Specializes in CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching.
On 12/21/2018 at 11:25 PM, Emergent said:
The one had me dumbfounded. A code blue was announced. Our ER doc responds to codes upstairs and started heading out.
The medical resident doing his ER rotation asked me what was happening. I said it was a code blue upstairs. He replied "What's a code blue?".
This is someone who made it through medical school and is a doctor. I explained that it is when someone stops breathing and to follow the ER doc.
Actually, I thought this was something learned from watching TV. But don't they cover this in medical school too.
Perhaps they used "Dr. Blue" or "Blue Cart" or some other "Code" where he did his previous rotations. Or perhaps he had been up for 36 hours and was more or less brain dead.
Being a medical student myself, I can assure you that having the booksmarts and social aptitude to get into medical school does not equal common sense. Some of my classmates will have an interesting experience when we get to clinical rotations in third year... ?
Someone please feel free to schmack me right in the noggin if I ask a question like this when I am a resident.
Specializes in New Critical care NP, Critical care, Med-surg, LTC.
I like that our hospital has gone to all "plain language" announcements. We would hear "Medical response, cardiac or cardiac/respiratory" at least that way, if someone was napping in orientation, they can still be somewhat prepared.
Specializes in OR, Nursing Professional Development.
Learned a new meaning of Code Blue today. Apparently in a local municipality it means that dog owners may not leave their pets outdoors unsupervised- it must be potty breaks and supervised exercise due to the cold temperatures.
Davey Do
10,666 Posts
A euphemistic phrase that I'm going to be using from now on!