Code Blue Team Reflection

This clinical week is by far my most memorable one. I participated in a code blue team response at Med-Surge unit on Monday. At the beginning of my shift that day, I went to see my patient to introduce myself and quickly asses her visually. She seemed weak at the time and sleepy. After briefly reading my patient’s chart, I went to her room again to do my full body assessment. This time, my patient was breathing shallowly, making less effort to interact and fading to consciousness as I perform sternal rub to wake her up. Her pupils were non-reactive and she became unresponsive. I notified the primary nurse right away who was nearby outside the door. I stayed with the patient while my primary nurse called the code. Code team came in quick and …show more content…
During the CPR performed by few nurses alternatively, another nurse shouted, “let the students do CPR too. You ladies are not going to be in your 40s forever.” One of my classmates and I jumped on the bed and did CPR as we were just standing by for more orders. It was surreal experience. Although it was my second time doing CPR on real person, this one was my first in a hospital with reviving the patient. I always remember my first CPR case which was at my former job in a nursing home, where my patient did not make it. The difference between being in a hospital is the amount of resources you have in actual emergency event. Doctors are nearby and can help with the CODE as well as RN professionals who has experience in this situation. In a nursing home setting, all the staff who are CPR certified participate in a code but we also call 911 for EMTs to arrive and help with the code. During this experience, I learned how nurse manage their surroundings to give way for machines and staff to come in help with the code. Each of the nurses or staff had a specific role during a code, such as one charting the event, monitoring heart, defibrillating, as well as another one doing the ambubag, then the