YOUR FIRST CODE BLUE | What to Do & Expect | Nursing Tips
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- YOUR FIRST CODE BLUE | What to Do & Expect | Nursing Tips.
In this video I’ll go over what to do in your first code blue as a nurse, nursing student, CNA, etc. I’ll review tasks you can do if you are comfortable being in involved in the code blue, as well as some things you can do to help that don’t involve being in the middle of the action. Code Blue’s are incredibly intimidating at first and hopefully this helps you feel a but more confident going into your first one!
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The best thing I was told that really eased my anxieties before my first code is that when your patient codes, they are dead- nothing you do is going to make them MORE dead, so anything you ARE doing is a positive step in the right direction. Take a deep breath, and do your thing!
Yes! This is so so true
My instructor gives this advice. Can really help.
I liked what my ACLS instructor said to us: it is NOT your emergency, it is the patient's emergency, so do not panic, cuz mistakes are made when you panic.
My first code was 3 weeks ago on my second shift as an ER Tech! Patient regained a pulse after my compressions. The best feeling ever ❤️ I start nursing school in the fall.
Awesome! Great work!
This comment was two years ago. Are you an RN now? I’m currently in the second semester of my LPN year
@@loganoneal5506 I graduate in 3 months. 😊
@@beautybarbie12121 wow congratulations!
@@beautybarbie12121 have you graduated yet if so congratulations
I had my first code blue yesterday. I was the covering nurse. Young woman and pregnant. The moment I saw her cyanotic and unresponsive, I just pressed the code blue and put her on flat. I started CPR and just saw the team entering the room. It was scary but I'm glad we were able to bring her back.
If you ever want to do something after being a FNP, please become a nurse educator. We need more of them, you are amazing at it and any student would be lucky to have you!
Aww thanks for the encouragement!
This video really reassured me. I was in the hospital having surgery. I had a respiratory arrest. You are the perfect nurse practitioner. Why does the bed have to be flat? You saved the individual who had that code blue. You did whatever it took to save him/her. Love your channel so much.
Crazy you say that because that is what she's doing now!
As an ER Code Blue Patient...I want to say a big THANK YOU to all the Nurses out there!
In the ICU: Check your lines and tubing before hitting the CPR lever, but absolutely lay them flat with that lever! And if they're a q2h turn, please yank out the wedges underneath them :)
Kyla Marie thank you!!!
This is so helpful!! Thank you!
You're both welcome! Codes don't phase us as much because we ARE the code team at my hospital. I know rapid response nurses may seem rude or short, but we're just all about business when it comes to a code. We don't mean to make non-critical specialty nurses feel dumb, I promise!!
@@kylamarie6036 I got you .Saw it first hand.I knew she was trying to save the dude.She came a ross gruff 😂 but i know her personally and she is a gem
im a third semester nursing student and experienced my first code blue today during clinical with my patient, definitely a roller coaster of emotions
I just experienced my first code situation as a new nurse and have been beating myself up the last couple of days for feeling like I didn't do enough or help enough. This just made me feel so much better. New nurses, give yourself some grace, this is a whole new world and it takes a long time to feel confident and know what you are doing.
Same here, I've been working in ER for three months now and it's my first time working in a hospital, I've seen at least three codes and when I arrive, there's already a full team there and I feel like there's nothing I can do because everyone and everything is there. I've only done small things like get more gauges if needed or medications to administer, but other than that, I feel useless.
I observed my first code today, 4th day on the job at a MSPCU. It wasn’t my patient. You’re right about everyone will come to your rescue, even people from nearby facility. The code alarm went off and the entire unit dropped what they were doing and ran to the patient’s room. People I didn’t even see on the floor throughout my day, all of sudden appeared. My preceptor ditched me and ran too. There was like 15 people inside the room and another 20 people outside the room. It was intense. I will never forget it.
Yes, story time of your first code, please.
I made a first code storytime!
I work on peds med/surg (we get all the cards kids ❤️). For my first code, the kiddo was about the same age as my son at the time. I think that’s the part that rattled me the most. The kiddo was in the ICU for a bit, but came back to us and eventually went home. Had nightmares for a while and talked with me coworker a lot about it who did compressions with me. A huge help to me was someone took my phone and took care of my other patients during everything. The next code I was involved in, once I knew there was nothing else I could do, I just took the nurses phone and covered her patients. Afterwards she thanked me with how helpful it was. I love your videos and your family is adorbs 😍
oh gosh that is SO hard when you can see your own little one in them. When I switched to Peds, codes were so much harder on me because of that. and yay for awesome co-workers taking your phone! That is seriously SUCH a helpful thing as you know.
