Responding to Clinical Alarms: A Challenge to Users in ICU/CCU

Proceedings - International Conference on Intelligent Systems, Modelling and Simulation, ISMS

Volumn 2015-October, Issue , 2015, Pages 88-92

  Thangavelu, Sasikala ^a   Yunus, Jasmy ^b   Ifeachor, Emmanuel ^a   Chinna, Karuthan ^a   Edworthy, Judy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

alarm response; Clinical alarm system; patient safety

Indexed keywords

INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; RESPONSE TIME (COMPUTER SYSTEMS);

ALARM RESPONSE; MALAYSIA; MEDICAL DOCTORS; PATIENT SAFETY;

ALARM SYSTEMS;

EID: 84959276573     PISSN: 21660662     EISSN: 21660670     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISMS.2015.38     Document Type: Conference Paper

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