Code BLUE

If you are working in a hospital or if you are part of a medical team, you will surely know what is 'Code Blue'. What is 'Code Blue'? According to Mr Wikipedia, "Code Blue" is generally used to indicate a patient requiring resuscitation or otherwise in need of immediate medical attention, most often as the result of a respiratory arrest or cardiac arrest.

Last Friday, I was on-call; in the middle of night, I received a call for an urgent portable chest X-ray at accident and emergency department. Patient was at the resuscitation bay and patient's condition was really bad! His condition got worsen and the medical officer coded the emergency code! I was waiting for my turn to do the portable chest X-ray but the medical officers, the nurses, and the medical team were really busy doing CPR and trying to resuscitate the patient. Then, I was send off because it was not a suitable time to do the portable chest X-ray. One of the nurse in charge told that they will call me again after they send the patient to Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

I was waited for an hour before the next X-ray but in the end, X-ray was not perform because patient couldn't make it and passed away!

Not the first time I experience this. In my previous working place, I participated twice in CPR to resuscitated two different patients and one of them died in front of me and the medical team!

Moments like this, not a nice one to experience but it taught me a valuable lesson that LIFE IS SO FRAGILE! I always like to say this, "Don't take things for granted especially your loved ones!" The fragility of life is way beyond what we can imagine!