Barbados Butterfly has good advice for all those new Interns out there:

(to the tune of "If you're happy & you know it").

If your patient tolerates a Guedel,
Call a Code
If you can't quite feel a pulse,
Call a Code
If you're panicking and new,
And you don't know what to do
If you're panicking and new
Call a Code.

If your registrar wants a Code
Call a Code
If the nurses want a Code
Call a Code
If the patient looks quite ill,
And he's green around the gills,
If the patient looks quite ill,
Call a Code.

If you think the heart has stopped
Call a Code.
If the stridor's getting worse
Call a Code.
If your patient looks quite blue,
And you don't know what to do,
If your patient looks quite blue,
Call a Code.

If the blood pressure is 50
Call a Code.
If the patient's in VT
Call a Code.
If the ICU pooh-poohs
While your man's heading down the tube
If the ICU pooh-poohs
Call a Code.

If the blood is pouring out
Call a Code.
If you need all hands on deck
Call a Code.
If you can't get any help
No matter how loud you yelp
If you can't get any help
Call a Code.

UNLESS the patient is NFR (DNR, for us in the States):

"If the patientÂ’s NFR
Hold their hand
When thereÂ’s nothing left to do
Hold their hand
Leave the crash cart well alone
Get the relatives on the phone
If the patientÂ’s NFR
Hold their hand."

Just HAD to add B-B to the blogroll, under "people that make me think", she's too cool not to visit often.

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