HOSPITAL CODES
CODE RED
Fire
NAME THIS AREA OF THE CHEST
AORTA
What is the view(s) for a bone age?
Left hand including wrist
Where should your radiation badge be located?
Neck level/outside thyroid shield
Wet time for our sani wipe (purple top)?
2 min
CODE YELLOW
Patient fell, change of health status
TIBIAL PLATEAU
What are the view for an arthritic hand x-ray?
PA, Ball Catchers and Lateral
What is our current motto for patient identification?
Check Two Before you do
What does the yellow wrist band mean?
Fall Risk
CODE PINK
Child Abduction
LOCATE THE SCAPHOID ON THE WRIST X-RAY
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What are the views for a trauma wrist?
PA, Oblique, Lateral and Scaphoid view.
What are 3 ways to protect from radiation?
Time, Distance, Shielding
Are you allowed to change oxygen levels?
No
CODE GREY
Person verbal or combative
WHERE IS THE GALL BLADDER LOCATED
Right side of your abdomen beneath your liver
What prep do patients having a small bowel need to do?
NPO
At what minute mark does the alarm go off when using flour equipment?
What does a universal protocol entail/mean?
Time out
Code Blue
Cardiac Arrest/ No Pulse
Pelvis X-ray
ASIS (Anterior Superior Iliac Spine)
If a patient is unable to stand for an abdomen x-ray, what views are we able to perform instead?
LLD, Cross Table Lateral
What is the EI for the Carestream rooms?
1200- +/- 200
Name a National Patient Safety Goal
- Patient identification
- Patient Alarms
- Medication
-universal Protocol