Difference between Cor & Code?

what is the difference between full COR and CODE, if any??? where did COR come from?
never heard the term "COR", so no clue.

You can't have a code pulmonale?

what is COR? Is that like RRT?

A cor is an older version of code. The older nurses at my hospital sometimes use that word. Means the same thing though. Back in the day they would call a cor zero instead of a code blue for no pulse.

Thanks Flo, I just learned something. I am sure this would come in useful one day when someone decides to use this term on me.

Quote from Flo.A cor is an older version of code. The older nurses at my hospital sometimes use that word. Means the same thing though. Back in the day they would call a cor zero instead of a code blue for no pulse.

The nurses that I have heard say it are in the late 60s and practicing since they were in thier early twenties. I never asked them when it was changed.

It means cardiac (C) or (O) respiratory (R) zero, meaning cardiac or respiratory effort is zero, or cardiac or respiratory arrest. I know, I didn't invent it... COR zero =code blue, its a western thing.

Wow, COR-ZERO. That's really cool. Sounds like a new-age commercial kitchen set. Lol

I have never heard of it as COR zero but I have heard the term COR as in someone calling a COR

I had to respond to a Code Blue on the floor the other day I worked in the ED. If they would've announced a COR - I probably would have ignored it. LOL - thanks for the new information.

We use the term in home health. Full Cor or Full Code. I have always used Full Cor vs DNR when assigning this.