What role do you play?
This person is responsible for retrieving items both personal and otherwise and guiding EMS to the patient.
Who is the FLOAT?
The purpose of mock drills, in part, is to provide opportunities to: keep skills sharp, ensure staff know how to find and use equipment, clarify roles and this.
What is establish a plan to maintain order?
This is item is used to reach EMS, ACT Team, and call a CODE BLUE.
This website can be found on ONE and should be used to report patient safety events.
What is ERS or ers.wusm.wustl.edu?
This department's website provides faculty and staff resources and contact information for emergency preparedness.
This person is responsible for calling EMS, the support person, collecting patient information, and continuous clinic flow.
Who is the COMMUNICATOR or Clerical Person?
Clinical drills should be conducted at least this many times a year.
What is at least twice or 2 times a year?
These two color printed, single page flyers showing Code Roles and BJH-WUSM Emergency Response Activation information can be found here.
Where is the side of the cupboard above the MA Desk or near the airway bag?
This phone number should be called during either ACT or CODE BLUE but don't confuse it with Transport to BJH ED, which is 314.362.5122!
What is 314.362.2700?
This link found on the FPP website directs you to a shortcut for event reporting through the Office of Risk Management.
What is the Risk Management link?
This person is responsible for documenting all information as it's called out and/or providing information to MD or RN.
Who is the SCRIBE or Documenter?
In addition to all staff being BLS certified, all clinics must have these three life-saving items in or close to their clinic.
What are AED, Airway bag and Oxygen?
This life-supporting chemical which is stored in tanks can be found in these two locations.
Where is the EMG lab or Suite H and our supply closet?
The scribe or documenter keeps a record of events during a code and gives a copy to this team.
Who is EMS or ACT Team?
HELP! I need a visual guide on each of the roles necessary during a code. This can be found where?
Where is near the red airway bag or above the MA desk?
This person directs staff, and assists EMS/ACT team as necessary.
Who is the Support Person?
If a patient expires in the clinic setting, this person must call the time of death.
Who is the physician or EMS?
Located above the MA desk, this scarlet-colored carrier contains the necessary equipment to establish alternative breathing for a patient during a code.
What is the red airway bag or airway bag?
If a patient expires in the clinical setting; the physician will call the time of death and this person should be contacted.
Who is the medical examiner or ME?
You can find the Mock Codes/ERA policy in addition to many others on this secure website.
What is Policy Tech or wustl.navexone.com?
This person calls the shots during a code, delegates, and will lead the debriefing after the code
Who is First Responder or Code Leader?
Also known as an AED, the automated external defibrillator for our clinic can be found where?
Where is near the patient elevators?
This clinical person is in charge of maintaining all documentation of each mock drill.
Who is the Practice Manager?
If you have questions regarding any of the information covered or not covered here, you should reach out to these two members of leadership.
Who are Lauren and Karla?