The Boston Globe

Health & wellness

Dec. 11, 2011

Ventilator errors are linked to 119 deaths

Warnings are often ignored, missed by overtaxed caregivers

More than a hundred patients have died since 2005 in incidents involving the machines’ warning alarms, warnings often ignored or missed by overtaxed caregivers.

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The reality of patient care is that unless a patient is sedated and paralyzed ventilators alarm constantly.