Patient monitoring alarms in the ICU and in the operating room

Patient monitoring alarms in the ICU and in the operating room. Critical care, March 2013, 17: R216

Schmid, F., et al.

http://ccforum.com/content/pdf/cc12525.pdf

In complex fields of work like aviation, mining, anesthesiology, and intensive care medicine – and here
particularly with regard to monitoring of vital functions – alarms are ubiquitous and have been the subject of
medical, technical, and psychological research for decades. Monitoring of vital functions and function
of life-support devices is essential for critically ill patients, although real evidence based data are missing.