Welcome to the next installment of the Anesthesia Patient Safety podcast hosted by Alli Bechtel.  This podcast is an exciting journey towards improved anesthesia patient safety.Anesthesia professionals have a critical role for monitoring patients, recognizing physiologic changes that require intervention, and taking the appropriate steps to keep patients safe during anesthesia care. Tune in today as we discuss the need for safe and effective medical alarms. Spoiler alert: Alarm design and optimization are necessary to enable the constant vigilance required for safe anesthesia care.Additional sound effects from: Zapsplat.For show notes & transcript, visit our episode page at apsf.org: https://www.apsf.org/podcast/168-innovation-and-optimization-of-medical-alarms/© 2023, The Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation