Funny "Code" Last Night

32 So last night I responded to a code called in the spinal cord injury center. We (code team) arrived in the room to find a bewildered little old man, obviously not in arrest, sitting on a comode asking why on earth all these people where flooding into his room.
Turns out his nurse had called out to the new grad nurse at the nursing station:

"CAN YOU GET A COMODE?"

The new grad heard

"CAN YOU CALL A CODE!"

The new gad had called for the code and then went about her duties. The patient's nurse and the patient had no idea a code had been called until the code team came running into the room.
Holy Cow! Now THAT'S funny! Got my snicker meter runnin' in the red.

So did one of you bring a bedside commode with you?

That is so funny!!

hahahahahaha poor things! That must have been slightly traumatic and astonishing for the patient! I hate when words get jumbled together and you think someone says something other than what they said.

Can you say stage fright?!? LOL

That probably almost turned into a code brown.

lol! Thanks for the laugh!!

Quote from PMFB-RNThe new gad had called for the code and then went about her duties.

So she called a code and then went about her business?? Wasn't even curious about a code? Didn't bring the crash cart in?? This is funny and sad!

Quote from merleeSo she called a code and then went about her business?? Wasn't even curious about a code? Didn't bring the crash cart in?? This is funny and sad!

I had something similar happen to me when I was a CNA. I was told to call a level two ( meaning we needed 2 security guards, worked on psych at the time). The operator somehow called it as a RR2 ( 2nd stage of a rapid response, which would be the equivalent to a code blue, and not supposed to be called unless an RR1 was called).

Quote from merleeSo she called a code and then went about her business?? Wasn't even curious about a code? Didn't bring the crash cart in?? This is funny and sad!