Talk:Code Blue (emergency code)

Accuracy in this passage

If you are going to edit this entry, please know what you are writing about. As an ACLS instructor and a practicing field paramedic, the previous versions of this were incorrect in many areas.

Sincerely,

Jesse

Jesse -- thanks for the clean-up! that's what wikipedia is all about; finding people with the technical knowledge to write good articles on everything. One way to attempt to ensure correct articles is to present verifiable information; that is, give sources for the knowledge that other people can verify, e.g., online manuals, etc. -- it's hard to verify what someone might have learned in an ACLS course. Perhaps you could put in a few references to texts or other materials you use in your class to help with this article? Again, thanks for the contribution -- I'm sure you'll see a lot of pages on wikipedia that you can help fix up. (PS: if you register an account, folks can leave you notes on your user talk page, and it's easier to track your contributions, etc., etc.) -- Metahacker 03:20, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

--Hello all, My mother recently coded and it was my understanding that at no point did her heart stop. She needed no cardiovascular support. By the definition you've provided this would not be a code blue. I think you have erroneously defined code blue. From my understanding it would be a signal in a hospital to show that a patient who was not in danger of death is now in danger of death without immediate support. Her code was that she stopped being able to breathe on her own, I imagine this would have eventually stopped her heart, but that it never did.