My First CODE BLUE as a New Nurse // Storytime // Alyssa All Day
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- Hi everyone. I debated making this video for a long time because it is a touchy subject and I want to be as respectful to the patient as possible. No patient identifiers were used in this video and it is HIPAA compliant. I hope you understand my need to keep my story relatively vague, but I wanted to share my personal experience of responding to my first code blue as a new nurse.
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My daughter coded in the PICU when she was 6 months old. All the nurses and staff that rushed in were AMAZING! It was so crazy to see the organized chaos and how everyone immediately knew their place and what to do! Her little chest was so bruised from CPR, it was so hard to see but I'm so thankful for all the staff that saved her life!! Thank you for sharing your experience, it is so interesting to hear it from the professionals standpoint!!
My first code was on my brother in law. I’ve lived with him for 7 years since I got married at 17. We literally grew up together. He was shot in the chest at a restaurant and me and my husband were the first ones on the scene. I tried to hold pressure on the wounds, but he was shot in the lung. The ambulance took 20 mins (the hospital was across the street). Eventually he turned blue, and I started CPR. He passed away in my arms, he was only 19. 💔 It was the most traumatic experience of my entire life, and I have severe PTSD. That was in May, and last month there was my first code at my hospital and I couldn’t do it, it gave me flashbacks 😞. This is my biggest obstacle in nursing right now.
You are a very strong person. Believe in yourself and harness that inner strength. You got this🖐🏽hi5
I love that you made this video. I’m in nursing school and I always think about what will happen when I first see a patient die. I appreciate your openness and vulnerability here so much.
I can relate to your feelings of PTSD. After my first code I had so many nightmares. It took a couple months before I could sleep normal again. I will never forget that experience
Alliemamabear Same here. :(
Me too! I would go on a run to clear my mind, and I'd just begin to sob right in the middle of my run. The PTSD was very, very real.
I was a part of my first code yesterday. I'm a tech in the ED training. When they told me to do compressions I felt the same way! It was wild, and SO exhausting.
May I know what type of tech?
I’m a student nurse and I appreciate this video. Your honesty and kindness was quite apparent. I’ve dealt with a CPR situation and I appreciated the tips for how to deal with the aftermath. Thank you 👍🏽
First code blue as a new nurse in Ltc. As the RN of the building I had to take the initiative to start CPR because no one was starting it. Your instinct as a nurse just kicks in, no time to think about anything else. 2nd code blue, I had to page it over. Don't wait on anyone to tell you u need to call code blue, you don't need anyone, u are a RN, you do it for ur resident/patient. Take charge of the situation, u were trained for this
Going to sleep is always the worst for me too. You lie down tired and ready for bed and then your mind is awake and playing things over and over again making you think and question things when you’re trying to sleep it’s so annoying
I’m not a nurse/nursing student, but I’ve been watching your vlogs for years.
I’m so sorry you experienced that, it must’ve been so hard, especially being your first one. I’m so thankful there are people like you who choose these tough careers to help human kind. Thank you.
This vlog, though heartbreaking, was very interesting. Bless you, bless your team, bless this patient & their family.
I’m a nursing student and I used to work in transport, so we responded to codes as well. I’ve been to a handful, and it never gets less weird...the feeling of the broken ribs, the somber feeling of the end of someone’s life, all of that. Kudos to you for talking about it!
So thankful for this video. Just experienced my first code blue as a first semester nursing student. Yesterday We had a chaplain come into our theory class and talk about death, which prepared me for today. And now I get a notification on your experience on your first code blue, it’s crazy how life prepares you for the most traumatic situations. So glad I don’t feel alone.
I remember going to my first code when I was a phlebotomist. I had to practically run into the room with 20 people in it and get a blood sample back to the lab as quickly as possible. I remember the nurses taking turns doing compressions, and a crash cart being wheeled into the room. From what I heard, the patient survived. Since then I've seen about 3 codes (2 of those ending in unfortunate death), but it never gets easier.
I am a NICU RN and my first code was a few years ago. I still remember it like yesterday. Unfortunately my sweet little patient didn't make it and I had some serious PTSD for a year after that. I had nightmares repeatedly. I should have gone to the EAP for some counseling but didn't. It was a really bad code and I cried quite a bit when I got home after that shift. I appreciate your video. I think it is an important topic. It's a good way to support each other through difficult times as a Nurse.
