Set Phasers on Stun And Other True Tales Of Design, Technology, And Human Error

Abstract

Karen Nessen checked the EKG electrodes taped to the chest of the four-year old girl and ran the lead across the starched white bed sheet to the upper corner of the mattress. All she had to do now was plug the cord from the heart monitor machine sitting nearby the bedside. Karen and the other staff would then be able to monitor the little girl's condition while they were down the corridor at the nurse's station. An alarm would sound if the machines detected a significant change in the rhyth or pace of her heart.