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InadmissibleHug t1_ivs6fkl wrote

Reply to comment by SnakeBeardTheGreat in TIFU by calling a hospital code by justrightkinda

That does depend on where you live, of course.

Your red button may only do that. Mine will bring the resus team.

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SnakeBeardTheGreat t1_ivs6sy2 wrote

All through out the hospital system things must be done one way as per the federal government.

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InadmissibleHug t1_ivs6vy1 wrote

Which federal govt??

I’ve been a nurse for over 30 years, my federal govt doesn’t dictate that the red button only calls the nurse’s station, never has.

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MalmoWalker t1_ivs7mgi wrote

Reddit was made by Americans for Americans.

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InadmissibleHug t1_ivs89yx wrote

Apparently so. One’s mind could pop if one considers other places might have alternative uses for the same item.

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Nadamir t1_ivslsl4 wrote

Good lord. As an engineer you should know just how many things are different and still compliant with government standards.

Some things sure are the same, but many times government regulations are like “have a thing that does XYZ” and leave it up to you entirely how to implement that.

One need only look at the different EHRs.

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censorized t1_ivsti1m wrote

I'd love to see the federal regs he's referring to.

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Nadamir t1_ivtk6f7 wrote

I’m not even mostly American (technically I am) but I’ve worked on your bloody EHR systems. And even I know that specifying colours is generally only found in aviation and other transportation regs.

Which makes sense as even a “Code Blue” is not universal.

But even in countries where there is a unified universal health system, such as Britain’s NHS or my own Ireland’s HSE, federal/national governmental regs don’t get that specific and each Trust or Hospital Group has substantial control over these sorts of things.

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