what does code abc mean in a hospital
Hospital emergency codes
Code Brain : Possible stroke or CVA patient : Used by many facilities with stroke center certification to indicate for critical care nurses and doctors to respond as well as for CT scan techs and radiologists to be ready to scan and read . Code Heart : Used to indicate a patient who is experiencing an acute cardiac event such as an MI . Code Heart is generally used to assemble a team of critical care nurses and doctors to stabilize the patient as well as mobilizing a cath lab team if necessary . Code Rapid Response : Used in many facilities with a rapid response system in place to call for response by a rapid response team : generally made up of nurses , respiratory therapists , lab techs and sometimes doctors who respond to a patients bedside and intervene to prevent a patient from escalating to Code Blue . Code Rapid Response is generally called when there is a change in the patients mental status or vital signs as well as when a patient begins seizing . In most facilities with a rapid response team in place , the code can be called by anyone such as concerned staff member or family member . Code Sepsis : This code is called whenever there is a patient who is in or is in danger of entering septic shock .
Code Brain : Possible stroke or CVA patient : Used by many facilities with stroke center certification to indicate for critical care nurses and doctors to respond as well as for CT scan techs and radiologists to be ready to scan and read . Code Heart : Used to indicate a patient who is experiencing an acute cardiac event such as an MI . Code Heart is generally used to assemble a team of critical care nurses and doctors to stabilize the patient as well as mobilizing a cath lab team if necessary . Code Rapid Response : Used in many facilities with a rapid response system in place to call for response by a rapid response team : generally made up of nurses , respiratory therapists , lab techs and sometimes doctors who respond to a patients bedside and intervene to prevent a patient from escalating to Code Blue . Code Rapid Response is generally called when there is a change in the patients mental status or vital signs as well as when a patient begins seizing . In most facilities with a rapid response team in place , the code can be called by anyone such as concerned staff member or family member . Code Sepsis : This code is called whenever there is a patient who is in or is in danger of entering septic shock .