Standard Emergency Codes and Internal Emergency Phone Number Frequently Asked Questions What are the new codes? Code Red Code Pink Code Black Code Silver Code Purple Code Stroke Code STEMI Code Walker Code Stork Code White Code Blue Code Yellow Evacuation MSET = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Fire Infant or child abduction Bomb threat Hostile person with a weapon Temporary restricted access Stroke STEMI Patient elopement Unexpected baby being born anywhere other than Labor and Delivery Trauma – CPR (external inbound) Trauma – unstable or specific (external inbound) Trauma – stable (external inbound) Evacuation Cardiac arrest – internal Rapid Response Team = Rapid Response Team Disaster plan -- Followed with – Mass casualty Mass decontamination Inclement Weather -- Followed with – Tornado Snow Hurricane, etc. Assistance Team -- Followed with – Assistance Team (for non-combative person) Assistance Team –Code STRONG (for combative person) Information Systems Downtime -- Followed by type of down time: IT Phone, etc. Why do we need standard emergency codes? Patient safety is at the center of creating standard emergency codes. With more of our staff and physicians traveling among Inova hospitals, they need to know what code is being called. One standard emergency code system reduces confusion and improves response time. Can hospitals customize these codes? No. These codes, as published in the policy, are the only approved codes to use. How will new codes be added? Any additional codes will be reviewed and approved by the Inova Disaster Strategy Committee and Executive Leadership. What is the new internal emergency phone extension for the hospitals and ECC’s? Inova Facility Name Inova Alexandria Hospital Inova Fairfax Hospital Campus Inova Fair Oaks Hospital Inova Loudoun Hospital Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Inova ECC Cornwall Inova ECC Fairfax Inova ECC Reston Inova Healthplex Springfield Inova Healthplex Lorton Old Phone Number 2222 Clinical emergencies-3232 IFH Security emergencies -4911 2200 55 2222 New Number on April 1 5555 5555 4911 5555 5555 5555 55 N/A N/A N/A 5555 5555 5555 5555 N/A 5555 Why does the internal emergency phone extension need to be the same throughout Inova hospitals and emergency care centers? A consistent internal emergency phone extension reduces confusion and improves response time. As one Inova, we have more employees traveling among the hospitals and we need to be consistent. When do I use the 5555 number? At each Inova hospital, the internal 5555 number is answered by the hospital operator who will announce the proper emergency code. For the ECC and HealthPlex, the number is being answered by a designated person within the facility. I have a plastic card I carry with my employee badge that provides emergency phone numbers. Will I get a new one? Yes. Each hospital’s Emergency Management Coordinator is managing the ordering and distribution of cards at each facility. Why does IFH have two different numbers listed on the above chart? Due to heavy call volumes, IFH has two separate emergency telephone numbers – one for clinical emergencies (5555) and the other for general security emergencies (4911). What if the old number at any of the locations is used? If any of the old emergency extensions are used, the phone will roll over to the 5555 extension. Please begin using the 5555 number, however, so it can become the standard. What if a clinical emergency is called into the security line at IFH? Safety & Security as well as the hospital operator will forward to the proper line. What phone number do System Office locations use? Any facility other than a hospital or ECC should follow the current internal procedure that is established for that location.
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