Code Blue.......NHS

[Mick Mac]

What does this mean in hospital terminology?

My wife was rushed into operating theatre and the consultant announced a code blue. It seemed very serious.

She is fine now, of course. After the op we looked at her notes and they rolled on as usual and then stopped with the words: "CODE BLUE".

[HAL9000]

Code Blue means an adult medical emergency in general or specifically the need for immediate resuscitation, for example, in the event of cardiac arrest.

[Ladymuck]

Blimey Mick Mac - is she alright? I know you said she's fine now, but is she alright?

[Mick Mac]

She is fine LM. Thank you. It was december and she has fully recovered. We have a meeting with the consultant today so wanted to know about code blue.

[woofmarkthedog]

Code Blue...

She voted Tory, yes ?

Silly boy

W**F

[legalbeagle]

Take a look at the Wikipedia entry - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hospital_emergency_codes

I suspect that's all HAL did ;-)

[zephyr]

I am sure you know the specific meaning now. In my hospital (obviously not MY hospital) we have code blue and code red. Code blue is for Massive obstetric haemorrhage (bleeding after childbirth of 2litres or more). the main trust have code red which is massive haemorrahge (not obstetric).

In effect, as already said it just signifies an emergency

[Mick Mac]

Thanks. Yes we had it confirmed today, loss of >2 litres. In the end it was 5 litres but all ok now - thanks for your help.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Blimey - there are only 10 pints in the human body and 5l is 8.7 pints! So glad she is ok now, that must have been very scarey for you.