Telemetry Monitoring in PA — Alarm Fatigue: A Clinical Emergency Waiting to Happen
Channel: Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority
Date: 2020-10-26

This four-part series takes a look at ongoing challenges in telemetry monitoring and best practices implemented at facilities throughout Pennsylvania to improve patient safety. In this video, staff at Good Shepherd Penn Partners share how they developed a shared mental model and approached alarm management from a multidisciplinary perspective, which resulted in a 40% decrease in alarms.

Participants:
Heather Cialello, RN
Michelle Lockett, RN
Gregory Mayro, MD - Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Zygmunt Morawski - Manager, Respiratory Therapy
Andrew Paris, MD - Pulmonary Medicine
Anne Marie Pettit, MSN, RN - Nursing Professional Development Strategist
Nina Renzi, BSN, RN - Manager, Patient Safety and Regulatory Affairs

For more information and resources for telemetry monitoring, visit http://patientsafety.pa.gov/pst/Pages/Telemetry/hm.aspx#