I would also love to hear about your first code experience! Very well explained and encouraging to new nurses, Liz. Thanks for the content!
will do! Thanks for the encouragement!
Seconded!
At nights, I am the only tech in the ICU. My first Code Blue was actually 3 Code Blues, 2 of those were on the same patient. Both of them passed away when I was giving them chest compressions. I felt awful afterwards but the nurses were telling me I gave really good compressions. I think the most important part of a Code Blue is having supportive coworkers.
That is so intense. Thanks for sharing that. You are doing god’s work.
I started my nursing career in an LTAC where nurses run the codes. Some of the best codes I’ve been in were run by nurses and RTs. I remember a code I had and a fellow nurse stepped up and totally took care of my other 4 patients. It meant so much to me that she relieved that burden for me without even being asked. I was stuck in the room for an hour with that code until the flight nurses got there.
Coworkers like that are the best!
I’m 17, been a CNA for about a year and I want to be like my mom who is an amazing nurse, that being said I just had my first code blue 4 or 5 days ago. I starting bagging then did compressions, it was very exciting and nerve-racking. Here is how it went; the charge nurse came running and said CPR in progress and I went running to the ER, this guy was coming into the er with compressions started and we got him into the room and continued compressions, baging, and got the life pack hooked up. It was crazy, it was a Night Shift and there was not as many people but still like 10-15. Luckily it was during physician rounds so we had two doctors in there (it’s a smaller hospital). One thing I didn’t expect was after the doctor intubated I was bagging and the nurses kept coming around and adding different pieces to it which I later found out they were to make sure that the person is actually getting oxygen in the right place. It was very much exciting and a good learning experience, Just thought I would share this experience while it’s fresh!
Thank you for sharing!!!
I’m a 5th qtr nursing student and have worked as a CNA for 3 years. This is one of my biggest fears, yes I’m trained but having someone’s life in your hands so emergent is terrifying. Thank you for sharing this video it makes me feel a little more prepared!
Had my first code, I’m a little shaken up, we lost the patient, you made me feel better, thank you.
Thank you. I've felt like a failure a few times since I started but I suppose I am being hard on myself. Everyone says the same thing, it's always like this when you're new. ❤️
9:47 this made me feel so much better! I’ve only been a LPN for a year, and I feel so unprepared because I’m nervous about having a code on my shift. I’ve only been involved in three code blues, and I did compressions in all of them. But three code blues over a year isn’t much to help the process solidify in my mind. So, I feel much better when you said you had to do about 50 code blues for it to really become second nature for you.
As a CNA most of my experience is with the elderly but mostly worked in hospice situations so nobody ever coded. I think I will return to that kind of job as a nurse too. The idea of codes really scares me.
When I was younger I always thought I wanted to be a NICU nurse but learned quickly as much as I so wanted to help I couldn’t deal with the heartbreak. Those nurses are very strong ❤️
Same. I thought about going to the pediatric ICU but after I had Avery I couldn't handle the loss involved in it.
I am a nursing student but work as a nursing assistant on a med-surg floor. I always make sure I know what each of my assigned patients are in for so that in the scenario where I do end up being the first person to find the patient when they code, I'll at least have a solid background to give the responding team
My first code was during my first semester of nursing school during clinical.
what an introduction to clinical. yikes!
OMG 😲
Thank you so much for this video and for reiterating that this is not a normal situation and new nurses are not expected to be good at this right away.
I worked as a tech in the cardiac ICU so we had codes frequently but the nurses handled most of the "code-ly" stuff. My jobs were typically blood bank runs, bringing in the crash cart, and as you mentioned taking care of the other patients! Even though I have seen/been there for a bunch of codes I still feel totally unprepared for my first code as the nurse! Thank you for this awesome explanation!
Such helpful stuff to keep things running smoothly!
Thank you so much for this video!
