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2. Medical alarm - Wikipedia

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   A medical alarm [1] is an alarm system designed to signal the presence of a hazard requiring urgent attention and to summon emergency medical personnel. Other terms for a medical alarm are Personal Emergency Response System (PERS) or medical alert. It is especially important to recognize the need to respond to situations where the person is ...

3. Panic button - Wikipedia

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   A medical alert panic button or medical alarm is an electronic device worn on a bracelet or necklace as part of a medical alert system. When pressed, it sends a wireless signal to a home console which dials alarm monitoring staff and alerts them of an emergency condition.

4. Alarm fatigue - Wikipedia

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   The large number of alarms, especially of false alarms, has led to several unintended outcomes. Some consequences are disruption in patient care, [10] desensitization to alarms, [11] anxiety in hospital staff and patients, [11] sleep deprivation and depressed immune systems, [11] misuse of monitor equipment including "work-arounds" such as turning down alarm volumes or adjusting device ...

5. Does Medicare cover medical alert systems? Here’s what ...

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   Typical at-home medical alert systems have a base unit in the home that connects wirelessly to wall-mounted sensors or wearable devices. On-the-go, or mobile systems, include a rechargeable ...

6. Emergency service response codes - Wikipedia

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   Emergency service response codes are predefined systems used by emergency services to describe the priority and response assigned to calls for service. Response codes vary from country to country, jurisdiction to jurisdiction, and even agency to agency, with different methods used to categorize responses to reported events.

7. Medical Priority Dispatch System - Wikipedia

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   The Medical Priority Dispatch System (MPDS), sometimes referred to as the Advanced Medical Priority Dispatch System (AMPDS) is a unified system used to dispatch appropriate aid to medical emergencies including systematized caller interrogation and pre-arrival instructions. Priority Dispatch Corporation is licensed to design and publish MPDS and ...