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Activate a Code Blue immediate response for: o Woman with any potentially life-threatening condition, such as cardiac/respiratory arrest, airway obstruction, stridor, threatened airway, seizures (new or prolonged), stroke or o serious concern by staff member, patient, family and/or carer o any non-admitted woman, ...

The Between the Flags (BTF) system is a 'deteriorating patient safety net system' for patients who are cared for in NSW public health facilities. It is designed to assist clinicians to recognise when patients are deteriorating and to respond appropriately when they do.

Code Black is defined as any incident where staff feel that there is a threat of physical harm or violence to themselves, other staff, patients and/or visitors. This can include assaults, verbal aggression threatening harm and physical violence, armed hold up and robbery.

If the observations are in the 'Blue Zone' the patient may be unwell and the healthcare staff will monitor them more closely. If the observations are in the 'Yellow Zone', the patient may be more unwell. The healthcare staff may call the doctor or senior nurse/midwife to complete a Clinical Review assessment.

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ViCTOR - Victorian Children's Tool for Observation and Response - is a set of standardised evidence-based tools to help health services develop more robust mechanisms to detect and respond to patient deterioration.