I've been an EMT for almost 3 years working for an IFT company where it's rare for a patient to code, and I had never been involved in one. But a couple days ago, our simple dialysis call turned into a code in the driveway. I was very unsure of things (is she really not breathing anymore? Does she REALLY not have a pulse anymore?!). And I needed to be told what to do because I'm the kind of person who likes to observe when something is completely new...
I needed to hear that I wasn't a failure and you have done that through your video! Thank you!
My first "code" was on a DNR patient who unfortunately got one compression before I yelled to the nurse in the room-Stop he's a DNR! The patient regained a pulse about 9 sec later on his own. 🤷🏽♀️Medicine and miracles are wonderfully weird ♥️
Oof we had this happen a lot. They didn't let us put signs up to say "DNR/DNI" which I always thought was weird. Why not put that near or over the code button so that if it wasn't your patient or in the moment you panicked and forgot.
@@NurseLiz Exactly! It would be awful to accidentally do something against the patients wishes.
Kanika R-N exactly!
Thanks for being so encouraging to those who haven’t been in a code situation before! I just experienced my first code the other day & I’ve never felt more inadequate & lost when it came to drawing up meds & documenting on a code sheet. It’s good to know that this is to be expected for the first several codes & that eventually it will get better. I work in a place that doesn’t experience code situations but once in a blue moon. Thankfully we had a few travel nurses there for the code & a pharmacist who helped draw up meds. Their experience was a Godsend! Did you happen to post a video about your first code?
Such an awesome walk through! I'm a student RN in my last year. Haven't had a code yet but this was such a great mental walk through. Thanks!!!
Thank you for this! My nursing class cohort was just talking about being scared of this happening. Yes! Please tell us your first code story! It helps the nursing students relate and not feel so useless.
Will do! Glad it was helpful!
Sooooo glad I watched this. Was tasked to code cart for first time in my 5 year pcu nurse career. I've had a few codes, I've always done compressions/ airway, and recorded maybe twice. Needless to say I did not feel comfortable with the task and had to let it be known. Yes, I'm acls certified, but you can't expect someone to be efficient at that task from a one day simulation. But it made me search for these videos and email my educator. Because honestly, units should have a mock code cart and mock codes regularly for every situation so that everyone can become proficient because the opportunity just doesn't present often enough, in my opinion.
This video makes me feel better. I Rapid Responsed a pt today. She ended up coding but we got a pulse back and she went to ICU. Very stressful. HIT THE BUTTON! Bring all the people!
First one here! Hiiii!!! and yes I want to hear your first code story please!
sounds good!
I was on my volunteering shift when a patient coded. His wife didn’t speak any English, but she spoke Russian, which is my native. And even though I wasn’t a medical staff I felt so much pressure just trying to calm her down. I still have no idea what you tell people to get them distracted and let nurses do their job in this kind of situation
Thank you for stating that it is also helpful to answer the call lights while other stuff is going on and others are in a code or similar situation. Especially if there are family members and visitors present! I am still in school, working as a tech, but I can see how the time gets monopolozed and keeping the peace is important ...
keeping the peace is so so important! It can be a really freaky thing for all the other patients and families when codes happen on the floor, so trying to keep business as usual going as much as possible is key
Thank you so much for this! I experienced my first code today. It definitely was a rattling experience
I’m in my first semester of nursing school and I have nightmares about code blues already lol thank you for the super helpful video! Definitely needed to hear this ❤️ I would love to hear your first code story!
You’ll be ok!!
As a new nurse I worked at a critical access hospital with no code teams & no RT or pharmacist. (The doctor had to be called in from his house) It’s all on the nurses! It was constant stress & always wondering what I was going to do in that scenario. Fortunately/not fortunately it happened once when I was there by myself. Ambulance didn’t even give a heads up & just showed up while my training nurse was gone in a meeting. Had to lean heavily on the ambulance team & the MD that came in until the other RN showed up. Pretty much a hot mess. I shortly moved & went into med/tele nursing with occasional tasking in the ED. I now feel ready/prepared to take on the dreaded ER situation once more after 6 years but will be going to a much bigger hospital with ALL the resources.
Fantastic advice! I wish I had this teaching 30 years ago.
Thank you so much for this. You validated all my feelings!
