there is a patient alarm outside my door in ICU that services the whole ward and has to be loud enough for a nurse to hear from the other end of the wing.
I reckon it`s around 75db,and when I queried the volume I was told it is "industry protocol" and cannot be turned down because  Occupational Health & Safety rules state it must allow for staff with compromised hearing.
 
the joke is that I seem to be the only person here who thinks that a loud alarm a few meters from my head,every 8 seconds, is acceptable when recovering in intensive care from major surgery and not having slept for 3 nights is an "inconvenience." which I have paid $180.00 per month for years for the privilege of being tolerated as a "difficult patient"by a 20 year old with more tatts  and worse breath than a syphilitic seaman.
maybe I am just a grumpy old man but lately political correctness and "protocols" seem to be getting out of hand and I can`t wait to get home where I AM the master of my universe.
 
that's better-needed to vent a bit-
cheers
 

I'm sorry to hear that.  Could you ask for some earplugs?  Sleep is very necessary while recuperating.  The time I've spent in hospitals has been mostly pretty good--considering I wasn't there for entertainment.  I didn't have the alarms to deals with.  They did have a habit that I didn't appreciate.  They woke me up at all hours to draw blood.  
 
Hang in there and get well.  
Jan
 

Old55
I'm sorry to hear that.  Could you ask for some earplugs?  Sleep is very necessary while recuperating.  The time I've spent in hospitals has been mostly pretty good--considering I wasn't there for entertainment.  I didn't have the alarms to deals with.  They did have a habit that I didn't appreciate.  They woke me up at all hours to draw blood.  
 
Hang in there and get well.  
Jan
 

ha-I have my Cx300II buds in with a pair of HD280`over them and it still cuts thru like the bell on a good ride.
cheers

Old55
I'm sorry to hear that.  Could you ask for some earplugs?  Sleep is very necessary while recuperating.  The time I've spent in hospitals has been mostly pretty good--considering I wasn't there for entertainment.  I didn't have the alarms to deals with.  They did have a habit that I didn't appreciate.  They woke me up at all hours to draw blood.  
 
Hang in there and get well.  
Jan
 

ha-I have my Cx300II buds in with a pair of HD280`over them and it still cuts thru like the bell on a good ride.
cheers

I found that some pain killers do REALLY good at knocking me out...enough to sleep for a few hours.....maybe???

thanks mate-I have unlimited pain control but they can`t knock me out yet as I am totally hooked up and intubated and have an embolism in my lung and an ugly clot in my leg which will probably removed tonight if I am stable enough so I need to be awake and typing one fingered is the best way to keep centred at the moment and keep my mind off the complications.
probably shouldn`t be here as I am pretty out of it but if I cant be an arsehole now when can I be?
cheers  

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thanks mate-I have unlimited pain control but they can`t knock me out yet as I am totally hooked up and intubated and have an embolism in my lung and an ugly clot in my leg which will probably removed tonight if I am stable enough so I need to be awake and typing one fingered is the best way to keep centred at the moment and keep my mind off the complications.
probably shouldn`t be here as I am pretty out of it but if I cant be an arsehole now when can I be?
cheers  

Feel free to be an arsehole--especially if it helps you get through this.  Again, good luck.  

How utterly ridiculous - as if, in this day and age, they couldn't have rigged up a system which sounds a quieter alarm on the relevant nurse's person. In fact they could have done that 30 years ago. 

my point exactly-surely a brightly flashing light would be enough????
things have really come to a head here lately and friends of mine in the construction and trades industry are really concerned at the level of beauracracy and reporting and conformity required to do the simplest of tasks.
our children are driven to work because of the paedophilia "epidemic"-you need a licence from the police to coach your own childrens sporting team
my grandchildren are pushed and prodded to be "the best they can be" rather than just be kids
it is illegal to walk a pet without a lead
I can be randomly searched with no reason whatsoever and randomly drug and alcohol tested whenever I drive
I can only keep a firearm if my property is 200 acres or more
blah blah blah 
   

A hospital or a court of law is NO place to be...ever. Hope you recuperate...even with these idiotic distractions ...and get the hell out of there ASAP!