What happens start to finish when a patient codes?

roser13, ASN, RN · Oct 19, 2012

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Fiona59 · Oct 19, 2012

Check your hospital/facilities procedure manual. Everyone on the unit has a role from Clerk to RN.

loriangel14, RN · Oct 19, 2012

Also how a code goes depends on what happens with the patientas well.Every code is different.

turnforthenurse, MSN, NP · Oct 27, 2012

Yes every code is different as mentioned above. There are different roles when a code is in place:

* Bedside RN: should be present to provide SBAR to the code team/physician.

* Team leader: can be the charge nurse (ACLS-certified), nursing supervisor (ACLS-certified), ER physician/patient's attending physician (once they arrive). The team leader manages the code.

* Recorder: this person documents every intervention performed on the code documentation sheet.

* Team member in charge of airway management: usually this is the respiratory therapist.

* Team member in charge of medications: the RN with the med tray in charge of getting all of the medications needed during the code.

* Team member(s) in charge of CPR: provide chest compressions. You need to rotate providers to prevent fatigue.

* Runners: typically CNAs or extra RNs. They run to get supplies needed.

We also have security and on the on-call hospital chaplain present during the code.