Need for a new paradigm in the design of alarms for patient monitors and medical devices.

Webster, Craig S; Sanderson, Penelope · Br J Anaesth · 2021

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Abstract

Modern computerised medical devices emit large numbers of tone-based alerts and alarms. Notifications that comprise auditory icons or natural human speech substantially increase the psychological salience of alerts and alarms and may allow a larger set of notifications to be used, as they do not require memorisation of arbitrary sounds.

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