Integration of multimodal alarms into Google Glass: demo

Nurses in intensive care units (ICU) are often exposed to noise pollution, especially a high number of acoustic patient alarms. One widespread consequence of these alarms is a condition called alarm fatigue. This means a desensitization and a resulting decreasing response time to alarms. To reduce the number of alarms, many interventions have been explored. However, the remaining acoustic alarms are still audible and distracting for both, healthcare professionals and patients. Our goal is to convey alarms directly to the responsible nurse. By augmenting Google Glass with additional LEDs and vibration motors, we aim to alert nurses unobtrusively using peripheral light, vibration and bone-conduction sound. In this work, we describe the development of a prototype for a wearable, multimodal patient monitoring system.