CODE BLUE PROTOCOL

PERSONNEL PROCEDURE:
Personnel
Person 1
(Nursing Staff)

Person 2
(Nearest Staff)

Person 3

Team Leader

Procedures
Confirms cardiac and/or
respiratory arrest.
Calls for HELP
Begin CPR
Ensures CODE BLUE and
LOCATION called on P.A.
Call 999
Assist with CPR

Brings Emergency
Equipment

1. Cardiologist or Nurse.
Nurse will initiate until
cardiologist
arrives.
Assure that 2-Person CPR
is initiated, Effective and
continuous. Assign relief
as necessary.
2. Cardiac Board.
3. Deliver O2 at maximum
rate per Ambu bag or
mask.
4. Suction
equipment
ready, turned to highest
setting.
5. IV
lines
started
at
discretion of MD.
6. Defibrillator
leads
applied.
7. Assign
recorder
to
document.
8. Request
non-assigned
personnel to leave area.
9. Upon
paramedics
arrival, transfer patient to
their care.
10. Patient transferred by
paramedics.

Points to Emphasis
Call HELP Loudly,
even if no one is in
sight

Call 999
Emergency
equipment
consists of crash
cart, Oxygen Tank,
Suction,
Defibrillator
1. Ongoing
during
code. Two persons
assigned to relieve.
2. Not necessary if
patient
on
firm
surface.
3. Ambu
bag
and
mask on Crash Cart.
4. Suction
next
to
Crash Cart.
5. D5W
and
angiocaths on Crash
Cart.
6. Defibrillator
in
cashier.
7. Clipboard on Crash
Cart.

Code Blue Team: Team Leader: ICU Registrar or anesthesia registrar

whoever senior

Team Leader

Anesthetist

Airway Management

Carried out by ICU Staff

Chest Compression

Two Nurses(ALTERNATIVE)

MEDICATION

SENIOR NURSE
Carried out by one of the
senior nurse

DOCUMENTATION