Five alive: using mock code simulation to improve responder performance during the first 5 minutes of a code.

Purpose: This article reviews the institution of mock code simulation training to improve registered nurses responder performance at a trauma 1 teaching hospital.

Method: An in-situ mock code is held on random medical-surgical/telemetry units every month. Participants are asked to respond to 2 different scenarios using a 3-G Sim Man and the unit's emergency equipment.