“But for the longest time the volume of the hospital has been increasing and the hospital has been getting very big, it’s the second largest hospital in B.C. Urbain Ip, Surrey Memorial Hospital medical coordinator. “Surrey Memorial Hospital just opened a big new emergency department,” says Dr. Grant McCormack told the Surrey Now newspaper he does not agree with the way the medical administration at Fraser Health was responding to the ultimatum by the emergency doctors to withdraw the coverage of Code Blue services at the Surrey hospital.Ĭode Blue is activated in the event of a respiratory/cardiac arrest or a life-threatening emergency.īut since the article in the newspaper, emergency room doctors have said they will provide services to ICU patients when asked to do so. All content in these documents and website are for informational purposes only and do not constitute the providing of medical advice.Dr. The information in these documents is provided with no guarantees, accuracy, or timeliness. These documents are in no way to be considered as a standard of care and the content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Because new information is released rapidly, these documents can be updated or changed at any time.

These documents and content on this website are guidelines during the COVID-19 pandemic. Medicine resident may serve as the pathway director.Appropriate equipment decontamination prior to doffing PPE.If death, proceed to handling of COVID+ death patients.If ROSC, proceed to COVID ICU Transfer Checklist.High consideration for placement of LMA as temporary airway, otherwise proceed to COVID Intubation Checklist.Anyone not designated on the code team must leave the room.If daytime, MICU attending and SICU anesthesia/CC attending discuss best airway options and choose operator.Place surgical mask on patient and start compressions – do not attempt airway or bag-valve mask intubation.Code cart and defibrillator is pulled into room as per usual.Floor team/RN identifies arrest - call code blue.Transportable PAPR for physician and respiratory therapist.May hand medications to MD or RN in PPE prior to room entry. CC Pharmacy and ward pharmacist will be present but not enter room pharmacy code kits will be prepared and available specifically for COVID patients.Attending/Night intensivist/SICU-Anesthesia CC.MED-COM will include COVID for Code Blue on these patients.Nighttime intensivist will carry Code Blue pager.Anesthesia/CC from SICU will carry Code Blue pager.MICU attending physician will carry the Code Blue pager.It is imperative that Code Blue is prevented in these patients mandatory evaluation by the ICU service is required when the patient has an oxygen requirement of 5L/min.

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