Silent Alarm

to Problem Alarm Fatigue: According to Cvach (2012), alarm fatigue is “the lack of response due to excessive numbers of alarms resulting in sensory overload and desensitization” (Cvach, 2012, p. 269). Alarm fatigue is a major concern in the critical care unit. In a course of a shift nurses hear so many alarms they began to become immune to them. There are many times when an alarm sounds the result is often a false alarm. Research has demonstrated that 72% to 99% of clinical alarms are false (Sue

Monitor Alarm Fatigue Courtney Conner University of South Alabama Strategies to Reduce Monitor Alarm Fatigue Monitor alarms are designed to alert caregivers to changes in a patient’s condition and can save lives, but majority of the alarms do not require clinical intervention. However, as the number of alarms encountered by clinicians on a daily basis rises, it has become difficult for caregivers to distinguish between clinically significant alarms and nuisance alarms. As a result, alarm fatigue

Alarm fatigue was brought into the spotlight in recent years because of adverse patient outcomes. These sentinel events triggered the Joint Commission to make alarm safety a goal in 2014, and mandating policies and procedures to be in place by 2016 for better monitoring and observance of alarms. I decided to highlight this topic since a large part of a critical care nurse’s daily routine is silencing alarms for monitors, pumps, ventilators, beds and call lights. In my personal experience inappropriately

However, this overused phrase turned out to be true and recently I found out why. My very bad, awful and horrible day began really early. I got up at seven to get ready for the exam I was having in two hours. After hitting the snooze button on my alarm clock for the third time, it took me quite long to force myself to wake up and get ready after a sleepless night of studying. What made it even worse was the fact that I had a high temperature and a severe migraine. Finally I made myself

What is Fire Prevention? The goal of the Fire Prevention Division is to prevent the loss of life and damage to environment, property and other values in Santa Fe County through the establishment of community partnerships, information dissemination, code development and enforcement, planning, review and active involvement in our communities. Fire Safety Tips X Lauren Romano Lauren Romano became a freelance writer in 2007. Her work appears on various websites and in print. Lauren specializes in

smelling replacement for standard cigarettes, but sometimes they still make smoke detectors go off. If you are in your own house, that is fine, but it gets to be a problem when everyone in the entire dorm has to evacuate because your vapor set off a fire alarm. You will have a long, stressful talk with the people that run Langdale and maybe a cop or two. The worst case scenario is that you get kicked out of your room and have to find another place to live, and if you can not find a place, maybe your mom

When exploring the significance of sound upon a film's thematic concept, one must identify the fundamental components of the individual film score and its relationship to the development of the plot. Sound has been a dominant feature of the audience's cinematic experience from early in the art form's history. Initially existing as a simple piano score that was used to assist in the realisation of certain on-screen emotions, the use of sound has been greatly developed and is now considered as "one

Over the past week I have been keeping track of my media use. I discovered I lead a pretty repetitive technological lifestyle. Weekday mornings I start my media consumption via my alarm clock on my cell phone. Why not use the regular alarm clock? Because with a cell phone I do not have to get up and out of bed in the morning- the snooze button is even closer to my barely awake fingertips. After hitting the snooze button at least once I make a point to check out Facebook because we all know everyone

RUSH (RELIABLE, ULTIMATE SECURITY FOR HOMES) INTRODUCTION Home security systems is no longer a luxury but a necessity in todays high crime society. Burglary is a crime New Zealanders are most likely to suffer. Our solution to this problem is a smart home security application that would allow us to effectively and efficiently notify police and homeowners discretely, as well as accurately identify the stolen items. Thus, minimizing chances of a thief escaping conviction and ultimately reduce the annual

It was Wednesday, the 22nd of March 2012. I woke up to my alarm clock blaring in my ear at 9:30 AM and I reached to hit the snooze button. I slept for about another hour until my friend Tyler knock on my door. “Joel! Joel are you in there? Wake up man I’m about to go ride my bike for a little while down the road. You better hurry if you want to come!” So I rolled out of bed and dropped on the carpet floor like a sack of potatoes. I got up out of the floor and went to the bathroom to get ready to