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Grace Under Fire - Emergency Codes in Healthcare
Location & Dates
- Nov 18. 2019 | 6-8 PM Central Time
- Nov 18. 2019 | 6-8 PM Central Time
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Overview
About this Webinar
Communication in healthcare environment is vital to the success of the organization. This webinar will cover a brief history of emergency codes in healthcare, the evolution of codes, and a more in depth look at your individual role in various emergency codes. Be Prepared! Maintain your Grace Under Fire!
Educational Objectives
Upon completion of this presentation, the audience will be able to:
· Recall the brief history of hospitals and growth of health systems.
· Discuss reasons for codes and various types of codes.
· Describe the evolution of code processes from color to plain language
· Explain your role in specific emergency codes based on location and even modality specific
Schedule
History of Codes
- Reason for codes
- Types of codes
- medical
- disaster
- situational
- Evolution from Colors to Plain Speech
- National standardization guidelines
Your Role in an Emergency Code
- Further breakdown of each code type
- role by types of code
- Red and Blue general information
- crash cart 411
- remaining types
- role by department
- location (ex. hospital vs. outpatient center)
- modality specific
Audience
All those working in Healthcare.
Faculty
Name
Kimberly Merton RT(R)(M)
Kimberly has had a career spanning over 25 years with current roles in Diagnostic Radiography and a background in Computed Tomography, Mammography, and Nuclear Medicine. An educator in state and national level since 2011. She is currently the Senior Radiologic staff technologist at Pelham Medical Center.
Credits
ASRT Pending
Category A/A+ CE credit is pending approval by the ASRT. An application for 2 hours of credit for radiologic technologists recognized by the ARRT and various licensure states has been filed.
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