Code Protocols
button we press when a patient is unresponsive without a pulse
What is the code blue button
What is used to monitor oxygen saturations?
What is pulse oximetry
A problem that occurs when healthcare workers become desensitized to alarms
what is alarm fatigue
What is worn to prevent the spread of germs
What is personal protective equipment?
How to promote patient safety
What is education, alarms, frequent rounding, accurate assessment
The frequency a crash cart is inspected
What is every shift
Type of monitoring for diabetic patients
what is blood glucose?
What does a patient utilize to request a staff member
What is a call light?
Where needles are disposed
what is the sharps container
What to do when a fall occurs
What is assess the patient, document, incident report, and patient education
A nurse's role in promoting patient safety in medication administration during a code blue
What is verifying verbal orders
Department that oversees patients heart monitors
what is telemetry?
Ensures timely interventions
this reduces falls
What is call light within reach, bed locked in lowest position, personal belongings within reach, bed alarm activated, floor clear from clutter, grippy socks
Code called when patients location is not known
What is elopement alert
What to obtain when there is a noticeable change in cardiac rhythm
what is an EKG?
type of alarm used in a chair
What is a posey chair alarm
These prevent needle stick injuries
not recapping needles, disposing in sharps, engaging safety after use.
Position bed should be before exiting the room
what is locked and in the lowest position?
Reason to call rapid response team
What is prevent a code blue?
4 types of IV pump alarms?
What is occlusion, air in line, infusion complete, battery low?
Alarm that alerts staff when a patient exits the bed
what is a bed alarm
what should patients on oxygen NOT do
people responsible for compressions during a code blue