Code Bright Star

[DCLCrazy]

Hi All.

I just got off of the Dream and was startled to hear a code called throughout the cabins. It must of been serious if they announced it in each cabin. I've researched it and it seems to have been a medical emergency or death. Does anyone know the outcome of the emergency? I hope everyone is ok. :o

[1025cruise]

Hopefully everyone is OK. Unfortunately, do to privacy reasons, I doubt you will hear what happened. If they actually called a Bright Store, it must have been very serious.

[tinybiny]

I had that in the middle of the night on my last cruise. I asked a couple staff members about it and they said it meant that someone had a health emergency. I never saw anything like someone being removed from the ship. They did announce the cabin # at the same time they were saying Bright Star several times. Hopefully, everything turned out okay for my fellow passenger. I assume it did since I wasn't aware of a helicopter or anything like that.

[Loonbeam]

As noted, a bright star is an emergency, usually medical (could be a few other things - not sure exactly what Disney classifies in this category) - it's broadcast in cabin so that medical staff an other responders can hear and respond regardless of where they are as needed (in addition to the medical staff, security, command staff and even the stewards nearby may respond both to assist and to secure the area, ensure privacy and set a route to the medical center, etc. (again, not sure on Disney specifics, but all lines have a similar protocol.

 

Unfortunately, in a situation like this, if you don't see an evac or a port medical assist, it's not uncommon that the passenger didn't make it. Rumors may fly but details will NEVER be leaked by the med staff.

[DCLCrazy]

It happened late last night around 10pm. I'm not sure if evac was called. We were at sea headed back to PC so that wouldn't have been an option either.

 

 

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[moki'smommy]

Essentially, a "Bright Star" is a request for the medical emergency response team to appear. It does not always mean that it is truly an emergency (in the same way that not every patient who presents to the emergency room is really an emergency). For example, two situations I've seen on the ship were a lady who fell getting into the adult pool--she was removed from the pool, taken to medical for evaluation, and returned to her cabin. I know this because her traveling companion was very confused about where she was, so I escorted the friend to medical. Another involved a person who had somehow skipped breakfast after injecting her insulin--again, her blood sugar was stabilized by medical and she was able to continue her cruise.

 

It does NOT mean that the only alternatives are an evacuation or a death. It means that the medical team is needed. What happens after that is based on their assessment which takes into account how long it is until the ship is scheduled to dock. And while it does happen occasionally, no crew member from any department should ever be saying a word about the person's issue or status.

Edited February 28, 2017 by moki'smommy

[Loonbeam]

I thought Bright Star was the secondary call for support and Alpha was the primary (and usually not in cabin)..

 

 

I may be confusing lines here...

 

Essentially' date=' a "Bright Star" is a request for the medical emergency response team to appear. It does not always mean that it is truly an emergency (in the same way that not every patient who presents to the emergency room is really an emergency). For example, two situations I've seen on the ship were a lady who fell getting into the adult pool--she was removed from the pool, taken to medical for evaluation, and returned to her cabin. I know this because her traveling companion was very confused about where she was, so I escorted the friend to medical. Another involved a person who had somehow skipped breakfast after injecting her insulin--again, her blood sugar was stabilized by medical and she was able to continue her cruise.

 

It does NOT mean that the only alternatives are an evacuation or a death. It means that the medical team is needed. What happens after that is based on their assessment which takes into account how long it is until the ship is scheduled to dock. And while it does happen occasionally, no crew member from any department should ever be saying a word about the person's issue or status.[/quote']

[moki'smommy]

I've never heard of Alpha on DCL.