Title :
Designing the vocal alarm and improving medical ventilator
Author :
Mojdeh, S. ; Emadian, H. ; Sadri, A.R. ; Rahimi, Mohammad ; Nabi, Magdi M.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Nursing & Midwifery, Isfahan Univ. of Med. Sci., Isfahan, Iran
Abstract :
Response to mechanical ventilation remains to be one of the most challenging tasks facing physicians, nurses or other medical personnel in the ICU. In 2002, (JCAHO) reviewed 23 reports of death or injury that related to mechanical ventilation. That 65 percent related to alarms.
Keywords :
injuries; patient treatment; pneumodynamics; ventilation; breathing; death; injury; mechanical ventilation; vocal alarm; Back; Educational institutions; Humans; Lungs; Patents; Visualization; Vocal Alarm; equipment Alarm System; medical Ventilator;
Conference_Titel :
Biomedical Engineering (ICBME), 2010 17th Iranian Conference of
Conference_Location :
Isfahan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7483-7
DOI :
10.1109/ICBME.2010.5704986