Maia Curtis ❤️❤️
This is great,Ty. You give the “obvious” details but to someone knew to it, the smallest things are foreign and overwhelming but should be talked about before it happens. I work LTC. My first code I called 911 and printed needed info from chart on computer and observed after that. Next code I stood close to those doing CPR, readying myself to be next. Got to do 3 rounds before EMS arrived. Neither times it was my own pt, so that may be why it wasn’t as overwhelming, IDK. Observing is a great first step, and just being ready to do what’s asked of you or like you said helping other pt. and staff while part of your team is working the code.
When my mom was in the ICU we saw soooo many code blues from other people on the unit. It’s amazing how quickly everyone comes running. I would love to hear about your first experience!
It’s SUCH a fast reaction! Hope your mom is doing better!
Nurse Liz she is, thank you so much. :) She had a stroke 3 years ago but thanks to her amazing medical team she’s healthy and happy!
Yay! I’m so glad
I really appreciate this video, I think it came to me at the right time. God bless.
I was in the room with my grandfather when he had a heart attack. We were just leaving from Texas Roadhouse actually, and suddenly my grandfather said he felt pain in his chest. Then less than 15 seconds later he was almost crying from the pain. He was actually driving, but we were about 3 minutes away from the closest hospital.
My grandmother had said he should pull over and call an ambulance instead of blowing through red lights, but instead we kept going and passing stop signs and red lights with the flashers on (luckily). We got to the emergency drive through where the ambulances usually drive in, and I jumped out of the truck as fast as I could and ran into the front lobby (with everyone looking at me like wth is going on) and I yelled “I THINK MY GRANDFATHER IS HAVING A HEART ATTACK”.
The 2 attendants at the front desk looked at me like 👁👄👁. And I was just standing there like *okay…….WHAT NOW*
One of them SHOT up out of their chair, and the other one was still collecting her thoughts as to what is going on, which now I can’t help but laugh at. The other one ran to get a wheelchair, sat my grandfather down in it and RAN with him to the ER while yelling at me to follow her.
We got into a room, and when I tell you it felt like in maybe 10 seconds we had 17 people in that room is literally what it felt like. I just stood as far back as possible so I wouldn’t be in the way, and one of them pulled me out to ask all kinds of questions. They finally found his name in the system and got him treated pretty quickly.
He had 3 stents placed and they confirmed it was a heart attack. He’s doing fine now, but now I’m in nursing school to get my RN and I’ll be graduating in 2023. The codes are definitely pretty nerve wracking.
Thank you !!! I am the kind of person that would be unsure but it's good to know that judt notifying the staff can have a huge impacts and laying the pt flat will help save time. i feel comfortable with that. Im not a nurse student yet, but it's. good to know ❤
I love your videos! I always feel more confident and at ease listening to your advice :) As a student, I wish I could learn from you in the clinical setting.
Awwww thank you!
I’m on a mission to watch all your videos! Thank you for your awesome advice 😊💕
Thank YOU for being here with me!
THANK YOU LIZ. This video was so great. Please do a video on your first code!🙏
Will do!
Thank you for making videos that apply to new nurses, old nurses, and students! You have so much good information to share, I love your videos. Also, I vote for storytime, I want to hear about your first code!!
Thanks for the encouragement!!
I am a CNA and I had my first experience with a code on of my patients 2 nights ago. I work in med surg and it was a patient who quit breathing and he ripped his iv out. It was an anxious experience but I learned alot.
Were you the one giving chest compressions? What was that like, doing it for the first time? Did you feel breaking/crunching/popping? I’m preparing for an ER Tech position, and chest compressions are my primary concern. Doesn’t get anymore intense than that, outside of trauma surgery.
loved this video!! super helpful. i’m in my first semester of nursing school & would love to hear about ur first code!
I'm so glad it was helpful!
Me too!!
I love this video and plan to share with my newbie friends!
Awesome! Thanks for sharing!
Just had my first rapid response today on a postpartum patient. I felt like such a failure/confused/flustered through the entire process. She ended up seizing. Ugh. Baby nurse things.
Hi Liz
It’s always a great idea to initiate a rapid response or code when in question on the Women’s Health unit I worked on because the patients are high risk antepartum or oncology patients.
Thanks for another great video.
Alberta
Yes! I always told people to call help. Even if it ended up being not needed. So so much better than the alternative
I definitely want to hear your first code story! Also I could totally see myself being unsure to hit the button or not but I agree better safe than sorry!
it seems like it would be straightforward but in the moment its not!
yes! please share your first code experience!
