Minutes Matter: Using BE FAST to Identify a Stroke

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Code Blue: When Seconds Decide Life

In every hospital, there are color codes for different kinds of emergencies. Code Blue is an alert for life threatening emergency like cardiac or respiratory arrest. Once during my duty in hospital, I had just finished my rounds with the patients in my ward. Suddenly, I heard the head nurse shouting, “Doctor, come fast!” The urgency in her voice made me run immediately. I found her in the special room. A patient was gasping for air—and then, suddenly, everything stopped. Patient collapsed, no …

Yes. Identifying and acting fast with immediate treatment is the key.