Code Cord

A Code Cord should be paged from the dashboard for a patient whose history and exam suggests imminent cord/cauda equina compression.  Etiologies include but are not limited to: trauma, epidural abscess, epidural hematoma, malignancy.

Code Cord signals the MRI techs to clear the machine so that the patient can obtain an MRI within 1 hr.

See the attached ED Guideline below for more details.