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title: Hospital emergency codes text: a natural disaster. Australian hospitals and other buildings are covered by Australian Standard 4083 (1997) and many are in the process of changing to those standards. Codes used in British Columbia, prescribed by the British Columbia Ministry of Health. Codes in Alberta are prescribed by Alberta Health Services. In Ontario, a standard emergency response code set by the Ontario Hospital Association is used, with minor variations for some hospitals. In 2000, the Hospital Association of Southern California (HASC) determined that a uniform code system is needed after "three persons were killed in a shooting incident at an area medical center title: Hospital emergency codes text: for and sometimes adoption of standardized codes. In many American, Canadian, New Zealand and Australian hospitals, for example "code blue" indicates a patient has entered cardiac arrest, while "code red" indicates that a fire has broken out somewhere in the hospital facility. In order for a code call to be useful in activating the response of specific hospital personnel to a given situation, it is usually accompanied by a specific location description (e.g., "Code red, second floor, corridor three, room two-twelve"). Other codes, however, only signal hospital staff generally to prepare for the fallout of some external event such as title: Telephone numbers in Oceania text: 0 Country Code: +61 8 9162 – part of the Australian numbering system International Call Prefix: 0011 Trunk Prefix: 0 Country Code: +672 3 International Call Prefix: 00 Trunk Prefix: Country Code: +56 32 International Call Prefix: 00 Trunk Prefix: Country Code: +670 International Call Prefix: 00 Trunk Prefix: Country Code: +691 International Call Prefix: 00 Trunk Prefix: Country Code: +679 International Call Prefix: 00 Trunk Prefix: Country Code: +689 International Call Prefix: 00 Trunk Prefix: Country Code: +686 International Call Prefix: 00 Trunk Prefix: Country Code: +692 International Call Prefix: 00 Trunk Prefix: Country Code: +674 International Call Prefix: title: Hospital emergency codes text: code recommendations. Abolishing all color codes was suggested. Note: Different codes are used in different hospitals. "Code blue" is generally used to indicate a patient requiring resuscitation or in need of immediate medical attention, most often as the result of a respiratory arrest or cardiac arrest. When called overhead, the page takes the form of "Code blue, [floor], [room]" to alert the resuscitation team where to respond. Every hospital, as a part of its disaster plans, sets a policy to determine which units provide personnel for code coverage. In theory any medical professional may respond to a code, but in title: Emergency service response codes text: to respond. An example of this response code is a broken leg. Code 3: A non-urgent routine case. These include cases such as a person with ongoing back pain but no recent injury. Source: http://www.ambulance.vic.gov.au/About-Us/How-we-work/In-a-Medical-Emergency/Response-Codes.html Please note additional codes are used, but these are for internal purposes. Country Fire Authority There are two types of response for the Country Fire Authority which cover the outer Melbourne Area. These are similar to those used by Ambulance Victoria, minus the use of Code 2. Code 1: A time critical event with response requiring lights and siren. This usually is a known and