We have already added several terms/abbreviations that are commonly used on this BB and nursing terms, but we need your help to populate the list to make it more useful.
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code = cardiopulmonary resuscitation, short for a Code Blue, which is usually said over the intercom system in a hospital. Code Blue in room 304, or wherever.
If someone "coded" it means they went into asystolie or stopped breathing, and a Code Blue was initiated.
I don't believe this one appears in medical abbreviations in lower case form, but I created it for personal documentation to save time when referring to a nonspecific medical problem.
The hospital and clinics I've worked at in a non-nursing capacity called resuscitation efforts a "code", with no colour designation. The "code team" was the PA announcement, as in "Code Team 2 South 207" (code team respond to floor 2, south wing, room 207). "Code team" is also the designation for personnel explicitly assigned to respond to medical emergencies.
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code?? I've seen it and I can guess its meaning but I would like to know for sure.
Nurse Ratched, RN
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(LTC = long term care i.e. nursing home, also possible referred to as a SNF - skilled nursing facility, or ECF - Extended Care Facility.)
Keeping up the geri stuff - LOL is not only laugh out loud, it's also Little Old Lady.