• Hospital Emergency Codes are used in hospitals worldwide to alert staff to various emergency situations. • The use of codes is intended to convey essential information quickly and with a minimum of misunderstanding to staff, while preventing stress or panic among visitors to the hospital. • These codes may be posted on placards throughout the hospital, or printed on employee/staff identification badges for ready reference. | ||
• Hospital emergency codes are frequently coded by color, and the color codes denote different events at different hospitals and are not universal. Broward Health - Emergency Codes • Code Blue – Cardiopulmonary Arrest: Adult • Code Pink – Cardiopulmonary Arrest: Child/Infant • Code Assist – Immediate Danger No Weapon • Code Strong – Immediate Danger With Weapon • Code Black – Bomb Threat • Code Tech – Information Services Downtime Alert • Code Red – Fire • Code Green – Mass Casualties | ||