To Shock or Not to Shock
Asystole
DO NOT SHOCK
The color of the box of epinephrine
Tan
A designated location where a parent can legally and anonymously relinquish an unharmed newborn
Safe Baby Site
This is initiated by law enforcement or clinicians to place a patient in a mental health facility
Emergency Detention Order (EDO)
The most commonly used ventilator mode in a Freestanding ER once ROSC (return of spontaneous circulation) is achieved and the patient is completely sedated.
Volume AC
Ventricular Fibrillation
SHOCK
The color of the box of Sodium Bicarb
Gold
The name of the law passed in 1999
Baby Moses Law (or Safe Haven Law)
The resource that helps our ER provide timely behavioral health assessments for patients in crisis.
Behavioral Health Connections (BHC)
The device used to connect the oxygen tubing directly to the wall oxygen outlet.
O2 Quick Connect
Pulseless Electrical Activity (PEA)
DO NOT SHOCK
The color of the box of D50 (Dextrose)
Blue
60 days
These facilities utilize the Telehealth Assessment (virtual via Zoom) instead of an in-person mental health assessment
Benbrook, Denton, and Weatherford
The minimum liters per minute required to operate the AHP300 ventilator
80 lpm