Difference between Cor & Code?

[scorpio99]

what is the difference between full COR and CODE, if any??? where did COR come from?

[vanburbian]

never heard the term "COR", so no clue.

[SaraO'Hara]

You can't have a code pulmonale? :)

[That Guy, BSN, RN, EMT-B]

what is COR? Is that like RRT?

[Flo., BSN, RN]

A cor is an older version of code. The older nurses at my hospital sometimes use that word. Means the same thing though. Back in the day they would call a cor zero instead of a code blue for no pulse.

[mstacyi]

Thanks Flo, I just learned something. I am sure this would come in useful one day when someone decides to use this term on me.

[tvccrn, ASN, RN]

A cor is an older version of code. The older nurses at my hospital sometimes use that word. Means the same thing though. Back in the day they would call a cor zero instead of a code blue for no pulse.

How old? I have been a nurse for over 16 years and have never heard this term. You learn something new everyday.

[Flo., BSN, RN]

The nurses that I have heard say it are in the late 60s and practicing since they were in thier early twenties. I never asked them when it was changed.

[nurse2033, MSN, RN]

It means cardiac © or (O) respiratory ® zero, meaning cardiac or respiratory effort is zero, or cardiac or respiratory arrest. I know, I didn't invent it... COR zero =code blue, its a western thing.

[codeblue22]

Wow, COR-ZERO. That's really cool.

Sounds like a new-age commercial kitchen set. Lol

[~Mi Vida Loca~RN, ASN, RN]

I have never heard of it as COR zero but I have heard the term COR as in someone calling a COR

[Medic2RN, BSN, RN, EMT-P]

I had to respond to a Code Blue on the floor the other day I worked in the ED. If they would've announced a COR - I probably would have ignored it. LOL - thanks for the new information.