I'm and ICU nurse and I took a year of after 6 years of working there. There was no day I didn't had nightmares about blue codes or a really unstable patient.
My first code blue was really hard for me as well... The part that was the toughest for me was facing the family after they had lost their loved one. I tried to fight the tears as I said my apologies for their loss, but broke down anyways and hugged them. I think although I was a little embarrassed it some how comforted them to know that I genuinely cared. Just thought id share!!!! You rock btw love your videos and super proud of you!!!!
I cried with my first family too. I held it back during the rocky situation but when we did her last vitals check and she had passed, I did have tears coming down. I’ve always heard that it’s okay to cry as long as the family isn’t comforting you. We are human. ❤️❤️
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I’m a CMA, I’ll be starting nursing school (for BSN) in May, I think this is what makes me most anxious. It’s reassuring to know that so many other people go through this. Thank you for this video and thank you everyone for your comments. Thank you for all you do and for all you sacrifice to give outstanding care ❤️
My dad passed in the Emergency Room by himself, and I’ve always in a sick and strange way wondered how the staff reacted when he did actually pass. The doctor that treated him was incredible and so kind. Thank you for being honest about your feelings because it gives the people grieving (or possibly in the future could be grieving) an outlook on how it really happens. ❤️
I’ve experienced something so similar years ago in a pediatric unit where I worked.
It IS so difficult to walk in patient rooms after such an event
The hardest part for me was when the room was turned over and a new patient was admitted - like, thank you Next😔
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2 months ago My mom passed from Alzheimer’s & I held her hand while she went grey & died. I too dreamt about seeing my daughter that way & I would wake up gasping & paralyzed with fear! Freaking scary! I also played Christina Randall’s YT video’s as I fell asleep to keep my mind off of my mom. I don’t know why I Chose her YT channel but it worked.
I love her! She has good energy. So sorry to hear about your mom, and the nightmares 💙
I’ve never realized how intense it was and that ribs break. Thank you for sharing. I’m not a medical professional it just interests me. I was in the emergency room for a few days with pancreatitis resulting in a gallbladder removal, when I was in the ER I felt like I was forgotten about and now I love watching RUclips videos to see how things work in hospital so I have a better understanding. :)
I’m a third semester nursing student and I had my first code a few weeks ago. I had no previous experience with anything like that and it truly was INSANE. I totally relate to what you said about the adrenaline rush...it was like nothing I’ve ever experienced before. Honestly it was so surreal but did pique my interest in considering ED/ICU nursing because it felt so good to participate so directly in saving a life!
Thank you SOOOO much for sharing your experience! I am a second semester nursing student and have worked ICU previously. My cohorts are so excited to do chest compressions and I don't think they realize the magnitude of the after effects. You explained this situation perfectly... it's draining, it's sad, and you do replay everything. Being a nurse is undescribably harder that peop,e think it is. Kudos to you and thank you for all the things you share 💗
I remember I was once on a ward and the code blue alarm rang, and it was truly terrifying and I wasn't even the people who called it. The sound, the people running around, all the awareness and alert in people's eyes, all the machines and carts rolling around. Gosh, so SCARY!
I'm a nursing student and I witnessed my first code blue this week. I remembered that you posted this video and came to rewatch it, it really helped to know someone else feels the same way. Thank you for sharing
Thank you for being so honest about the after emotional parts for you.
We work in Pharmacy at a Children's hospital and a pharmacist and a tech go to each code call with an emergency bag. So sorry 💔 you lost the patient.
I really appreciate your honesty in your videos, especially this one. I’m terrified for this to happen to me as a nursing student or as a nurse.
Thank you for sharing! Witnessing my first code blue start to finish was something that really affected me. It honestly really helps to share your experience and it’s helpful to hear your story.
Its always so nerve wracking when its your own patient that codes for the first time. Lots of adrenaline and trying to take it all in while still trying to think what to do and be able to answer questions that the physicians have. They get "better" as time goes on and you've experienced them more often. It's never easy though when they don't make it. Its hard knowing that you did everything you could and just wasn't enough.
