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NL888 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
What does "not yet coded but was spiraling downward" mean?
Does it mean "without making an apointment and still coming to various care units"?
Context:
The patient had not yet coded but was spiraling downward, prompting a request for a bed in the intensive care unit(ICU). But the ICU had no available beds. Hours passed before the decision wasmade that another patient could safely be “bumped” out of the unit toaccommodate our patient. After the transfer, in the empty room strewn withunused bottles, procedure kits, and hospital gowns, there was a moment ofpeaceful quiet but weariness. The team was exhausted from worrying that thepatient would code before being transferred to the ICU, from running amakeshift ICU on a floor not equipped for it, and from knowing that otherpatients had been neglected in the interim.
Context:
The patient had not yet coded but was spiraling downward, prompting a request for a bed in the intensive care unit(ICU). But the ICU had no available beds. Hours passed before the decision wasmade that another patient could safely be “bumped” out of the unit toaccommodate our patient. After the transfer, in the empty room strewn withunused bottles, procedure kits, and hospital gowns, there was a moment ofpeaceful quiet but weariness. The team was exhausted from worrying that thepatient would code before being transferred to the ICU, from running amakeshift ICU on a floor not equipped for it, and from knowing that otherpatients had been neglected in the interim.
Top answer
It means that the patient had not been announced as Code Blue* yet, but his condition was rapidly getting worse. * I'm not extremely familiar with the hospital coding system. I believe Code Blue might refer to cardiatic arrest, or a similar life-threatening event.
- It means that the patient had not been announced as Code Blue* yet, but his condition was rapidly getting worse.
- * I'm not extremely familiar with the hospital coding system.
- I believe Code Blue might refer to cardiatic arrest, or a similar life-threatening event.
- I don't know if there are multiple color codes associated with specific events.
- H.
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It means that the patient had not been announced as Code Blue* yet, but his condition was rapidly getting worse.
* I'm not extremely familiar with the hospital coding system. I believe Code Blue might refer to cardiatic arrest, or a similar life-threatening event. I don't know if there are multiple color codes associated with specific events.
H.
* I'm not extremely familiar with the hospital coding system. I believe Code Blue might refer to cardiatic arrest, or a similar life-threatening event. I don't know if there are multiple color codes associated with specific events.
H.
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