Hospital Emergency Codes
Emergency Codes are color-coded indicators used in healthcare facilities to alert staff to potential incidents. These codes provide personnel with criteria on how to respond to specific situations, ranging from direct attacks or assaults to cardiac arrest.
Emergency codes help hospital staff understand how to manage critical situations effectively. Depending on the type of facility, emergency codes can be initiated by internal administrative or supervisory personnel.
An emergency code can be triggered by dialing designated numbers from any internal hospital telephone. The system uses the hospital’s existing telephone infrastructure, providing a cost-effective and secure solution that can serve multiple purposes. These systems typically comprise the hospital’s telephone network, pagers, system server, and web-based software.
Emergency codes are initiated by hospital personnel, not patients. Authorized computers connected to the hospital network can access the system to review status reports, call details, quality and performance statistics, as well as the date and time of emergency codes.
