Stimulus-response time to alarms of the intra-aortic balloon pump: safe care practices

ABSTRACT Objective: To characterize the sound alarms of the Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP) during aortic counterpulsation therapy; to measure the stimulus-response time of the team to these; and to discuss the implications of increasing this time for patient safety from the alarm fatigue perspect...

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Main Authors: Andrezza Serpa Franco, Adriana Carla Bridi, Monica de Almeida Karam, Ana Paula Amorim Moreira, Karla Biancha Silva de Andrade, Roberto Carlos Lyra da Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem
Series:Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672017000601206&lng=en&tlng=en