[strnisa]

The standardization of medical alarms was important when introduced, providing consistent and clear communication across devices and countries. However, with modern technology, these standards may now limit innovation.

It seems to me that clear verbal alerts like "BLOOD PRESSURE VERY HIGH" could be more immediately understandable than tones. A hybrid system combining verbal alerts with alarm tones might be a good compromise for clarity and international usability.

[ncallaway]

I don’t know, I kinda think if you’re going to have verbal warnings you kinda need a centralized system that processes all alarms to triage them like in an airplane.

If even 2 verbal alarms are going at the same time, it’s going to create a chaotic environment.

In a decentralized system, I think tones have less of an overlapping problem.

[Aeolun]

If two of these tones sound at the same time, I’m fairly certain I couldn’t distinguish them.