Objectives The aim of this study was to analyse the current use, identify challenges and
barriers and propose a way forward for the use of the pager devices in the in-hospital …

Auditory roughness in medical alarm sounds is an important design attribute, and has been
shown to impact user performance and perception. While roughness can assist in …

Distinguishing urgent from non-urgent communication is critical. We aimed to understand
how hospital staff choose what communication technologies to use. A mixed methods study …

Background: Telemetry monitoring is intended to improve patient safety and reduce harm.
However, excessive monitor alarms may have the undesired effect of staff ignoring …

Social interaction begins with the other person's attention, but it is difficult for ad/Deaf or hard-
of-hearing (DHH) person to notice the initial conversation cues. Wearable or visual devices …

The Federal Aviation Administration's air traffic control organization (ATO) encompasses a
variety of facilities that include towers, terminal radar approach control facilities (TRACONs) …

Practitioners of Human Factors and Ergonomics (HF/E) must frequently adapt to the
constraints of organizations, multidisciplinary teams, changing customer requirements, and …

Objective Activation of emergency medical services (EMS) through radio dispatching in the
United States of America is the established first component in the link of the Chain of …

This research investigated the impact of noise in intensive care units (ICUs) on the well-
being of healthcare workers, comprising six studies. Notably, the COVID-19 pandemic …

An air traffic control (ATC) facility is a dynamic, high-stress environment that requires that
controllers rapidly detect problems and make time-critical decisions. Signals (alarms, alerts …