Post by Captain Serious on Oct 18, 2013 9:33:41 GMT -5
I'm sitting in a hospital waiting room while J undergoes an auditory processing evaluation. I ust heard "Code Stroke, Emergency Room" repeated over the intercom several times.
Could this mean something other than the obvious? Because otherwise, it's not much of a code.
There are special Stroke protocols that need to occur immediately after a stroke that can greatly improve outcomes. Generally there is a specific team identified to do this. Just like a rapid response code would have different members than a code blue. It just let's staff know who needs to show up.
Post by Captain Serious on Oct 18, 2013 9:42:30 GMT -5
I get all this, but I thought the whole point of the code system was to alert the appopriate people without broadcasting to the entire hospital that someone in a particular area is having a specific medical emergency.
I just learned that this happens in the hospital. I learned because my mother may possibly never forgive me. My l&d room was right near the door to the waiting room. I almost pushed ds out too quickly which caused my nurse to run into the hall screaming for my doc and causing every doc on the floor to run to my room. Of course this happened right as the doors to l&d opened. Right after that they called a stroke code. My mom was convinced for about an hour and a half that I stroked out on the delivery table.
I just learned that this happens in the hospital. I learned because my mother may possibly never forgive me. My l&d room was right near the door to the waiting room. I almost pushed ds out too quickly which caused my nurse to run into the hall screaming for my doc and causing every doc on the floor to run to my room. Of course this happened right as the doors to l&d opened. Right after that they called a stroke code. My mom was convinced for about an hour and a half that I stroked out on the delivery table.
I just learned that this happens in the hospital. I learned because my mother may possibly never forgive me. My l&d room was right near the door to the waiting room. I almost pushed ds out too quickly which caused my nurse to run into the hall screaming for my doc and causing every doc on the floor to run to my room. Of course this happened right as the doors to l&d opened. Right after that they called a stroke code. My mom was convinced for about an hour and a half that I stroked out on the delivery table.
See, situations like this are exactly why I thought they used codes, so people don't worry and overwhelm the receptionists/nurses/doctors with questions.
I just learned that this happens in the hospital. I learned because my mother may possibly never forgive me. My l&d room was right near the door to the waiting room. I almost pushed ds out too quickly which caused my nurse to run into the hall screaming for my doc and causing every doc on the floor to run to my room. Of course this happened right as the doors to l&d opened. Right after that they called a stroke code. My mom was convinced for about an hour and a half that I stroked out on the delivery table.
omg your poor mom.
I know I feel so awful for her and probably more for my sister who had to deal with her. It took us a while to get DH out to tell them all was well because they brought in the special care nursery as well because H decided he wasn't a huge fan of crying and just wanted to look around. She told me a few days ago and I felt horrible. I know I was screaming too and she heard that because having a baby half out of you is disconcerting.
I get all this, but I thought the whole point of the code system was to alert the appopriate people without broadcasting to the entire hospital that someone in a particular area is having a specific medical emergency.
No, codes are generally broadcasted to the entire hospital.
Whoever is the closest to the area is supposed to respond immediately.
Right, but I think she means that they wouldn't want non-medical personnel to know.
When I worked at a hospital we had several diff codes. Code Pink was a baby was missing, code yellow meant someone was misbaving, and plain old code meant get your asses here quick we are losing this person
When my mom came in from her stroke she was a code via ambulance. Everyone was ready and waiting for her at the door as she came in. Maybe they say Code Stroke so specific people can be there. NOt sure.
She means they say stuff like "code red" so patients and guests don't know somebody is dying.
Ohhh, got it. Sorry I'm slow today
I thought it was pretty common knowledge that code blue means someone is dying and code stroke, is well, a stroke.
The rest of them I forget. I think code red is a fire, code something is a child missing, blah blah blah. I don't think there are any secret codes that are supposed to hide anything lol.
Code Pink is baby missing. Code Red Fire, Code yellow misbehavin
She means they say stuff like "code red" so patients and guests don't know somebody is dying.
Ohhh, got it. Sorry I'm slow today
I thought it was pretty common knowledge that code blue means someone is dying and code stroke, is well, a stroke.
The rest of them I forget. I think code red is a fire, code something is a child missing, blah blah blah. I don't think there are any secret codes that are supposed to hide anything lol.
This is exactly my point. Most people know code blue, but not all the rest of them. I just thought "code stroke" was overly obvious and defeated the point of a code system.
We have code pink drills, but you are not alerted if it is a drill or not. I panic every time. They actually have someone with a baby doll on their person try to get out of the hospital without being caught. In my old office I worked in a hallway with only women and there were two main exit doors near us. We looked like crazed people on the hunt lol. You think your going to get through all of us moms with that baby?! Just try us!! Lol
She thought the reason they said "code" whatever instead of just stating what was going on was so that they could get appropriate medical personnel there without everyone else knowing and creating panic across the hospital. A dual purpose, I guess. Otherwise they would just say "baby missing," "fire," etc. Is it really that hard to understand?
I get all this, but I thought the whole point of the code system was to alert the appopriate people without broadcasting to the entire hospital that someone in a particular area is having a specific medical emergency.
I don't know that avoiding broadcasting the problem is central to the purpose. It's just that there are similar protocols in place for multiple issues so rather than name the problem you get a color word. Code blue can be precipitated by multiple things. There are very few where secrecy is important, like the missing child / child abduction code. (you don't want the abductor knowing the hospital is going on shutdown procedures to catch you).
Ok not trying to be difficult, but the point of a code system is to get the appropriate people to the area to care for someone quickly. So I'm not sure why saying code stroke defeats the point. It's also uniform across all hospitals so that doctors who work different places can always know what's going on when they move between hospitals. So the actual point of the code system is for more people to know/understand it than less.
Ok I'll shut up now
I'm sure there are some codes that most people aren't familiar with (code grey for example) but the ones that occur regularly most people (including lay people) are somewhat familiar with what it means. I can honestly say the last time a code grey was called I had to look it up.
I'm thinking that if there was ever anything that needed to be broadcast to hospital personnel that the hospital didn't want patients/visitors to know about they would send out a hospital wide page- not announce it
This is exactly why they say code stroke. You don't want one of the team members pausing trying to remember if that is the stroke team they are on.
She thought the reason they said "code" whatever instead of just stating what was going on was so that they could get appropriate medical personnel there without everyone else knowing and creating panic across the hospital. A dual purpose, I guess. Otherwise they would just say "baby missing," "fire," etc. Is it really that hard to understand?
I just had clinical training at a large, well-respected children's hospital in Canada. The codes ARE in place to prevent mass panic across the hospital. They don't say "BOMB THREAT OMGGG!!11", they say "Code Black", etc...
Yes, a lot of people know the meanings of these codes, but a lot don't. It works.
We have code pink drills, but you are not alerted if it is a drill or not. I panic every time. They actually have someone with a baby doll on their person try to get out of the hospital without being caught. In my old office I worked in a hallway with only women and there were two main exit doors near us. We looked like crazed people on the hunt lol. You think your going to get through all of us moms with that baby?! Just try us!! Lol
I do realize this is not a game and not for entertainment, but it seems kind of fun to try to be the person who escapes. Like a really intense game of hide and seek. But only in the drills, not for real.
See, situations like this are exactly why I thought they used codes, so people don't worry and overwhelm the receptionists/nurses/doctors with questions.
Is there anyone who doesn't know what a code blue means? Or doesn't know that a code whatever signals some sort of dire emergency? I don't think color labels stop worrying.
(ETA: lol. I hadn't read Tamb's responses yet. Sorry tamb!)