Emergency Codes In Hospital Flashcards
1
Q
Code red
A
Fire or smoke emergency
2
Q
Code blue
A
Medical emergency
3
Q
Code purple
A
Bomb threat
4
Q
Code yellow
A
Infrastructure and other internal emergencies (IT issue, trapped in left)
5
Q
Code black
A
Personal threat
Code black Alpha - child abduction
Code black beta - active shooter
6
Q
Code brown
A
External emergency
Possible influx of patients due to external natural disaster, transport crash with mass casualty
7
Q
Code orange
A
Evacuation
8
Q
R.A.C.E for code red emergency
A
Remove people from immediate danger
Alert others ( phone 55, dial 000 for fire service, break glass alarm)
Confine fire/smoke
Evacuate or extinguish