#153: What to Do in Your First Code Blue

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Straight A Nursing

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🗓️ 13 May 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Unless you come from a first-responder background, you’re most likely more than a little bit nervous at the thought of your first code blue. In this episode we’ll talk about what to expect when you push that little button that makes the big noise. A look back at my first code blue (and yes, I was terrified!) Recognizing a code blue Responding to the code Being prepared BEFORE the code For the current BLS and ALCS guidelines, visit the American Heart Association website. ___________________ Full Transcript - Read the article and view references FREE CLASS - If all you've heard are nursing school horror stories, then you need this class! Join me in this on-demand session where I dispel all those nursing school myths and show you that YES...you can thrive in nursing school without it taking over your life! Med Surg Solution - Are you looking for a more effective way to learn Med Surg? Enroll in Med Surg Solution and get lessons on 57 key topics and out-of-this-world study guides. Straight A Nursing App - Study on-the-go with the Straight A Nursing app! Review more than 5,000 flashcards covering a wide range of subjects including Fundamentals, Pediatrics, Med Surg, Mental Health, Maternal Newborn, and more! Available for free in the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. Clinical Success Pack - One of the best ways to fast-track your clinical learning is having the right tools. This pack includes report sheets, sheets to help you plan your day, a clinical debrief form, and a patient safety cheat sheet. 💕Did you love this episode? Please take a moment to follow or subscribe to the show so you never miss an episode! ___________________ The information, including but not limited to, audio, video, text, and graphics contained on this podcast are for educational purposes only. No content on this podcast is intended to guide nursing practice and does not supersede any individual healthcare provider's scope of practice or any nursing school curriculum. Additionally, no content on this podcast is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Straight a Nursing is a proud member of the Airwave Media Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Have you ever wished that you had a direct line to your pediatrician to ask all the questions that constantly crop up while parenting? We sure have.
0:10.0	That's why we launched the Bites of Health Podcast.
0:13.8	Every morning will answer a commonly asked
0:16.3	pediatric question in five minutes or less.
0:19.5	You can tune in while you're making your second cup of coffee or from the school drop off line.
0:24.8	So be sure to tune in to Bites of Health.
0:28.1	Streaming Now. Well, hello there everyone, this is Nurse Mo.
0:33.0	Welcome back to the Strady
0:43.9	Nursing Podcast. I am so excited that you're here today. This is a topic I've
0:48.9	been wanting to tackle with you guys for a while and that is your first Code Blue. So this is
0:54.7	episode 153. Can you believe that we have 153 episodes now and if you guys
1:01.9	have been struggling with finding which
1:04.4	episodes or pertaining to the topics you're learning about in school then I am
1:09.5	super excited to tell you that we have a great new podcast directory on our fancy new website.
1:17.5	So if you go to straight a nursing student.com and you click on directory in the menu bar.
1:25.0	It's going to take you to a page where you can essentially sort things by their tags, which
1:31.9	is basically their specific subject.
1:34.8	So if you're interested in cardiac,
1:36.8	look for the cardiac tag.
1:37.9	You're gonna get all the episodes
1:39.5	about cardiac stuff.
1:41.4	And then you listen straight from the website or of course just jot down those episode numbers and then go to your podcast playing app and you can now find them because they're all in numerical order there.
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