Safety and Security
Code
Description
Response
Black
Bomb Threat
Report to your assigned area; await further instructions.
Monitor exits and report persons with bulky clothing and/or packages large enough to conceal an infant/child.
Pink
Infant/Child Abduction
Yellow
External Disaster
Report to your assigned area; await further instructions.
Blue
Medical Emergency
Initiate BLS until Code Team arrives and provides further instruction.
Grey
Severe Weather
Report to your assigned area; await further instructions.
Orange
Hazardous Materials
Report to your assigned area; await further instructions.
White
Combative Person (No Weapon) Additional personnel needed; students should not respond.
Monitor exits. Report person wearing hospital gown and/or patient ID arm band.
Navy
Patient Elopement
Gold
Cyber Event
Await instruction from IS Department.
Green
Await instruction from executive team.
Run, Hide, Fight. Call 911 when safe to do so. The Police Department has total authority in hostage situations. Do not enter the area or engage media entities.
Silver
Active Shooter
R.A.C.E.
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. .
Red
Fire, Smoke, Explosion
Additional Codes:
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
Specific facilities may have additional or different codes. Codes are subject to sudden change. Ensure your actions match the needs of emergent moments reviewing all codes with your clinical rotation supervisor upon arrival to the clinical location
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