Code Red
Code Red (dt. Code Red ) is another name for Red Alert (dt .: Red Alert ), ie for the highest state of alarm .
The five warning levels of defense readiness
| Homeland Security Advisory System Threat condition |
| Low |
| Guarded |
| Elevated |
| High |
| Severe |
Warning levels for possible defense readiness condition ( DEFCON for short ) have been used in the American military and NATO since 1959, with Defcon 5 being the lowest and Defcon 1 being the highest warning level. In analogy to the traffic light colors , green was selected for Defcon 5 and red for Defcon 1. When the United States Department of Homeland Security was established in 2002, Defense Readiness warning levels were adopted for Homeland Security.
Color codes in hospitals
Color codes are also used inconsistently in American hospitals. Code Red generally means fire alarm and Code Blue means cardiovascular arrest . The use of other color codes often varies from hospital to hospital.
Bullying in the armed forces
The term Code Red is also the unofficial name for the armed forces of the United States for the bullying of a soldier by his own comrades .
In the armed forces of the United States it was until the 1990s customary to leave punish soldiers by their comrades when they during basic training did not behave as required. This punishment instead of a disciplinary procedure was sometimes ordered by trainers and officers . Today Code Red is banned from all US armed forces.
In the Marines, the term blanket party ( ceilings used -party) because it was a common punishment to hit soldiers with towels, in which hard objects were wrapped. Before this, a blanket was placed over the victim and held tight so that he could not break free. Such an act is portrayed in the film Full Metal Jacket . The term Code Red was best known from the movie A Matter of Honor , but it was never used that way by the US Marines .
literature
- Geoffrey C. Bowker, Susan Leigh Star: Sorting things out: classification and its consequences . MIT Press, 2000, ISBN 0262522950 , p. 249.
- Marc Berg, Annemarie Mol: Differences in medicine. unraveling practices, techniques, and bodies . Duke University Press, 1998, ISBN 0822321742 , p. 203.
- David W. Neubauer, Stephen S. Meinhold: Judicial Process: Law, Courts, and Politics in the United States . Cengage Learning, 2009, ISBN 049556933X , p. 80.
Individual evidence
- ↑ DEFCON DEFense CONdition. Federation of American Scientists, April 29, 1998, accessed August 21, 2014 .
- ^ Defcon Five. TV Tropes, accessed on August 21, 2014 .