Color Coding
Code for Active Shooter
What is Active Shooter
Requires negative pressure room and N-95 mask.
What is Airborne Precautions?
Safety steps that include: Stop, think, act, review
What is STAR?
This communication type is sometimes referred to as a sandwich.
What is Heart-Head-Heart?
For a potential stroke patient, FAST is the acronym for these steps to assess and consider for safety.
Face, Arms, Speech, Time
Secure all exits, keep everyone in place, report suspicious activity when this is called.
What is Code Pink?
Type of Isolation that requires gloves, gowns, dedicated equipment, and hand hygiene.
What is Contact Precautions?
Way to communicate that specifies: Situation, Background, Assessment, Request/Recommend
What is SBAR?
"You sound upset." "It sounds like you are really frustrated about this." This is an example of what type of communication?
What is Acknowledging Feelings?
When using a fire extinguisher, the first S in P-A-S-S stands for this action.
What is squeeze?
Smoke and fire, call this code overhead.
What is Code Red?
Use soap and water to wash hands after leaving this type of isolation room. Clean all equipment with bleach.
What is Contact Plus Precautions?
Acknowledge, Introduce, Duration, Explanation, Thank
What is AIDET?
Tell the person what you are doing is for their sake. Use the words "for you" and "with you" often.
What is Explaining Positive Intent?
Altered mental status, respiratory distress, chest pain, sudden weakness on one side, acute change in vital signs are reasons to call this overhead.
What is an RRT/Code Stroke?
Circumstances have caused or potentially will cause an alteration in normal operations such as neighborhood and campus street flooding.
What is Code Grey?
Mask required for all who enter room. Special air handling is not required and door can remain open.
What is Droplet Precautions?
I am Concerned; I am Uncomfortable, this is for Safety, Stand up and Stand together. This is the only time this is encouraged at work.
What is CUSS words?
Express regret that the person is somehow suffering without blaming yourself or others.
What is the Blameless Apology?
An adverse event such as a fall, medication error, good catch, unexpected outcome, threat to staff, and medical device failure are reasons to complete this form.
What is a VRS?
You see someone collapse in the lobby. Upon checking they aren't breathing and have no pulse. You dial 333 from the hospital phone and activate this code.
What is Code Blue?
No gown or mask required. Wash hands before and after all patient contact. This is what type of precautions?
What is Standard Precautions?
When you are unable to resolve an issue or concern, you notify your immediate supervisor. If the issue continues to be unresolved, you notify the next person up until the issue or concern is resolved.
What is escalation?
Breathe, make eye contact, turn towards the person, and adopt a posture of undivided attention. This is an example of what skill of Language of Caring?
What is the Practice of Presence?
This distinguishes hospitals who provide a higher quality of patient care, achiever better patient outcomes, and higher patient satisfaction. Memorial Hermann Southeast and Memorial Hermann Pearland recently achieved this designation.
What is Magnet Designation?