What is a Code Blue? Every two years, our nurses are recertified in Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS). Watch them in action during an ACLS class at Silver Cross as they respond to a “Code Blue,” a patient who is in cardiac arrest. #heartmonth #codeblue #cpr | Silver Cross Hospital

For those who don’t know what Code Blue means someone’s life is in immediate danger. It means the heart, the breathing or both are failing or close to failing. “A Code Blue is called when someone is at risk of dying. This is my lived experience. That day, my heart rate was over 180 bpm. I was in and out of consciousness. Doctors rushed into the room. Two of them couldn’t find a vein my body was shutting down. In the middle of the chaos, God came to me and gave me a sign and told me to tell them