AB209. 5. True blues?—a review of “code blue” calls in a tertiary paediatric hospital

Abstract

Background: Cardiac arrest in children is fortunately an infrequent event. These events in hospital are usually serviced by a cardiac arrest or code blue team. With growing demands on critical care services in Ireland the composition of these teams warrants review. Currently in Ireland, pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) is staffed at approximately 40% of the recommended levels. In our hospital, there are two critical care doctors and one critical care nurse on the code blue team. The aim of this study is to review the “code blue” calls over a 6-year period in a tertiary paediatric hospital with attention to the source of calls, the involvement of critical care personnel, timing of calls and the requirement for critical care admission.