Having worked in the ICU for many years, many of us have learned to live for these moments, as crazy as that sounds, as being in that moment, operating at the top of you game, giving your all to save this persons life, is a feeling like no other. Not that we wish this to happen to anyone, but when it does, we WANT to be there. Sounds like you had a lot of great support before, during, and after this which certainly helps! Thanks for sharing!
my 1st semester of nursing school, I walked into a patient’s room for the 1st time (mind you, not one of my patients but I was helping out another nurse bc she was so busy) and you could tell the patient was deteriorating, but she responded to me when I talked to her. left the room for maybe 20 secs to get something and came back to find her unresponsive. I freaked and checked pulses which of course were absent and literally yelled out the room for a nurse. one rushed in, checked the patient and called the code. sadly, she didn’t make it either.
literally never felt so scared in my life.
Thanks for sharing your experience! Gives us who have never been through this something to grasp when/if we go through it.
I have only been a nurse for 6 months and started out in the ICU of a level 1 trauma center. On my last day of orientation we had a patient code, I walked in and the cardiac surgeon was doing compressions and running the code. It was insane and I couldn’t stop imagining it in my head for weeks. The patient didn’t make it and it was pretty traumatic, I totally understand what you were saying
In reference to the patient that was a “jerk”, I have found that maybe they are not really jerks, but patients who are anxious and upset about a code on the unit they are in. Watching staff run to a code with a crash cart can cause extreme anxiety amongst the other patients and family members present. It makes mortality very real, and if a patient is sick, they become very aware that it could possibly be them someday. As nurses we are there to help treat and prolong life. But, sometimes the medical profession forgets that quality of life is more important than quantity. We can’t save everyone, but that does not mean we cannot empathize with those in that situation. I have spent many drives home in tears after a shift involving a code. But, life is for the living, and that is our purpose as nurses. We have to move on to those that we can help and care for so they can return to a happy, healthy life if possible.
I'm about to graduate and hoping to go into the ED. I love how you said "life is for the living". I can't yet imagine what it will be like when I experience my first code, but when that happens I hope I remember those words and it helps me shake it off a little and keep going for those I can still help.
Nursing PTSD is real for sure. I’ve had multiple patients pass away but the worst for sure was when my stepmom was made comfort measures only and I walked into my assignment, which consisted of an already deceased person, and one who was actively dying. I was doing post Mortem care and felt like I was going to faint, I started crying and then at that second I got the call that my stepmom passed away. I have viewed death completely different now and it’s really freaky. I used to not get anxious but now I do at times, especially when my patient is crashing. I’m still trying to move past it. Thanks for sharing your story!
Thank you for this, I think it is so important to have these discussions and not just pretend that we are all bad asses that can handle anything and have it roll right off our backs. I mean a human just died in front of you, someones child/sibling/mother/father, what kind of person could just not be affected by that. It is so important to advocate for it to be ok to not be ok after situations like this and to be there for your coworkers.
Just subscribed. It is so refreshing to hear someone who tells it like it is and does not sugarcoat anything. We really need that on a nursing channel. Thank you Alyssa!
I was just involved in my first code blue last week. I am a brand new nursing student and this was my first semester of clinicals at the hospital. Fortunately, it was not my patient. But one of the nurses called me and my fellow student to come do compressions because we never had before. It was terrifying but not as bad as I thought. It was extremely interesting to observe the "organized chaos" and a very kind NP who was on the RRT talked us through a lot of the stuff they were doing so we learned a lot more. I am so glad to have that experience behind me. The good thing is the patient was stabilized!
I’m not I’m the medical field. But had a coworker drop 2 feet in front of me after our lunch break. Everyone around did everything they could to save the guys life before EMS got there. But unfortunately he passed away before they arrived... I still have dreams about quite frequently and it happened a little over 2 years ago.
I’m in high school, but I feel like preparing for nursing school since that’s what I want to do. Your videos always prepare me of things I might see in the future! Thank you for your service!!❤️
I have so much respect and admiration for all of you nurses I have been in the ER, and have been treated so well by all of you, thank you and also heard that they make you work so hard and at times too much for only one nurse, they complain I feel bad for them and I never want to go back when they want to send me.
I recommend you listen to relaxing music if something is keeping you awake because you keep thinking about it
I just was in a code yesterday and was in line to do compressions but they got a pulse back! Thank goodness. I still have yet to do CPR which makes me super nervous! I just need to jump in and do it next time
Thank you for this and I’ve experienced this before also, I never knew I could have medical professional ptsd but it’s real, thanks for pointing it out. Love ya chic!
