code pink

n. in a hospital, an emergency concerning an infant, including a medical complication or a risk of abduction. Subjects: English, Medical

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Citations: 1978 B.D. Colen Washington Post (Mar. 17) “Device Gives Premature Infants a Better Chance” p. C5: Seldon has developed a so-called “code pink” system at Columbia. Like the “code blue” teams which respond to cardiac arrests in virtually all hospitals, the code pink team responds to emergencies in the delivery rooms. 1989 Carlos Vidal Greth Austin American-Statesman (Texas) (Sept. 24) “Big hearts go out to tiny charges in neonatal care” p. E1: Dr. Todd Scharnberg thrives on the intermittent excitement of the work. He described how he and other neonatologists respond to a “Code Pink,” hospital jargon for when a medical team is called in to assist a high-risk delivery or emergency involving newborns. 2007 Claudia DiVirgilio Healing the Grieving Heart (Jan. 31) “Claudia’s ‘Vasa Previa’ Story”: When there was chaos and the doctors and nurses where taking me quickly down the hall to the operating room and “code pink” was being announced through the hospital’s PA system, I knew something was terribly wrong. The anesthetist increased the epidural and I had an “emergency” cesarean. I gave birth to twin boys (Twin A Matthew and Twin B Steven) but Matthew was in critical condition. 2007 Adam Longo WATE-TV (Knoxville, Tennessee) (Mar. 10) “Baby security at local hospitals”: Key cards get authorized personnel access to where they need to be. All of the nursery staff have a little bear on their ID so you know they’re legitimate. As a last resort, there’s something called “Code Pink,” an alarm system at the nurses station which locks down the whole hospital. No one leaves until the baby is found.

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Reader comments:

Is Code Pink the National Standard for Pediatric emergencies for babies or children being taken from the hospital setting?

What about Code Adam? Is this the same thing?

How many health care Facilities use Code Adam?

by Det. Sgt. Bill Morton 26 Feb 08, 0806 GMT