code blue
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of code blue
First recorded in 1980–85
Example Sentences
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Hall was placed on administrative leave three days after Franco’s death and the code blue incidents “returned to historical frequency,” Schmidt’s report stated.
From Seattle Times ● May 19, 2022
Nurse Kristen Cline was working a 12-hour shift in October at the Royal C. Johnson Veterans Memorial Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, when a code blue rang through the halls.
From Salon ● Jan. 1, 2021
The nurse called a code blue, and a team of more doctors and nurses ran over.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 9, 2019
It was his first code blue at Woodhull, a public hospital in Williamsburg.
From New York Times ● Oct. 9, 2014
“Code blue, code blue in Trauma,” blares the PA.
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
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