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ORIGINAL: Aylee

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ORIGINAL: soul2share

The hospital I worked at in Arizona had the same system...right down to calling a Code Pink....however, if theirs was like ours, we had false alarms all over the place, and no real alerts...which is a good thing! But it's amazing how many of those things go out the door in laundry bins, or nurse's pockets! But the system worked very well, once the baby got far enough to set off the alarm, the elevators and doors to the stairs would lock down, so there's no way to actually leave the floor.

Tho it's a real sad state of affairs when we have to do this to protect a baby.

Yes, code pinks get called often. Either tag issues or alarm practice.

The code colors are something like this:

Code Brown. Depending on which region of the country the hospital is located brown can have a few meanings. The most common meaning is a severe weather watch. While in Florida a code brown is usually used when calling for an autopsy.

Code Amber. Much like an Amber alert this is called when a child goes missing inside of the hospital and is suspected of being abducted by another person.

Code Black is used to alert hospital members of mass casualties that are caused by an epidemic or threat to the public. This warns the hospital to get ready for a large amount of injured and to take the proper precautions when needed.

Code Blue is the most commonly used color code in hospitals all over the country. This is called when a patient requires immediate life saving assistance. Most often caused by cardiac arrest. A code blue requires that all free employees respond to the code.

Code Green is used to let people know that an evacuation is necessary. A green triage internal indicates that the disaster is in the hospital while a green triage external stands for an outside emergency that is cause for an evacuation.

Code Gray means that a violent but unarmed person is on the loose in the hospital. It is often used when a mentally unstable patient has stopped taking their medication or when a person has a psychotic break.

Code Pink has two meetings depending on where you are working. One meaning is an infant or small child abduction has occurred in the hospital. The second meaning of pink is used to warn the staff of biohazardous contamination.

Code Red again can have dual meanings. The first is often to indicate a fire has broken out somewhere in the building. While the second is announced to let staff know that a burn patient is coming into the hospital and requires immediate medical attention.

Code White is most often used for pediatric medical emergency. It can also be used to signify a utility or power outage.

Code Yellow indicates a bomb threat in the hospital. This lets the staff know that the bomb safety plan has been inacted.

Code Orange is used when a patients health is rapidly declining.

Code Silver informs the hospital that an armed person is in the hospital and there is a possible hostage situation.


I have also heard things like "Paging Dr. Burns" for aburn victim or "Paging Dr. Apgar" for a baby problem.

I too have to wonder at just how many babies have been stolen from a hospital that it has its own code and such extensive security.

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ORIGINAL: jlf1961

I also like Heinlein's Starship Troopers, that speaks to the airborne ranger I was.  Could you imagine being dropped into a combat zone from orbit.  That would rock.

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ORIGINAL: Aylee

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ORIGINAL: jlf1961

I also like Heinlein's Starship Troopers, that speaks to the airborne ranger I was.  Could you imagine being dropped into a combat zone from orbit.  That would rock.

I am afraid of grounds, so no thanks. I turned down jump school when I was in the Army for this reason.

I do like military SF though. Oh YEAH! That is some good stuff.

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ORIGINAL: groundhogphil

how about the next road trip we are on I drop you out of the truck at around 60mph.......Hee Hee

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ORIGINAL: groundhogphil

for you Lady H i would hump more than your leg.....Hee Hee