Ahead, we share what you need to know about the most common hospital codes and how to conduct yourself when they’re activated ...

Hospitals often use code names to alert staff to an emergency. Code blue means a medical emergency. Code red means fire or smoke. Code black typically means there is a bomb threat. Hospitals are ...

Hospital codes refer to emergency situations, but these codes are different for each hospital. For example, “code blue” may refer to a life threatening medical emergency. Other codes refer to ...

The association said the campaign aims to convince hospitals to convert emergency code calls into a standardized plain-language system. This means using plain language to announce most emergency ...