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

• Main Authors: Andrezza Serpa Franco (Author), Adriana Carla Bridi (Author), Monica de Almeida Karam (Author), Ana Paula Amorim Moreira (Author), Karla Biancha Silva de Andrade (Author), Roberto Carlos Lyra da Silva (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem.
• Subjects: article
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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 perspecti...