Anatolian Current Medical Journal

Yazarlar: Semra ÖZÇELİK, Leyla UZUNER

Konular:Sağlık Bilimleri ve Hizmetleri

Anahtar Kelimeler:Code blue,Cardiopulmoner arrest,Survavial,Patient safety

Özet: Aim: This study was prepared to analyze the “Code Blue” application and results in Hitit University Erol Olçok Training and Research Hospital. Material and Method: Whole of the code blue calls issued in our hospital in 2019 were retrospectively examined and evaluated within the framework of the necessary legal permissions. In this context, arrival time of the code blue team at the scene, CPR performance, duration, results of application and demographic information of patient, place, date and time data were collected. The obtained data were analyzed using the SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Science). Results: Between 01.01.2019 and 31.12.2019 a total of 748 code blue notifications were evaluated. The average time for the blue code team to reach the patient was 2.06 minutes. Code blue call was made mostly in intensive care units, by nurses and in January. Patients who underwent code blue intervention 55.89% of them were male and 44.11% were female. Code blue calls were requested the most was the range of 61-80 ages. The oldest patient who received CPR was 105 years old, and the youngest was 2 years old. Besides, code blue call reason is most respiratory+cardiac arrest (243), cardiac arrest (199) and respiratory arrest (109). The results of the whole code blue interventions in 2019, it was figured out that 401 of the patients were dead, 135 of them were taken into intensive care, 173 of them were monitored in the service, 25 people were transferred to the emergency, 12 calls were wrong calls and 2 calls for exercise. Conclusion: The internationally determined intervention period for the patient to not lose his vital functions to survive is 2 -5 minutes. As a result, code blue application in our hospital has been successfully implemented in accordance with the standards, with effective and rapid intervention.

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