My first code blue of 3rd year that I was in and got to see from start to finish was on my neurology rotation. It was a friday night and I was on call, which means I had to stay till about 8:00pm. I was dreading staying, but started studying to use the time wisely. All was quiet until about 6pm the over head system said Code blue 12th floor, Code blue 12th floor. I knew that was us and I ran to the code blue with my team, my heart pumping. We got there before everyone and got to see the start to end of the code. The process was awesome.
The controlled chaos of 20 people in one room working smoothly to get this guy revived. He had a brain bleed initially for his reason at the hospital. He also had kidney failure and had to get dialysis every day, and he became unresponsive during the procedure. It was cool to see the doctor standing at head of bed coordinationg everyone, telling the nurse to push epi, and to push magnesium, and to push bicarb. They stopped every 2 minutes or so to check for a pulse and a shockable rythm and would do CPR. I almost did chest compressions, but I stepped back and just watched the process. Next time I will do compressions. The guy made it. It was super cool to see the process. It made me realize i really want to do ER. I love Codes!
-MD in 14
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