People
True or False: the doctors come to all ERT calls
False. The doctors attend code blues if they are in the building. They may attend a code ERT.
A car accident happens at the light at the exit on St Clair. Do you call ERT?
No, that is outside the PHC property line. Call 911.
Person is unresponsive. What type of code do you call?
Code Blue.
What number do you dial to activate a code?
5555.
True or False: ERT nurses have a modified assignment when they are the ERT responder for the shift.
False. ERT responders have a full patient assignment during the shift.
Patient has a fall outside and is complaining of severe new hip pain post fall. What do you do?
Call ERT. Do not move the patient.
If a person is awake, breathing and able to respond, and has acute chest pain, what type of code would you call?
Code ERT.
An employee cut themselves on their arm and are bleeding. What do you do?
Apply a dressing and send them to Workplace Health and Safety.
Who responds to a Code ERT?
Units are assigned on a rotating monthly basis. One RN from each side (A and B) attend.
A patient with a known history of seizures is having a seizure that lasts 1 minute. Would you call ERT?
No. Call ERT if it is a new seizure, or if it lasts more than one minute. If it goes longer than 5, call a code blue.
After you call 911, who do you have to contact next?
Call switchboard and let them know that you called 911 for which unit.
A community member walks in complaining of severe abdominal pain. What would you do?
Call 911. If possible, stay with the person until paramedics arrive. Call ERT if the person deteriorates.
What are the responsibilities of the staff who called ERT?
Stay with the patient, provide TOA to the ERT responders, follow ERT lead directions.
A patient faints while walking outside with PT. A code ERT is called. What equipment do the ERT responders bring and where do you find it?
They bring the ERT backpack. It is located in the bottoms of the ERT carts on the 2nd and 1st floors.
Can a Code ERT be changed to a Code Blue? What is the process?
Yes. Call 5555 and upgrade the code to a "Code Blue".
Staff is having chest pain, ERT is called, 911 tells them to give the staff aspirin. Can they give it?
No. ERT responders can only give medications ordered by a physician, or if there is a medical directive.
How many nurses are ERT trained?
0-25, 25-50, 50-75, 75-100
There are 100 ERT trained responders at PHC!
ERT is called to the ADP. Where is the nearest cart located?
Inpatient pharmacy hallway.
Can an ERT responder send a patient in respiratory distress to acute care without obtaining a physician’s order first?
Yes.
What medications can ERT responders administer with a medical directive?
Epi, narcan, glucagon, nitroglycerin.