Abstract

The purpose of this study is to increase the interdisciplinary patient care teams' comfort level when assuming various code blue team roles in a teaching hospital without a dedicated code team. Secondly, to improve collaboration among the code blue team members during an emergency situation.

Author Details

Carrie Alfano, MS, RN-BC, CEN; Peter J. Allar, MS, RN-BC, CEN

Sigma Membership

Non-member

Type

Poster

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

N/A

Research Approach

N/A

Keywords:

Mock Codes, Patient Emergency, Code Team Roles

Conference Name

Emergency Nursing 2019

Conference Host

Emergency Nurses Association

Conference Location

Austin, Texas, USA

Conference Year

2019

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Review Type

Abstract Review Only: Reviewed by Event Host

Acquisition

Proxy-submission

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Code team roles: Increasing comfort levels through mock codes

Austin, Texas, USA

The purpose of this study is to increase the interdisciplinary patient care teams' comfort level when assuming various code blue team roles in a teaching hospital without a dedicated code team. Secondly, to improve collaboration among the code blue team members during an emergency situation.