A nugget of Big Medicine every day. #66 Codes Code 99, Code Blue or just Code. Shorthand for cardiac arrest. An absence of life signs. No respirations. No pulse. Seldom as simple or as clean as the previous description. Often comes as a surprise to both the patient and the […]
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A nugget of Big Medicine every day. #49 Bake birthday cakes On average, when someone suffers sudden cardiac arrest, irreparable brain damage occurs within four to six minutes. On average, in a big city, the time between recognition of a life-threatening event and the arrival of a trained and equipped […]