Code Phrases

Emergency code phrases are essential in hospitals to alert employees about various situations without alarming patients and visitors. Each hospital may have its unique code phrase. These code phrases extend to situations like a violent patient, visitor, employee, or fire. Knowing these code phrases can mean the difference between life and death, and hospital employees are drilled on them to ensure...

Rules That Nobody Tells You About (Video)

If you have to be a medical secretary in a hospital, there are many rules that nobody tells you about. You can't wear perfume or nail polish to work and can only drink the coffee provided by the break room because it's not safe for them if anyone else makes it—even if they swear they washed everything. And always expect to hear Code Blue over the PA system while at your desk! Suddenly, everything...

What To Do During a Code Blue as a Unit Secretary (Video)

Everything is nice and calm, and then all hell breaks loose as someone comes running down the hall, yelling for you to call a Code Blue, and they grab the crash cart. Code Blue is a common thing in the hospital setting. You have your own experiences. Let me tell you about mine.&nbs...