Hospitals use color codes to communicate emergencies quickly and discreetly. Each color code represents a different type of ...
Sulphur, LA (KPLC) - Officials at West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital were holding a news conference discussing the seriousness of the current COVID-19 surge when a Code Blue call went out. The hospital’s ...
Are computerized hospital alarms trying to tell us too much? The beeping of monitors has become the ever-present audio wallpaper of hospital units. Medical devices monitoring patients send off alerts ...
A new system takes a novel approach to monitoring patients’ vital signs, like heart rate, blood pressure, and blood oxygen saturation, with pleasant-sounding melodies instead of alarms. Designed by ...
Inverness' Raigmore Hospital declared "code black" warnings about major impacts on its services on more than 100 days over a period of a year, according to new figures. Code black is the highest level ...
NORWICH — Nurses at Backus Hospital in Norwich are sounding the alarm over patient care and staff burnout as they push for a new contract with the facility's administration. Danielle Berriault, the ...