I had a code blue in the OR on a weekend mind you with a skeleton crew as well as another code blue called in ICU simultaneously, needless to say no one came to the OR to help other than the House supervisor and I ended up giving meds like Epi and Amio, then shocking and then started bagging and going back and force giving meds and shocking….was the most stressfull code ever, literally shaking the whole time.
Hi Liz, Love your videos !!! Please could you do a video on how to deal with death of patients as I am starting nursing school this year and this is one of my biggest worries on how I am going to deal with this, thank you!! xx
I have a video on that! If you search my name and patient death it should come up
I was in the ER as a patient. I couldn't find my nurse call button so I went to press it from the wall above my bed and accidentally hit the Code Blue button. Holy moly! I had 5 people in my room in less than 10 seconds. I was so embarrassed and felt bad 😣
this happens ALL the time. Especially with the staff assist button. I eventually learned to always tell my patients what those buttons were so they didn't accidentally hit them. Don't feel bad! It literally happens ALL the time. I'm glad it wasn't a real code! And I'm sure they were too
I am currently renewing my license today because it has been four year now, but luckily none of my patients have coded. I have called CRTs though.
That’s awesome!
Youre amazing!
Definitely want to hear your first code story! Also want to hear about what it was like with a code at med/surg vs pediatrics
Will do! Codes in peds were much rarer because you could see it coming more since most were from respiratory failure vs cardiac
Yes please ! I'm also a Peds med surg nurse and would love to hear about this!❤
Definitely want to hear your code blue story please! 😊
Will do!
Interesting that a pharmacist going to cardiac arrest calls. Not the case here in the UK. In ICU we only put out fast pages to anaesthetist only. And we as nurses start and run the arrest. I know in the wards the entire world shows up and takes over. As a senior ICU nurse great post!
omg i needed this video like 2 years ago haha
haha. oops. Have you gotten more adjusted to them now?
I’d love to hear a story time about your first code!!!
Will do!
Thanks!
Thank you, my patient was coding and I watched this video and it really helped 🙏
You are so funny/cute!! Thanks for this great info and insights!! I love how this is told in such detail (inner monologue included!!) 😂
Yes, I wanna hear your stories!!
Thank you
Thanks for this explanation. I'm data analyst into hospital data and I have no idea what was code blue. Now understood but in data perspective... lets say a hospital has 5 code blue for month of April, 2021 - does that mean how many deaths patients of code blue?
So what happens if they are DNR do you still call code and a doctor calls time of death?
Thanks so much for making this video. Codes are something I often think and worry about! I'd love to hear your first code story.
Will do!
At our facility Public Safety shows up in case family or friends get hysterical or start getting in the way of an already chaotic situation. You have to walk a fine line and be empathetic but firm and stay out of the way but be available if needed. But it's the only place you see miracles happen.
Yes story time!
During one of my clinicals on a pediatric med surg floor, I noticed a note next to the code button that said "DO NOT USE" which was super confusing. For some reason they didn't want you using the buttons there, you called it a different way.
My first code i was told "we would rather you hit the button and not need it, than not hit it and need it"
I'm both terrified and excited for my first code blue. Is that wrong that I'm excited to do cpr on someone? I've been work LTC and most of my folks are DNR, and I'd like to actually be able to SAVE someone at some point.
Just had my first code today as a new tech in the ER - THANK you for this video. I needed a little more recap at the end of today to reflect on what happened. I was blown away by how much empathy and support surrounds the patient and their family, but also the focus on the team members to take care of themselves and reach out if they needed further support after what happened.
Yes to the story time
Sounds good!
Please, become a nurse educator!! so good
Hey Liz! Do you have a video on Nursing School Interviews?
none on nursing school specifically yet, but here's on on NP school interviews. Essentially everything will be the same except instead of drawing from nursing experience, it would just be other life experience.
Yes I want to know your first story! Also I’ve only ever worked in family practice (whoop whoop) what’s the process like for DNR?
If they are a full DNR then nothing is done. Some patients choose to be a partial code, so chest compressions, but no intubation. If they are a DNR usually we emergently call family and let them know what is happening, and just be there with the patient as the passing process occurs.
Nurse Liz thanks for always commenting back 💗
Make the first code blue video! Im gonna be a nurse and i really wanna know thanks 😁
sounds good!