This past weekend I had my first code too. I work as a PCT on a Tele floor. A patient had disconnected their tele box and went to the restroom. We went to go check on the patient and found them unresponsive. We ran the code and revived the patient but the family requested that the patient become DNR. The patient passed an hour after. I agree about CPR. It's very hard to think about doing and it really is extremely physical.
I coded my first pt last night, and you said everything I felt. During that adrenaline rush, it was all action and no feeling. But as soon as the adrenaline wore off, I was feeling all of it. Trying to fight back tears while taking care of your other pts is not something I was prepared for.
I hope you were able to debrief afterward/have people you can talk to about it. I had a really hard time dealing with death. Sending lots of love your way.
Thanks for sharing your experience. I'm glad your organization helps you all with debriefing!
I’m a PA student and last night (Friday the 13th) was my last night of my ER rotation. We had a gunshot cardiac arrest. He didn’t make it sadly. It was my first cardiac arrest I had actually been in the room for. I have seen a deceased person though when I was doing ride alongside for EMT school but they were called becsuse the person was found deceased. Rigor Mortis had already set in.
I am not a nurse but 2 years ago in August my dad was sick one morning which he thought was heartburn but a few hours laterbI found him unresponsive and had to call 911 and the person on the phone instructed me on how to do CPR until the paramedics. As soon as we got to the hospital we found out he had passed away. It was the scariest days of my life and feel like I have developed some PTSD from it but can't say 100% as I haven't talked to a therapist about what happened.
Im an RT. So almost everyday I go to work someone codes. Its really hard to come straight out of a code and into another room. But with every code it seems easier to go on about your day. As long as i feel like I've done everything I could then I find comfort in that.
4theSakeofSanity From the RRT > codes > to the treatments from the kids to adults to babies......to me, the constant shifting of mindset is the most exhausting part of the job. From one RT to another.....Keep up the good work 😉
Yup, it’s always the a trip when you encounter your first. We do a lot as nurses. Thank you for all that you do!
I had a code blue while I’m clinical during nursing school. They called the code over the intercom and our teacher asked if we wanted to go see it. We had no idea they would line us up to do compressions. It was such a surreal experience. And yes, it’s exhausting and I was super sore for the next couple of days. My adrenaline was pumping. We lost the patient and after my adrenaline wore off, it left me with such a strange feeling. I went home and cried that night. It’s rough, but it’s part of our amazing profession.
Im so glad you made this video! I was experienced my first code a few weeks ago and felt very frazzled and in the way. It took me a few days to process what had happened as well, I had trouble sleeping up until recently.
What I wish I would have known is that the same professor might teach multiple classes or a class and a clinical. So its vital to have or make a good relationship with your professors. It doesn't mean you have to love everyone but finding one or two that can help you through the struggles of nursing school and celebrate with you when you accomplish something. I think this is something I'm currently learning with my professors.
I remember my first code. It was terrifying.
I’m two months away from starting nursing school. I did the 6 month pre-course we have here and the first aid course. We had the option of becoming a first aid responder for emergencies to do cpr on casualties until the ambulance arrives. I got my first call out a week ago. It was the street behind mine and I got there in about 1 minute and realised it was my friends grandad. The adrenaline going through my body was incredible. It was like I was on drugs. I arrived and he was still conscious which was good but my god was he in an incredible amount of pain. It was a heart attack. His wife was going in to shock too and it was quite challenging managing both situations but man... I definitely am choosing the right profession for myself.. it’s these situations that show you what you’re made of and what you can do under high pressure situations. I didn’t gave to perform cpr but in that moment I knew what I was made of and I could do it. Unfortunately he passed away at the hospital, he told them not to resuscitate. I’m sorry to hear that it affected you like that, it’s not easy to see someone die. I felt like you did after I found a girl who had just committed suicide. It’s so hard reliving it.
I am not in the medical field, but I had family in the field. I know some things about it. I have had a few experiences with death and emergency situations. I was with my mom and my aunt when they passed away. It was very hard to deal with. Once I had a situation at work where a coworker hurt themselves and I had to get them help. As we were waiting for someone I was trying to keep them calm and keep them from passing out from pain. As for turning off your brain and trying to distract it from overthinking things, that is really hard. I have found that I have days where I have to watch ASMR videos to relax and fall asleep. Sorry you had a hard time with the situation.
