The use of codes is intended to convey essential
information quickly and with a minimum of misunderstanding to staff.
Some places use secret codes to pass information between store employees. These are meant to be
a secret as they don’t want to alarm the non-staff members or alert
someone like a thief to the fact that they have been noticed.
Name Codes
Code Oscar: On a ship, a code oscar means someone has gone overboard. If the ship has to maneuver erratically to handle the situation, it must also send out blasts on the signal so that other ships nearby are aware of the fact that it is about to change its course. It should be noted that ships don’t have an internationally standardized set of PA signals and they can differ from place to place, but this is a fairly commonly used one.
Code delta: can mean that there is a biological hazard - though who knows what that might be on a passenger ship.
Code Alpha: often means “medical emergency”.
Code Adam: was invented by Walmart but it is now an internationally recognized alert. It means “missing child”. The code was first coined in 1994 in memory of Adam Walsh, a six-year old, who went missing in a Sears department store in Florida in 1981. Adam was later found murdered. The person making the announcement will state “we have a code Adam,” followed by a description of the missing child. As soon as the alert is heard, security staff will begin to monitor the doors and other exits. If the child is not found within 10 minutes, the police are alerted and a store search begins. Also, if the child is found in the first 10 minutes in the company of an unknown adult, the police must be called and the person detained if it is safe to do so.
Computer Support Codes
In computer support, a variety of codes can be used when referring to a customer
PEBKAC: Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair
PICNIC: Problem in chair - not in computer
ID 10 T Error: ID 10 T is, of course, IDIOT
“Doctor” Codes
Doctor Brown: is a code word often used in hospitals to alert security staff to a threat to personnel. If a nurse or doctor is in danger from a violent patient or non-staff member, they can page Doctor Brown to their location and the security staff will rush to their aid. In some hospitals
Dr. Allcome: Serious emergency. “Doctor
Allcome to Ward 5.” would indicate that all medical staff not presently
occupied are needed. (The Med, Memphis Tennessee)
Dr. Firestone: Fire in the hospital. If a fire’s location can be isolated, the location of the fire is included in the page,
e.g. “Paging Dr. Firestone to 3 West” indicates “Fire in or near west
stairwell/wing on third floor” (William Beaumont Hospitals, Royal Oak
and Troy, MI).
Dr. Pyro: Fire in the hospital/healthcare
facility. “Paging Dr. Pyro on ____” indicates a fire and its origin or
current location, e.g. “Paging Dr. Pyro on 3″ means “Fire on third
floor” (Kaiser Permanente, system-wide).
Dr. Strong: Patient needing either physical
assistance or physical restraint. “Paging Dr. Strong …” indicates that
any physically capable personnel (orderlies, police or security
officers, EMTs or firemen, etc.) in the proximity should report and be
prepared either to move a patient who “fell down” and cannot get back
up or to “capture and restrain” an uncooperative patient.
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