PROFILE AND PREDICTORS OF OUTCOME FOR CODE BLUE CASES IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN MANGALORE

Back ground-Code blue is a common emergency code used in case of cardiac arrest in hospital to alert trained emergency response teams. the use of codes is mainly to convey essential information quickly to staff while preventing misunderstanding and panic among visitors in hospital. The aim of the study is to determine the profile and outcome of the patients with activated code blue calls.Methods-This Retrospective record-based study included all patients who had a code blue declared in the year 2022. Data was collected from the patient files from Medical records department and analyzed with descriptive and inferential statistical methods.ResultsTotal 86 code blue calls were analyzed in this study. In Age distribution, age group 60-80 years had the maximum percentage of code blue cases at 58.1%. Code blue cases were more announced for males in the study at 55.8%. For the announced code blue cases it was identified that CPR was initiated by the staff before the arrival of the code blue team with a higher survival chance in these circumstances (60.0%). Asystole was the most common rhythm which was detected in the study at 66.3%. In total patients surviving a code blue call were slightly higher (52.9%) compared to death in code blue cases (47.1%). It was found that early code blue response resulted in favourable outcome where the survival was higher (53.3%) where response time was less than 2 mins.In conclusion, in a hospital set up CPR performed by a trained code blue team can help in better outcome. Initiation of bystander CPR has proved to have a favourable outcome.Better training for the staff can result in better outcome