Recommendation of New Medical Alarms Based on Audibility, Identifiability, and Detectability in a Randomized, Simulation-Based Study

• Published in: Critical care medicine Vol. 47; no. 8; p. 1050
• Main Authors: Bennett, Christopher, Dudaryk, Roman, Crenshaw, Nichole, Edworthy, Judy, McNeer, Richard
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.08.2019
• Subjects: Acoustic Stimulation - methods; Auditory Perception; Clinical Alarms - standards; Equipment Design - methods; Equipment Failure; Humans; Monitoring, Physiologic - instrumentation; Patient Safety - standards; Sound

Accurate and timely identification of existing audible medical alarms is not adequate in clinical settings. New alarms that are easily heard, quickly identifiable, and discernable from one another are indicated. The "auditory icons" (brief sounds that serve as metaphors for the events they...