The relationship between response time and patient survival with emergency treatment by the code blue team
Abstract
Introduction: Code blue has a considerably prominent role in the management of emergency situations in the hospital setting. Rapid and appropriate management will affect the morbidity and mortality rate of patients during an emergency situation. This study aimed at analysing the relationship between time response and the survival of the patients who received emergency treatment by the code blue team in hospital.
Method: This research used a correlational design with a cross-sectional study approach. The sample of this study was 74 patients who received emergency treatment by the code blue team in RS PKU Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta within the period November 2015 - July 2017. The data was generated from secondary data. The analysis test of the data was undertaken by using a Spearmen rank test with a 5% significance level.
Results: The average response time performed by the code blue team in emergency call management was 6.09 minutes and the survival of patients after obtaining the management of the code blue team was that 82.4% died and 17.6% were treated in an intensive room. The result of the Spearmen test showed that there is a relationship between the response time and the survival of patients who received emergency management by the blue code team (p-value: 0.04).
Conclusion: The speed response of the code blue team in providing emergency management corresponds to the patient’s survival. The faster the patient received treatment, so would the mortality rate decrease.
Keywords: response time, survival, emergency, code blue