The auditors reported they were "unable to determine what the ventilator alarm settings were at the time of Patient A’s death; however, use of a potential life-saving ventilator alarm system ...

Following an alarm failure, the device may fail in one of the two ways: By entering a ventilator inoperative state after three reboots within 24 hours (with no therapy and audible and visual ...

A ventilator log of the machine’s operations the day Heidi Good died claimed the alarm blared for 30 minutes. Good reportedly was outside gardening at the time the alarm sounded.

Should have documented the girl’s “vital signs, oxygen saturation and breath sounds” when the ventilator alarm sounded. Should have checked and noted the ventilator settings.

HSC's platform achieved real-time surveillance of patients on ventilation support and reduced the number of ventilator alarms by an estimated 80%, helping achieve compliance with The Joint ...

Issues with ventilators across three major manufacturers—Philips, Baxter and Zoll—have led to a string of Class I recall notices from the FDA, the agency’s most severe level. | Issues with ...

Three health care workers accused of ignoring a nursing home patient’s ventilator alarm for more than nine minutes and negligently causing her death either suffered from “alarm fatigue” or ...

In volume guarantee (VG) mode, the Dräger Babylog 8000plus ventilator targets a set expired tidal volume (VT) by adjusting the PIP between the positive end expiratory pressure (PEEP) and the ...

For the second time in a year, the state has faulted the same St. Paul nursing home for failing to respond in a timely manner to the ventilator alarm of a resident who died. According to a report ...