Heart Disease and Heart Attack Forum - two code blues on hospital bill

Hello, I have a question.

My dad died of a heart attack last month, and we finally received the bill from the hospital. I have a question:

There are TWO Code Blue's listed on the bill (at about $1500 a piece)... what does that mean? Were they able to get his heart started? And then it stopped again? Any info would help.

Thanks.

Replies(2)

yogahoneybunny

replied on February 21st, 2008

Supporter

Code blue means "medical emergency" in hospital talk. Code Blue is a signal given over the intercom when a patient's heart has stopped and a team speeds to the bedside to try to revive the person.

MarcoDB

replied on March 15th, 2008

New User

Hi,

yes, a heart can stops and restarts many times in a laps of time X

My condoleances for your father.

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