ArticleWorld journal of emergency medicine2014
Blue code: Is it a real emergency?
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- Impact of Introduction of Code Blue Response System in a Cardiorespiratory Center: Before-After Study.Annals of cardiac anaesthesia · 2026Article
- Impact of Obstetrical Emergency Code (Code Pink) Activation on Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes: A Retrospective Study.Cureus · 2025Article
- Empowering senior medical residents as resuscitation team leaders.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- Rapid Response Teams in low and middle-income countries: a scoping review.Critical care science · 2025Article
- Improvement of the rapid response system at an acute rehabilitation hospital in New Mexico.Future science OA · 2024Article
- Evaluation of Code Blue Notifications and Their Results: A University Hospital Example.Turkish journal of anaesthesiology and reanimation · 2023Article
- Simulation of Inpatient Medical Critical Events for Physicians at a Community Hospital.Journal of community hospital internal medicine perspectives · 2022Article
- Evaluation of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Conditions in Turkey: Current Status of Code Blue.Turkish journal of anaesthesiology and reanimation · 2021Article
- Improvement of the functioning and efficiency of a Code Blue system after training in a children's hospital in China.Translational pediatrics · 2021Article
- Code Blue evaluation in children's hospital.World journal of emergency medicine · 2016Article
- Code blue: Predictors of survival.Journal of anaesthesiology, clinical pharmacologyArticle
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Abstract
backgroundCardiac arrests in hospital areas are common, and hospitals have rapid response teams or "blue code teams" to reduce preventable in-hospital deaths. Education about the rapid response team has been provided in all hospitals in Turkey, but true "blue code" activation is rare, and it is abused by medical personnel in practice. This study aimed to determine the cases of wrong blue codes and reasons of misuse.
methodsThis retrospective study analyzed the blue code reports issued by our hospital between January 1 and June 1 2012. A total of 89 "blue code" activations were recorded in 5 months. A "blue code" was defined as any patient with an unexpected cardiac or respiratory arrest requiring resuscitation and activation of a hospital alert. Adherence to this definition, each physician classified their collected activation forms as either a true or a wrong code. Then, patient data entered a database (Microsoft Excel 2007 software) which was pooled for analysis. The data were analyzed by using frequencies and the Chi-square test on SPSSv16.0.
resultsThe patients were diagnosed with cardiopulmonary arrest (8), change in mental status (18), presyncope (11), chest pain (12), conversive disorder (18), and worry of the staff for the patient (22). Code activation was done by physicians in 76% of the patients; the most common reason for blue code was concern of staff for the patient.
conclusionThe findings of this study show that more research is needed to establish the overall effectiveness and optimal implementation of blue code teams.
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