Thursday, 16 August 2007

Blued in

Blued in. Taken to hospital on blue lights and sirens. Time-critical and life-threatening injuries and illnesses are conveyed like this. It’s a clinical judgment call sometimes and can be embarrassing if incorrectly judged. EOC will call the receiving hospital on their ‘red phone’ and the Resus department will be made ready for the patient (lots of medical students will turn up out of thin air)