Suzann Kale
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To: All medical staff, switchboard, Dispatch[sk1]
Re: Change in Emergency Code Protocol
Effective immediately, the following protocol is to be implemented for Code Blue - adult cardiac emergencies
Nurse - dial [sk2] "999" from any floor phone
when [sk3] switchboard answers:
· Confirm that a Code Blue isin[sk4] progress (alert switchboard immediately if this isa[sk5] stemi
· Tell the operator what floor you are calling from, and what room the episode is in
Switchboard
· For all stemi's, first call the ambulance company that is first in
rotation, to let them know you have a stemi.
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If the abmulance [sk6] company can take the run, tell them the name of the patient, what floor
the patient is on, and what the room number is[sk7]
· If the first ambulance you call cannot take the call, skip the second in
rotation and go directly to the Fire Department
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