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Objective: The Emergency Code Team (ECT) system is activated under 'Code Blue' conditions in response to urgent cases. There are many factors affecting ECT activation, including transport to the scene and the intervention applied. Both the code-giving personnel and the responding emergen-cy code teams' knowledge and experience are recognized as the two most important factors in this process. Unnecessary ECT activation wastes precious time and labour resources. For this reason, we analysed Code Blue calls and present the results herein. Material and Method: This study was performed by examining hospital data between January 2012 and September 2014. After an intervention, the team completes an emergency code form, and the data for our study were collected from these forms. All data were classified by the research team, entered into computer media and analysed. Results: The total number of Code Blue calls was 358. CPR was performed on 170 patients (47.5%), and 64 of these patients were declared exitus. The response time to the call was 1.75±0.769 min on average (1-5), and the longest response time, 5 minutes, took place in the outside of hospital and outpatient sections. Conclusion: Unnecessary ECT activation is a waste of time and labour. Placing experienced staff where/when the unnecessary code activation is primarily performed as well as conducting repeated in-service training programmes may enable more accurate ACT activation and lower the post-CPR mortality rate.

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