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Auditory Alarms in Critical Care Settings: Introduction |
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Auditory Alarms in Critical Care Settings Introduction |
Auditory alarms from patient monitoring equipment pervade critical care settings. They are intended to
safeguard the patient by signaling
potentially dangerous conditions. However, because of poor acoustic
profiles and due to high false alarm rates, the clinical value of such auditory
alarms is questionable. We have undertaken a series of
studies to examine the problems associated with auditory alarms in these
settings. The research used mobile eye-tracking
methods to collect data in the operating room and Anesthesia Simulator.
The web pages contained here outline the work done by the members of the Human Factors Research Program (HFRP) lab who are the principal investigators and their collaborators. The work is divided into major projects, which are described briefly along with representative publications. There is a more comprehensive list of alarm publications associated directly with the HFRP researchers' work on alarms, and also a general list of assorted research on alarms, contained in an alarm bibliography. The research effort described here have received research support from numerous institutions through grants, equipment and access to facilities. |
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