Safety and Security
How to Respond
Code Red: RACE
Rescue the patient Activate the nearest alarm pull box, and call the emergency number, giving your name, exact location, type, and extent of fire. Confine the smoke and fire. Close the door to affected area and all rooms on the floor. Extinguish the blaze. Know locations of fire extinguishers on the unit. Code Black: Report to your assigned area; await further instructions. Code Pink: Monitor exits and report persons with bulky clothing and/or packages large enough to conceal an infant/child. Code Yellow: Report to your assigned area; await further instruction. Code Blue: Initiate BLS until Code Team arrives and provides further instruction. Code Gray: Report to your assigned area; await further instructions. Code Silver: Run, Hide, Fight. Call 911 when safe to do so. Code Orange Report to your assigned area; await further instruction. Code White: Additional personnel needed; students should not respond. Code Navy: Monitor exits. Report person wearing hospital gown and/or patient ID arm band. Code Gold: Await instruction from IS Department. The Police Department has total authority in hostage situations. Do not enter the area or engage media entities.
Specific facilities may have additional or different codes. Codes are also subject to sudden change. Be sure to review all codes with your clinical rotation supervisor upon arrival to the clinical location to ensure your actions match the needs of emergent moments.
Additional Codes:
Code Green - Await instruction from executive team. Code Blood Bank - patient hemorrhage Code D or Code Stork - Imminent delivery Code Sepsis - Septic patient Code STEMI - myocardial infarction Code STROKE - STROKE patient Code 99 - unable to call for assistance/panic Code Purple - ED Lockdown/Restricted Access Ochsner Lafayette General – Plain Language Alerts
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