<P> In some hospitals or other medical facilities, the resuscitation team may purposely respond slowly to a patient in cardiac arrest, a practice known as "slow code", or may fake the response altogether for the sake of the patient's family, a practice known as "show code". Such practices are ethically controversial, and are banned in some jurisdictions . </P> <P> "Plan Blue" was used at St. Vincent's Hospital in New York City to indicate arrival of a trauma patient so critically injured that even the short delay of a stop in the ER for evaluation could be fatal; the "Plan Blue" was called out to alert the surgeon on call to go immediately to the ER entrance and take the patient for immediate surgery . This was illustrated in an episode of Trauma: Life in the ER, entitled "West Side Stories". </P> <P> "Doctor" codes are often used in hospital settings for announcements over a general loudspeaker or paging system that might cause panic or endanger a patient's privacy . Most often, "Doctor" codes take the form of "Paging Dr. Sinclair", where the doctor's "name" is a code word for a dangerous situation or a patient in crisis . In Johnny Mnemonic It was explained by Spider (Henry Rollins) that the doctor's name was "Dr. Allcome". e.g.: "Paging Doctor Firestone, third floor," to indicate a possible fire in the location specified . "Paging Dr. Stork" normally indicates that a woman is in labor and needs immediate assistance . </P> <P> Specific to emergency medicine, incoming patients in immediate danger of life or limb, whether presenting via ambulance or walk - in triage, are paged locally within the emergency department as "Resus" (ri: səs) codes . These codes indicate the type of emergency (general medical, trauma, cardiopulmonary or neurological) and type of patient (adult or pediatric). An estimated time of arrival may be included, or "now" if the patient is already in the department . The patient is transported to the nearest open trauma bay or evaluation room, and is immediately attended by a designated team of physicians and nurses for purposes of immediate stabilization and treatment . </P>

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