Abstract
Objective: Blue code is a colorful code application that effectively and quickly intervenes in hospital cardiac arrest cases. The aim of our study was to retrospectively examine blue code management and blue code registration forms in our hospital.
 Material and Method: After receiving approval from the ethics committee of Kayseri City Hospital, the data of 160 patients who were called for blue code between October 2019 and December 2019 were retrospectively examined. Data of the intervention process was analyzed with the SPSS 22 package program.
 Results: In 91 of them (56.9%), in-hours work time crews, transportation time to the scene was determined as 1 minute and 48 seconds on average. 69 (43.2%) of the blue code calls were found to be out of-hours work time and teams transportation time to the scene averaged 2 minutes and 6 seconds. 
 Conclusion: Respect for human life, rules that must be followed legally, once again emphasizes the importance of the blue code system. Blue code teams should use indoor navigation systems to ensure that there are no transportation problems with the scene in large hospitals.
Highlights
The blue code system is the rapid and effective application of basic life support by blue code teams to cases of cardiac and respiratory arrest in the hospital
In the statistical analysis, the data were obtained from 160 call notifications recorded in the blue code system between October 2019 and December 2019. 91 (56.9%) notifications were recorded in in-hours work time and 69 (43.2%) in out-of-hours work time
Outpatient, blood-taking and imaging areas are intensive in hours work time Initiation of blue code call to cases that feel bad except cardiac arrest cases in these units, it was given in table 1, where it statistically increased the number of patients who did not need intervention
Summary
The blue code system is the rapid and effective application of basic life support by blue code teams to cases of cardiac and respiratory arrest in the hospital. As clearly stated in article 16 of the Communiqué on “Ensuring and Protecting Patient and Employee Safety and Protection in Health Institutions and Organizations”, blue code teams are established within the hospital as a team of doctors, nurses, anesthetic technicians, servants and security personnel who make effective interventions to individuals who are at risk in life functions. This team is in service 24 hours a day, in and off-hours work. The blue code process includes communication, transportation, team coordination, effective response, post-intervention status management and registration of the entire system
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