Emergency Codes
Code that indicates a fire in the hospital
Responsible for patient safety
Who is everybody?
Staff response to broken medical equipment
What is remove it from service and report it?
Allows staff to report safety events or near misses
What is incident reporting, MCCM?
Principles which emphasizes awareness of frontline operations and conditions
Code used for patient in cardiac or respiratory arrest
Number one evidence-based method to prevent infection
What is Hand Hygiene?
Environmental hazard(s) which could lead to a fall
What are spills, cluttered environment, bed rails down, electrical cords?
Term to describe catching an error before it reaches the patient
What is a Good Catch?
Type of thinking that involves anticipating what could go wrong before it happens
What is Proactive Safety? What is Risk Identification?
Code used for security response to patient or visitor escalation, aggression, or violence
What is a gray alert?
Used at time of admission to determine a patient's risk for skin breakdown
What is the BRADEN QD Scale?
Ensures crash cart/emergency equipment is ready for use
What are equipment checks?
Structured review after an event to learn and improve
What is a Debrief, Learning Review?
Principle that values the knowledge of front facing staff, regardless of hierarchy
What is Deference to Expertise?
Team activated when patient is deteriorating but not yet in cardiac arrest
What is a Rapid Response Team
Used to prevent errors prior to administering medications, performing treatments, obtaining and labeling specimen, and prior to administering any blood products
What are patient identifiers? What are Name and Date of Birth, MRN?
Two acronyms for fire safety
What are RACE and PASS?
Principle which encourages staff to question unsafe situations, regardless of hierarchy
What is Speak Up, Speak Up for Safety?
Principle that focuses on learning from mistakes and recovering quickly when problems occur
Code used for infant or child abduction
What is a code pink?
Techniques to promote clear and complete communication
What are SBAR and Repeat Back techniques?
Name one environmental safety hazard in your unit
TBD
Describes an environment where staff feel safe and encouraged to raise concerns
What is Psychological Safety?
Avoiding oversimplification of problems and looking deep into root causes