Auditory Alarms in Critical Care Settings: Alarm Bibliography
Auditory Alarms in Critical Care Settings
Alarm Bibliography
The following list of literature represents a small selection of reference material regarding alarms and alarm-related topics. It is by no means exhaustive, however, it should provide a solid starting point for further investigation of alarms.
Blattner, M. M., Sumikawa, D. A., & Greenberg, R. M. (1989). Earcons and icons: their structure and common design principles. Human-Computer Interaction, 4, 11-44.
Bliss, J. P., Gilson, R. D., & Deaton, J. E. (1995). Human probability matching behavior in response to alarms of varying reliability. Ergonomics, 38(11), 2300-2313.
Bliss, J., Dunn. M., & Fuller, B.S. (1995). Reversal of the cry-wolf effect: An investigation of two methods to increase alarm response rates. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 80, 1231-1242.
Block, F. E. (1988). Evaluation of users’ abilities to recognize musical alarm tones. Journal of Clinical Monitoring, 8, 285.
Bogner, M. S. (1994). Human error in medicine. Hillsdale, NJ: LEA.
Botney, R., & Gaba, D. (1988) Monitoring in anesthesia and critical care monitoring(3rd edition). [see p. 100 of their chapter for the Kesting et al. material].
Breznitz, S. (1984). Cry wolf: The psychology of false alarms. Hillsdale, NJ: LEA.
Cook, R. I. & Woods, D. D. (1996). Adapting to new technology in the operating room. Human Factors, 38(4), 593-613.
De Keyser, V. (1995) Time in ergonomics research. Ergonomics, 38, 1639-1660.
Edworthy, J., & Meredith, C. (1997). Influence of verbal leabeling and acoustic quality on the learning and retetion of medical alarms. International Journal of Cognitive Ergonomics, 1, 229-243.
Edworthy, J., & Stanton, N. (1995). A user-centered approach to the design and evaluation of auditory warning signals: 1. Methodology. Ergonomics, 38(11), 2262-2281.
Edworthy, J., Loxley, S., & Dennis, I. (1991). Improving auditory warning design: relationship between warning sound parameters and perceived urgency. Human Factors, 33, 205-231.
Effken, J. A., Kim, N.-G., & Shaw, R. E. (1997). Making the constraints visible: testing the ecological approach to interface design. Ergonomics, 40(1), 1-27.
Gaver, W. (1993). How in the world do we hear? Explorations in ecological acoustics. Ecological Psychology, 5, 283-313.
Gurushanthaiah, K., Weinger, M. & Englund, C.E. (1995). Visual display format affects the ability of anesthesiologists to detect acute physiological changes. Anesthesiology, 83, 1184-1193.
Kerr, J. (1985). Auditory warnings in intensive care units and operating theatres. Ergonomics International 85 Proceedings of the Ninth International Congress of the International Ergonomics Association, 2-6 September, Bournemouth, England. Basingstoke, UK: Taylor & Francis.
Kestin, I.G., Miller, B.R., Lockhart, C.H. (1988). Auditory alarms during anesthesia monitoring. Anesthesiology, 69, 106-109.
Kesting, I. G., Miller, B. T., & Lockhart, C. H. (1988). Auditory alarms during anesthesia monitoring. Anesthesiology, 69, 106.
Loeb, R. G., Jones, B. R., Leonard, R. A., & Behrman, K. (1992). Recognition accuracy of current operating room alarms. Anesthesia and Analgesia, 74, 499-505.
McIntyre, J.W.R. (1985). Ergonomics: Anaesthetists’ use of auditory alarms in the operating room. International Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing, 2, 47-55.
Meredith, C., & Edworthy, J. (1994). Sources of confusion in intensive therapy unit alarms. In N. Stanton (Ed.), Human factors in alarm design. London: Taylor & Francis.
Moll van Charante, E., Cook, R. I., Woods, D. D., Yue, L, & Howie, M. B. (1993). Human-computer interaction in context: Physician interaction with automatic intravenous controllers in the heart room. In H. G. Stassen (Ed.), Analysis, design and evaluation of man-machine systems 1992 (pp. 263-274). New York: Pergamon.
Momtahan, K. L., & Tansley, B. W. (1989). An ergonomic analysis of the auditory alarm signals in the operating room and recovery room. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Canadian Acoustical Association, Halifax, Canada.
Momtahan, K. L., Tehu, R., & Tansley, B. W. (1993). Audibility and identification of auditory alarms in operating rooms and an intensive care unit. Ergonomics, 36, 1159-1176.