Thanks for entertaining me while I am home in bed with the flu! 😟
Oh no. I hope you feel better so soon!
I want you as my teacher!!!
story time about your first code!!
Sounds good!
Me just experiencing a code blue for the 1st time ON A TUESDAY!!
Yeah that blue button doesn’t always bring tons of people. Working in a small hospital as a night nurse we only have a small staff. Our codes are ran by 3-4 nurses an NP, an RT a pct and a lab tech. We can do lots with those few people though.
smaller hospitals are a much different experience i'm sure! But that sounds like the same crucial people that showed up to ours as well!
My wife went in for a foot infection. She also has Afib.
She stayed overnight and we talked in the morning. I came in and she was sleeping, I kissed her and saw she was dream sleeping.
10 minutes later I saw and heard all the alarms and screen.
I freaked out shaking her and shes a light sleeper, then like 7 glorious nurses came in, I got out of the way and walked out.
I prayed like hell for 10 minutes. They did sternum rubbing, CPR and used the paddles.
Doc said her heart stopped due to a few factors and seemed very calm about her revival.
Then some nurse in ICU came in and "Wow, your lucky. Most people fall into a coma or wake up for a bit and then fall back into one."
I have counseled in the Army and helped troubled soldiers. Im not saying what he said was wrong, Lol, but Know your Audience kid.
Regarding helping with the occupied nurses' patients... What are the rules in terms of, do I go in and ask her first if she wants that help? But she's obviously busy lol. And what about with HIPPA and not being allowed to look up pt info when it's not your patient? Does all that just go out the window during codes? Or will the charge nurse start delegating who can step in where?
I would just go do it. They always need help since they're unavailable! HIPPA wouldnt be an issue since you were looking them up to provide care for them! I've always had the charge nurse involved in the code, so they wouldnt be able to delegate.
my first step is to stop, and take a breath. and then spring into action
I’m an MA at a gastroenterologists office and we were doing an endoscopy and he aspirated wasn’t breathing he literally turned dark blue his oxygen levels were VERY low and I froze…luckily the CRNA and the doctor got him stable again but I felt defeated 😞
I'm so sorry you felt this way! The first code, especially a super unexpected one can be so rough
I wish i would have seen this before my first day of clinical! We got onto the floor and there was a code blue called on our unit 5 minutes later. All of us fresh faced baby nursing students were terrified 😂
Omg! What a crazy first day! That’s not the start you want 🤦🏻♀️
Yep, that was me this week, I swear I wanted to cry lmaaaooooo it was brutally terrifying, she didn't make it.:/
Started working as a Tech one month ago , today was my first day on my own and had my first code blue. We were in morning huddle and everyone runs into the room. I was outside the room just observing and I was shaken up for the whole time .It was chaotic situation . Unfortunately we lost the patient. 😭
Ugh I am so sorry!
What about in skilled nursing when there isn’t an entire medical team available?
I had a code as a CNA in rehab care but I didnt get to stick around and witness anything because we werent allowed to and I had other call lights. For some reasons CNA's wasnt even allowed to do chest compressions. (even though I am CPR certified)
weird, you were so helpful in other ways though!
@@NurseLiz I think it's weird too! They want us to be CPR certified through American heart association and then cant even use it?
i went into the ER a few months ago due to an allergic reaction and when i got to the hospial they rushed me to an ER room and there was like 8 nurses/doctors in there for a little while and it was fairly hectic til the epi started working. was that considered a code on me?
No.
@@islandgirlcarol9780 it may have been. We will never know due to hippo laws
When would you call the rapid response team instead of a code blue?
If they are in trouble but still have a pulse and are breathing
Nurse Liz thank you. I always wondered what the difference was. Lol.
Yeah, a rapid just gets all the members of the health care team there. A hospitalist, RT, charge nurse, etc. That way more specialties can help to get the patient stable.
I have a little question. Do medical professionals have legal responsibilities if they run a code on a DNR in the US by accident?
Can’t speak for US but in Canada everyone working with that patient is aware of their DNR status, it’s in the care plan or on the patients chart!
I’m sure there would be legal ramifications. I’ve never been involved in one where it wasn’t appropriate. It’s usually well documented
I would love to hear your first code
👍🏼👍🏼
Would love to hear your first code story!
will do!