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appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. Knowledge on Code Blue Protocol among the Nurses of General Ward and Critical Care unit 2 Pondicherry Journal of Nursing, Volume 12 Issue 1 (January–March 2019) Hyp othe s e s • H1—There will be difference between the level of knowledge on code blue protocol among general ward staff nurse and critical care staff nurse. • H2—There will be an association between the levels of knowledge on code blue protocol with selected demographic variables. Mat e rial s an d Me tho d s Quantitative approach was used to assess the knowledge on code blue protocol among general ward nurses and critical care unit nurses at MGMCRI, Puducherry. Descriptive research design was used to conduct this study. The study was conducted in general ward and critical care unit at MGMCRI, Puducherry. The study population was general ward and critical care staff nurses at MGMCRI, Puducherry. The sample size was 60:30 general ward nurses and 30 critical care nurses. A purposive sampling technique was used. Tool used for this study was demographic variables and questionnaire to assess the knowledge on code blue protocol which includes security’s first response, number of officers in code blue, depth of chest compression, techniques used to ensure understanding of orders during code blue, expansion of rapid of spontaneous circulation (ROSC), indication for defibrillation, when the monophasic defibrillator can be set, method to confirm the position of endotracheal (ET) tube, phase I consist of nurse’s work during phase I, etc. Re s u lts Major Findings Distribution of Demographic Variables of Staff Nurses in General Wards and Critical Care Units (N = 60) With regard to the age, majority of samples 15 (50%) in critical care unit, 19 (60%) in general ward nurses were in the age group of 26–30 years. With regard to the religion, majority of samples 23 (76%) in critical care unit, 16 (53%) in general ward nurses were Hindu. Regarding gender, majority of samples 20 (66%) were males in critical care unit, 18 (60%) were females in general ward nurses. Regarding experience, majority of samples 7 (24%) were in the range of experience of 3–4 years in critical care nurses and 14 (47%) were in the range of less than 2 years of experience in general ward nurses. Distribution of Knowledge of Staff Nurses in Wards and Critical Care Nurses Regarding Code Blue (N = 60) Figure 1 depicts percentage distribution of knowledge of staff nurses in general wards and critical care nurses regarding code blue. In critical care area majority of samples 18 (60%) were in the category of good; 8 (26%) were in the category of average and 4 (13%) were in the range of poor. This shows that majority of the staff in critical care were in the category of good knowledge about the code blue. In general ward areas like medical ward, surgical ward, orthopaedic ward, gynaecology ward, etc., majority of samples 15 (50%) were in the category of poor; 9 (30%) were in the category of average and 6 (20%) were in the range of good. This shows majority of the staff in ward areas were in the category of poor knowledge about the code blue. Figure 2 depicts comparison of knowledge on code blue protocol among ward and critical care nurses. In critical care nurses the mean knowledge was 19.30, standard deviation was 3.36 where in general wards mean knowledge was 15.23 and standard deviation was 2.19. The calculated p value (p ≤ 0.000) was less than 0.05 level and found statistically significant, which reveals that critical care nurses are having more knowledge about code blue than ward nurses. Association between Levels of Knowledge of Staff Nurses with Selected Demographic Variables There was a significant association between the level of knowledge of staff nurse with less than 2 years of experience at p < 0.038. Co n c lu sio n Code blue call is the life threatening scenario24,25 where it should be known to every nurse who are working in both critical care units and general wards. The main conclusion of the study was that the general ward nurses had average knowledge and critical care nurses had good knowledge on code blue protocol. Fig. 1: Distribution of knowledge of staff nurses in wards and critical care units Fig. 2: Comparison of knowledge on code blue protocol among ward and critical care nurses Knowledge on Code Blue Protocol among the Nurses of General Ward and Critical Care unit Pondicherry Journal of Nursing, Volume 12 Issue 1 (January–March 2019) 3 De c l e ratio n o f Patie n t Co n s e n t The authors certify that they have obtained all appropriate patient consent forms. In the form of patient(s) has/have given his or her their consent for his/her/their images and other clinical information to be reported in the journal. Patients understand that their names and initials will be published and due efforts will be made to conceal their identity, but anonymity cannot be guaranteed. Re f e r e n c e s 1. Girotra S, Nallamothu BK, Spertus JA, Li Y, Krumholz HM, Chan PS. Trends in survival after in-hospital cardiac arrest. N Engl J Med 

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