What ACTUALLY Happens in a CODE BLUE | Cardiac Arrest in the Hospital

[@TheIntenseMD]

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[@lizatronnn]

My mom coded while she was in the ICU in 2018. I was in the ICU waiting room with my dad and sister when they called the code and it was the worst moment of my life. I had never felt such overwhelming helplessness. They got a pulse back and she was placed on life support and we then made the decision to take her off of it about 6 hours later. She had entered multi organ failure due to septic shock and there was nothing else that could be done. I watched this video because I’ve always wondered what happened during the code. I’ve seen plenty of media representations of a code blue and that’s always what has been in my head. Having you explain it like you did was helpful to me and I thank you for that. I’ve spent a lot of time trying to avoid anything medical related since she died but I’ve been trying to face that fear a bit more lately. Thank you for taking the time to educate others.

[@TheIntenseMD]

I'm sorry to hear about your mother. I'm happy this was helpful to you. Thank you for watching.

[@kevinschneider1707]

I had to live that too. I was taking a nap, heard the nurse scream my dad's name then pull the code blue tab. Everyone rushed in and he was put on a ventilator. We didn't know if he was brain dead for 4 days. Eventually he was back to talking, but died after 3 weeks another heart attack. He puked blood and then died. I hope my story helps you feel better.

[@kelseyfitzgerald872]

I’m so sorry 🙏🏼

[@janinerusinovich3040]

​@@kevinschneider1707 aww im so sorry

[@janinerusinovich3040]

So sorry

[@renestanley580]

Great Video. Is anesthesia a part of the code blue team or who can intubate the patient?

[@imthrillz5255]

Code blues always go off when im at lunch

[@TheIntenseMD]

It always seems to happen turning change of shift for me!

[@SoulStarSketchin]

I always did wonder about this but I’m glad I was close to guessing it right. Still tho there is a lot here I didn’t know about as far as the immediate team that comes to answer.

[@TheIntenseMD]

The teams can vary slightly depending how the hospital structures their code team but these are the key people involved every time.

[@gavinrobb85]

Interesting! Here in the UK a pharmacist is not on the arrest team. It’s usually the bedside nurse and other nurses involved in making up drugs. We don’t usually have someone documenting either. 😀

[@TheIntenseMD]

I have worked at some hospitals where the pharmacist doesn't come to a code blue. They are part of the code team where I work now. It is interesting to hear how things are done differently across the globe!

[@gavinrobb85]

@@TheIntenseMD it certainly is. And working in ICU we rarely put out cardiac arrest calls as we are essentially able to deal with a arrest and there is always a anaesthetist around anyway.

[@greensahuaro2834]

Baging with the person's normal RR is good, but not on compression and if known BP is liw, ti bag gently but not two slow, just not strong!

[@Beth20043]

I remember googling statistics like this a couple of years ago and the survival rate to discharge for in hospital cardiac arrests was like 20%. And only like 12% of people survived for even one year. Is it actually possible for a heart to completely heal and a surviours have a normal life span if for example, the reason was a drug overdose, drowning, electrocution, a temporay illness or injury in someone who was previously and otherwise healthy? Or will a cardiac arrest pretty much always eventually be a premature death sentence? I'm curious because a friend of my mum's friend has a child who almost drowned, but was saved by CPR, and I know of a couple of (young) people who have been brought back after suicide attempts. I can't for the life of me find it now, despite looking before making this comment, but I also remember seeing a page which showed the % of surviours who were still alive after 1, 2, 5, 10 and 15 years of their cardiac arrest and it kept getting lower every year it showed. :(

[@lgcopy]

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[@TheIntenseMD]

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[@lgcopy]

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[@TheBlfan]

What's the difference response-wise between a code blue and a rapid? We had a patient go into sustained VT in the 200s. The RN called a rapid, because the patient was "fading" but not unconscious and still had a pulse. They were later criticized by the team for not calling it a code blue, the patient had a subsequent STEMI and passed in the unit. Thoughts?

[@dayacres2996]

Rapid means patient is deteriorating and critical (verge of coding) code blue is once there’s no pulse and Pt is in Cardiac arrest

[@bonnieward6144]

Rapid is when " if we don't do something quickly they will code." Code is they're dead. I've had a pt in vtach for 2 hours that didn't want cardioverted but was OK with it if his heart actually stopped. He was asymptomatic and ended up sneezing and came out of it, could've been the amio drip finally working or the magnesium replacement lol, then was transferred for defibrillator placement. I can't expect people to stand around to possibly do compressions that whole time, we left the pads on him and just fixed what we could in that time and stayed vigilant

[@mariegooch2647]

Hi Remix!!

[@greensahuaro2834]

Sorry, the first extra ought to be oxygenation. We can bring a heart back, but not a brain.

[@jessiousreid3439]

I Didn’t No that wtf 🤬 B

[@jennah5578]

Kitty!