If someone "codes",what exactly does that mean?

Question

as in "She coded twice in the OR" or "He coded this morning"

if a person "codes" 3x in 3 days(after a car accident) and seizes,what's their chances for recovery?

Answer 1

It is jargon, short for "code blue", which in the hospital means that someone has had a respiratory or cardiac arrest...they stopped breathing and/or their heart stopped. When this happens, typically an alarm (code) is sent which brings recuscitation experts running to administer advance cardiac life support (referred to a running the code).

Answer 2

It means generally that the heart has stop pumping in such a way that all the tissues in the body are getting the blood, and the oxygen and nutrients in the blood, that they need. The heart may still be pumping, but in an erratic, arrthymic way that doesn't get the blood to where it needs to be.

When that happens, medical professionals need to follow specific protocols, specific rules, often those established by the American Heart Association, to attempt to get the heart beating properly again. Thus the reference to "codes", which may refer either to the protocol or to an emergency code shorthand, the ten codes, for someone who has gotten into this state. The state, by the way, is known as cardiac arrest. You may remember the emergency code system from the old tv show with Broderick Crawford in which he was always barking "10-4" into his patrol car microphone. That's a ten code, meaning, in his case, I guess, okay and goodbye.

What happens in a code? First, CPR like measures, which in a professional medical setting include airway measures including intubation and a respiratory aid known as a bag valve mask. Then defibrillation. Then the starting of an iv line. Then the administration of drugs which have been proven to jump start the heart. And so on, until the patient regains a heart beat capable of pushing blood where it needs to be pushed, or until the patient is clearly not going to be revived. This is usually determined by brain death, often measured in the field and in less equipped emegency rooms by the status of the pupils of the eyes. Fixed and dilated (ie wide open) is usually a sign that the brain is no longer functioning, sending signals to the eyes or anywhere else.

Then a code is "called",and the physician declares the patient dead.

Answer 3

A "code" is called when a person goes into cardiac arrest. The more "codes" a person has, the dimmer his chances of survival. This is due to the fact that a cardiac arrest leads to diminished blood flow to the different oxygen-sensitive areas of the body like the brain which can cause lasting damage.

Answer 4

I think your first question (what do I mean by "respect") is difficult to answer because there are different types of respect. For example, I could respect somebody by being willing to seek their expertise in a specific subject. Or, I could respect somebody by not hassling them about a point on which I think they are wrong. Or, I could respect somebody's wishes by not actively acting against those wishes, even if I think I acting against them would be morally justified. I think respect is too ambiguous a word that applies in too many cases for it to be given a simple definition. As far as being worthy of respect, I suppose I think everybody is worthy of respect in some way. I'm not entirely sure what criteria I use to determine whether or not somebody is worthy of my respect... I'll think about it some more and if I come up with an answer I'll get back to you. So, in conclusion, my answer to your question is that I can't really answer your question.

Answer 5

Code is short for blue code or code blue. It is used when a patient's heart stops beating and/or respiration stops. All available Doctors, nurses and respiratory technicans are supposed to rush to the scene to aid with resucitation of the patient.

Answer 6

It is when the heart stops beating. Also Code Blue.

Answer 7

Heart stops