It’s good that after people ask how you are, I can only imagine. You kind of imagine how you think it would be, but it’s not until you go through something that you really get the feel. This is not at all the same, but at work I recently had a suicidal man call in. He said he had a gun in his hand, and I kept hearing him bang it against the table and he said he was going to pull the trigger. He said he didn’t have anyone, and he wanted someone to get his dog once he passed as he didn’t want him to be alone. He said if I called the police he would pull the trigger (I had my supervisor call the authorities). I didn’t have any crisis training before. I’ve dealt with many hard calls that had to do with car accidents and death and I was used to that. But trying to keep someone alive wasn’t anything I was prepared for or trained on. It was also within a week of the anniversary of my cousin taking her life. I worked the rest of the day almost as nothing happened. Although frustrated with the calls that came in over extremely petty things. It wasn’t until later in the day right before bed it really hit me. Kept wondering if there was something more I could have done. I’ve had to identify bodies, watched someone take there last breaths(death from lung cancer). But trying to save someone was a bit different and stuck with me a bit.Which I can imagine is probably harder when you’re physically doing it in a hospital. I’ve decided to make a career change into nursing. I’m sure that’s definitely the hard part of the job
Did CPR on a friend who fell right in front of us while camping. I used to teach CPR for Red Cross. Only other one present who knew CPR was our 76 yr old friend who had prior heart surgeries of his own. We cycled back and forth while waiting for ambulance, but I tried to do the majority as I was worried we’d have 2 needing CPR. I had recently had thumb fusion and was one year post right TKR. Our friend didn’t make it (event determined to be “widow maker”). As a hospital volunteer we see, and even call, codes and luckily they don’t bother me. Most are not code blue, but I have called one of those and been right there with the patient.
More codes than I can count...10 years in NICU, part of the resus/code team. And a giant black cloud follows me...at least 12+ significant codes, some passed away, some didn't. It does get better...
i work in the pharmacy of a children’s hospital. it’s hard. we always know when a code is happening. every so often i’ll actually see one though when walking on the floor.
I’m not in the field, but I was in a code blue myself as a patient when I had pneumonia, and it’s going to be 5 years July of 2020 when it happened..
3 1/2 years ago I watched my dad die right in front of me and I remember him being really grey. I didn’t sleep well for months. I would have nightmares about him dying or coming back to life and things like that. I would wake up in the middle of the night and have a panic attack and think I was dying. I was 15 at the time and didn’t know cpr and I just sat and watched him die..this is something I still struggle with. I am cpr certified now and if I would have done it then it maybe could have saved him.. so ya people dying is so hard especially in traumatic situations
I'm so sorry for what you went through. I hope you sought counseling, those feelings can stick with you for years and years.
My husband coded after he got out of bed after not having his restraints on.They did get his heart started but he had laid there so long before being found he was brain dead. So I had to take him off life support. Still blame myself for leaving to run some errands. Miss him so much.
I'm so sorry to hear that. It is not your fault. I know it feels like it and it's so hard not to, but it isn't your fault. Hugs.
Thank you for sharing. This was so interesting to listen to. Lots of things I would never think about
super sad nut super real thank you alyssa xx
My dads employee was doing compressions and the patients sternum ripped through their chest and he actually had a hand lac from the bone. Craziness
That is crazy!
Omg code blues can be sooo scary
I've experienced some rapid responses, but I truly hope I never experience a code in my unit... I'm a CNA in labor and delivery (and a nursing student graduating next year). Although I hear about codes happening every now and then, I dread experiencing that in my department
I work as a tech in the ED and I’ve been involved in only one code so far. I didn’t do compressions but nonetheless the adrenal rush is too real. I wish my department offered those services they did to you because I still feel like I didn’t do enough and wish there was support for those involved in these situations.
As a nurse with over 20 yrs experience you never forget ur first death. V traumatic
I've been in the Marines for 14 yrs and had multiple deployments and lost friends first hands and buried 3 personally. Would it feel different for me after losing a patient? I start nursing school in jan.
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Yikes it breaks the ribs ? Never knew that
Almost every time. It’s why we recommend people over the age of 80 to be DNR because if they come back, they’ll never recover.
I would have been nervous!kk
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ZDoggMD on RUclips has a really good video on Code Blue situations and what goes down.
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I’ve been a nurse for a little over 2 years and I’ve never experienced a code *knocks on wood 😅 (also on a unit that takes intermediate patients) had two patients die but they were DNRs so we let them die naturally.