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Hospital alarms prove a noisy misery for patients: ‘I feel like I’m in jail.’

Hospital alarms prove a noisy misery for patients: ‘I feel like I’m in jail.’

The (Joint) commission has estimated that of the thousands of alarms going off throughout a hospital every day, an estimated 85 to 99 percent do not require clinical intervention. Staff, facing widespread “alarm fatigue,” can miss critical alerts, leading to patient deaths. Patients may get anxious about fluctuations in heart rate or blood pressure that…

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Westchester Medical Center Health Network Urges Patients To Take Caution During Fall Prevention Awareness Month

Trips and slips are no laughing matter, as falls in the home are the number one reason for hospital visits nationwide. At Westchester Medical Center, the flagship of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) and the only Level I adult and pediatric trauma center in the Hudson Valley, falls have been the most common…

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Too much noise from hospital alarms poses risk for patients

Too much noise from hospital alarms poses risk for patients

The sheer number — several hundred alarms per patient per day — can cause alarm fatigue. Nurses and other workers, overwhelmed or desensitized by the constant barrage, sometimes respond by turning down the volume on the devices, shutting them off or simply ignoring them — actions that can have serious, potentially fatal, consequences.

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