Morgan, C.J., Takala, J., DeBacker, D., Sukuvaara, T., & Kari, A. (1996). Definition and detection of alarms in critical care. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 51, 5-11.
Morris, R. W. & Montano, S. R. (1996). Response times to visual and autidory alarms during anesthesia. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, 24, 682-684.
Mylrea, K.C., Orr, J.A., & Westenkow, D.R. (1993). Integration of monitoring for intelligent alarms in anesthesia: Neural networks—can they help? Journal of Clinical Monitoring, 9, 31-37.
Norman, D. (1994). Cover commentary on M. S. Bogner (Ed) Human error in medicine. Hillsdale, NJ: LEA.
Orr, J.A., & Westenskow, D.R. (1994). A breathing circuit alarm system based on neural networks. Journal of Clinical Monitoring, 10, 101-109.
Pan, P.H., & Gravenstein, N. (1994). Intraoperative pulse oximetry: Frequency and distribution of discrepant data. Journal of Clinical Anesthesia, 6, 491-495.
Patterson, R. D. (1989). Guidelines for the design of auditory warning sounds. Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics, 11(5), 17-25.
Patterson, R. D., Edworthy, J., Shailer, M. J., Lower, M. C., & Wheeler, P D. (1986). Alarm sounds for medical equipment in intensive care areas and operating theatres. Institute of Sound and Vibration Research Report No. AC598, Southampton.
Rasmussen, J., Pejtersen, A. & Goodstein, L. P. (1994). Cognitive systems engineering. New York: Wiley Interscience.
Roth, E., Bennett, K., & Woods, D. D. (1987). Human interaction with an “intelligent” machine. International Journal of Man-Machine Studies, 27, 479-525.
Runciman, W. B., Webb, R. K., Barker, L., & Currie, M. (1993). The pulse oximeter: Applications and limitations—An analysis of 2000 incident reports. Anesthesia and Intensive Care, 21(5), 543-550.
Sanderson, P. M., & Seagull, F. J. (1997). Cognitive ergonomics of information technology in critical care: Contexts and modalities for alarm interpretation. Proceedings of the International Workplace Health and Safety Forum and 33rd Ergonomics Society of Australia Conference, Gold Coast, Australia, 24-27 November. pp. 43-52.
Schreiber, P. J. & Schreiber, J. (1989). Structured alarms systems for the operating room. Journal of Clinical Monitoring, 5, 201-204.
Seagull, F. J. & Sanderson, P. M. (1997). Anesthesia alarms in context. Unpublished manuscript, Swinburne Computer-Human Interaction Laboratory (SCHIL), School of Information Technology, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia.
Stanford, L.M., McIntyre, J.W.R., Nelson, T.M., & Hogan, J.T. (1988). Affective responses to commercial and experimental auditory alarm signals for anaesthesia delivery and physiological monitoring equipment. International Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing, 5, 111-118.
Stanton, N. (1993). Alarms in a coronary care unit. Contemporary ergonomics: Proceedings of the Ergonomics Society’s 1993 Annusal Conference. 13-16 April, Edinburgh, Scotland. London: Taylor & Francis.
Stanton, N. A. (1994). Alarm initiated activities. In N. A. Stanton (Ed.), Human factors in alarm design. London: Taylor & Francis.
Weiner, E. L. (1985). Beyond the sterile cockpit. Human Factors, 37, 75-90.
Weinger, M. B. (1991). Proposed new alarm standards may make a bad situation worse. Anesthesiology, 74, 791-792.
Weinger, M. B., & Englund, C.E. (1990). Ergonomics and human factors affecting anesthetic vigilance and monitoring performance in the operating room environment. Anesthesiology, 73, 995-1021.
Wiklund, L., Hok, B., Stahl, K., & Jordeby-Jonsson, A., (1994). Postanesthesia monitoring revisited: Frequency of true and false alarms from different monitoring devices. Journal of Clinical Anesthesia, 6, 182-188.
Woods, D. D. (1995). The alarm problem and directed attention in dynamic fault management. Ergonomics, 38(11), 2371-2394.
Woods, D. D. (1994). Cognitive demands and activities in dynamic fault management: Abductive reasoning and disturbance management. In N. Stanton (Ed.), Human factors in alarm design. London: Taylor & Francis.
Xiao, Y. (1995). Interacting with complex work environments: A field study and a planning model. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto.
Xiao, Y., Mackenzie, C.F., Jaberi, M., Harper, B., and the LOTAS Group (1996). Alarms: Silenced, ignored, and missed. Anesthesiology, 73, 995-1021.