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braebrae11 t1_ivs7zf6 wrote

My first shift on another ward as a brand new nurse of one month was a night shift. I was doing my sheet waiting for handover when a nurse strolls out of the bay and says oh hey, can you call a rapid response, and then grab the trolley please? I froze for a second, then remembered exactly what to do. I punched the buttons on the phone and said "R...Code Blue!!" and even got the bed number correct. Phew!

I ran to get the trolley, dropped the cone in the corridor and when I came back about 20 people were all there just looking at a patient who was sipping iced coffee and looking quite chuffed by all the attention. All eyes turn to me.

"Oh...oops"

Dies and hopes to fall through the floor

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ethanduong t1_ivsg9c3 wrote

Hey you just can't drop the story without telling us commoner plebs why the nurse wanted to call rapid response!

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braebrae11 t1_ivshir7 wrote

Lol it was hypotension, and she had told him to drink something, hence the iced coffee.

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