Detecting Post-surgical Respiratory Compromise and Prompting Patients to Self-rescue: An Early Feasibility Study

The device used is the NM3 by Phillips Medical, Wallingford CT. The prompting for breaths will include a recorded voice played at 100 decibels played by a speaker placed within 4 feet of the patient's head. If successful breath response is monitored by the patient monitors but no additional subsequent breaths occur within 20 seconds, the verbal prompt will be repeated for the patient to breathe. If the verbal prompting does not result in a breath detected by the patient monitors, the verbal prompt will be repeated within 20 seconds, optionally accompanied by a shoulder shake from the shoulder massager.