I have heard the term 'CODE' on some medical programs. DOes anyone know what it actually stands for?
2007-10-03 19:55:08 · 8 answers · asked by rob e 2 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management
when it is said that someone is coding or there was a code, they are talking about a code blue which stands for medical emergency. it pretty much means that that person is about to die and they need all staff to go there. they use the code so that the patients and family members dont catch wind to what is going on.
there is also code pink (baby abduction)
code red (fire or possible fire)
code grey (evacuation)
code black( bomb threat)
2007-10-03 20:05:05 · answer #1 · answered by jay D 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends on where you are and what the hospital's policy is.
For instance, a Code Red may mean a cardiac arrest in one facility, yet in another, it may be referred to as a Code Blue. I hospital I used to work at called an arrest Code 99. Code Red was a fire. Code Pink was a child abduction. Code Green was a violent patient. Code Black was a bomb/terroristic activity threat. Code Orange was radiation/biological/chemical spill. Code Yellow was severe weather (tornado, snow storm, hurricane, heavy rains or flooding).
See what I mean?
Anytime you hear Code XX, it means that there is some kind of emergency...something bad has happened.
On an ambulance (the company I worked for), an emergency transport is called a Code 3 (that means lights and siren). Some other ambulance company may call it a Code 1. Or whatever. It varies.
EMT
2007-10-04 09:10:56 · answer #2 · answered by emt_me911 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many hospitals have a variety of "codes" that can be broadcasted overhead. Many are color related. Examples,
Code Blue - cardiac arrest
Code Red - fire
Code Orange - bomb threat
Code Purple - infant abduction
Code Dry - water failure
The meaning of the various colors varies from hospital to hospital, of course. The only one that's pretty consistent is "code blue" (often shortened to just "code" by those who respond to such events). The word doesn't stand for anything in particular.
2007-10-04 03:02:06 · answer #3 · answered by Doxycycline 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Code stands for nothing. Industries have a color scheme which indicates what kind of emergency it is.
Code blue (medical emergency), code red may be fire emergency, code orange, natural disaster etc. Depends on the company.
When someone yells "call a code" its assumed Code blue which is the most widely know.
Nurses doctor resp. therapists. etc. automatically assume that's what it means, anyway.
2007-10-04 03:10:19 · answer #4 · answered by LoLo 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
CODE usually is very short for a Code Blue. Which is a medical emergency.
But i have seen shows where they only use CODE when someone is in cardiac arrest.
But then again that's TV and 'based' on real medical work.
2007-10-04 02:58:08 · answer #5 · answered by I do care! 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is simply stands for emergency like code red,code blue etcetera...It depends on the hospital what code stands for what...like in my case,in the hospital where i work for code red means an emergency for the medicine department, code blue if it involves more than 1 department. usually the speaker shouts code when an emergency arrives and is unidentified yet to what department does it belong...
2007-10-04 03:00:20 · answer #6 · answered by mix32 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Code stands for code. It is the color afterwards that bears significance.
i.e. Code blue - someone is going blue (not breathing)
Code white - emergency situation (commonly a hostile patient)
Code aster - disaster (911 type thing)
2007-10-04 02:57:59 · answer #7 · answered by Yoda 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
means get your butt in this room now our patient is dying or medically speaking coding
2007-10-04 02:58:05 · answer #8 · answered by clever1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