code yellow
Missing patient warning
Code yellow is a hospital or institutional alert indicating a missing patient, often a child or someone with dementia who has wandered off.
The term varies by facility—some use code yellow for hazardous material spills or security threats.
Outside healthcare, code yellow sometimes signals a need to urinate: I'm code yellow—find me a rest stop.
- signalMessage-conveying cue
- alertWarning or watchfulness
- evacuationRemoval from danger
- protocolPrescribed conduct rules
- emergency responseOrganized action during crises
first responders · awareness · announcement · public address · triage · lockdown · vigilance · training · safety drill · crisis management · intercom · readiness · risk assessment · situational awareness · dispatch center · emergency exits · compliance · drill
- Security Statussafe, secure, secured, unsafe, insecure
- alert levelsDEFCON, red alert, orange alert, elevated, guarded
- preparedness levelsready, unready, prepared, unprepared, alert
- alertsalarm, alert, warning, notification, push notifications
- prioritypriority, top priority, high priority, low-priority, first priority
- risk levelshigh risk, low risk, moderate risk, extreme risk, minimal risk
code yellowcode red
Urgent crisis designation
code blue · code orange · code black · trauma alert · fire alarm
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