"Code Gray Certification"

no idea. Call their Education dept

Interpretation of color codes varies from one hospital to another -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hospital_emergency_codes

Hope this helps

Usually for a psych position calling a code grey means there's a combative person/sitaution.

Usually for a psych position calling a code grey means there's a combative person/sitaution.

Sounds like that could be right... I know most facilities require you to be certified in order to perform "takedowns"

Code grey where I've always been has meant tornado.

we use number codes. 99 would be ours.

Usually for a psych position calling a code grey means there's a combative person/sitaution.

Thank-you for that! I learn something new every day. Before this I thought a code grey was where you looked in the mirror and decided you needed to re-dye your hair!!

Code gray, or more commonly code silver, is weapon in facility and lockdown procedures. Is this a facility with a known criminal element in the area? You may be trained on basic self-defense techniques or disabling a threat.

where i worked, that was a code green.

what it said in the p&p book was "all available personnel go to ___ stat!"

what it really meant was all linebacker-sized men. as the rn, they wanted me to be there, but since i'm 5'4" on tippy-toes, from a practical standpoint, they didn't count as much on me to bring down and subdue large strong young men.

i use to work in oregon but where i am now in psych calling dr. strong is the call for all line backers to the rescue. we are certified for take downs by attending a class where i get up and demonstrate the time a 90lb 4'10" little old filipino lady took me down (i'm 5'10" female) by the throat from behind at night with 2 security guards and an lpn all standing with me detaining this women from tearing the unit apart. then while i looked at the lpn and said "have you drawn up the ativan yet?" ... baaaaam! i was on my back, on the ground, with this nice little old ladies fingers firmly digging into my throat with a force i can't quite explain.

Code gray, or more commonly code silver, is weapon in facility and lockdown procedures. Is this a facility with a known criminal element in the area? You may be trained on basic self-defense techniques or disabling a threat.

Yeah, what they said. Code grey in my hospital is a bomb threat or something like that.

I use to work in Oregon but where I am now in psych calling Dr. Strong is the call for all line backers to the rescue. We are certified for take downs by attending a class where I get up and demonstrate the time a 90lb 4'10" little old Filipino lady took me down (I'm 5'10" female) by the throat from behind at night with 2 security guards and an LPN all standing with me detaining this women from tearing the unit apart. Then while I looked at the LPN and said "Have you drawn up the ativan yet?" ... BAAAAAM! I was on my back, on the ground, with this nice little old ladies fingers firmly digging into my throat with a force I can't quite explain.

Ours is Dr. Strong too. I don't even think we have a Code Gray. But at the hospital I used to volunteer at it meant a stroke.

I wouldn't be any good in these Dr. Strong situations. I'm 5'0 on my tippy toes and (No where near 90 lbs) and my facility has no security so I think we would all just hide in the med room and shut the door lol

Yeah, for us code gray usually = dog pile on the rabbit with b-52 inbound.