. . . . . . and the "life support equipment" was > presumably a ventilator - which are usually pressure driven and have > alarms. > Actually I worked in a ITU about ten years agin in the UK which had ventilators which did not have alarms, we couldn't afford the extras??? Robin Beaumont Lecturer in Health Informatics University of Newcastle upon Tyne 21 Claremont Place Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 2AA Tel: 0191 222 5625 or 5668 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%