumpyRN63, ADN, RN]

Code 5= Adult resp/cardiac

Code 7= Peds "" "

Signal 11= Fire

Plan D= Disaster

[mmutk, BSN, RN, EMT-I]

CODE PINK - baby taken

CODE BLACK- Bomb threat

CODE BLUE - Cardiac Arrest

CODE BLUEP- Peds Arrest

CODE YELLOW- Distater (level I or II)

CODE RED- Fire

CODE ORANGE - Helicopter incomming

CODE PURPLE- Hostage situation

CODE GREEN- Staff or Patient in danger

CODE WHITE- NBC exposure ( we are near a nuke plant)

CODE GRAY- Tornado

[mcknis]

Code 3-5 for cardiac/resp arrest.

Code 9 - violent pt

[EricJRN, MSN, RN]

Code Blue - Cardiac arrest

Code Pink - Infant arrest

Dr. Save - Infant abduction

Dr. Pyro - Fire

Code Gray - Injured or ill visitor (non-arrest)

[DutchgirlRN, ASN, RN]

My favorite is code brown for security. Everyone thinks it has something to do with bowel movements. Once when I was in charge they called a code brown in the front lobby. The security officer was walking by and I told him "Hey, you need to get to the front lobby like now". His eyes got big "I don't clean up stuff like that".

You would think that would be one of the first things they would learn in orientation. Go figure!

[elthia]

Code blue= cardiac/respiratory arrest

Code rapid= rapid response team

Code fleet= staff/visitor accident, fall, or emergency,

Code red= fire

Code pink= child/infant abduction

Code Adam= missing patient/child

Code spill= chemical, large body fluid spill

Dr. Armstrong= need security stat, unruly visitor, need help restraining pt

Tornado Watches/warnings and severe storm watch/warnings are announced as just that, no special code.

I tend to appreciate that, makes it easier to not have to argue with families when your pulling their loved one into the hallway bed and all because the family doesn't understand what Code Dorothy means.

[casi, ASN, RN]

Code:

Red- fire

Orange- internal or external disaster (I've only seen it scrolled on TV when the 35W bridge collapsed, but never heard it called)

Black- Severe Weather

Green- Need for assistance combative pt

White- breach of confidential info-- not paged, but you are supposed to go up to a co-worker and say "code white" if they are saying something they shouldn't

Yellow- Bomb Threat

Baby- Infant abduction

Ten- department of corrections inmate escaped, from what I understand it's only been called once and it wasn't because a DOC pt escaped, but because a juvenial hall inmate escaped across the street and ran into the hospital.

Blue: Adult Arrest

Pink: Neonatal medical emergency

9: Medical emergency on grounds-- not pt tucked safely in their rooms

Zebra: Internal health alert -- not paged

Rapid Response

[Meri333]

Code Brown's for poop... really... haha. I think it's weird that every facility is slightly different. I think it should be a universal thing within the US that all hospital "codes" are the same.

[emeraldjay]

The facility I work in has just a few codes:

Code Blue - Cardiac arrest

Code Yellow - Fire

Code 44 - Workplace violence

Dr Strong - Nursing assistance needed

Dr Child - Missing child

Green Alert - Missing Resident