Comments on: Medical Alert Symbol for Emergencies Visual Management https://6sigma.com/medical-alert-visual-management/ Six Sigma Certification and Training Fri, 28 Feb 2025 08:03:45 +0000 hourly 1 By: Mike https://6sigma.com/medical-alert-visual-management/#comment-25401 Wed, 29 Sep 2010 21:26:00 +0000 https://opexlearning.com/resources/?p=4881#comment-25401 way too symmetrical. Wouldn’t want to accidentally read it upside down or sideways.

]]> By: Eric https://6sigma.com/medical-alert-visual-management/#comment-25400 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 23:22:00 +0000 https://opexlearning.com/resources/?p=4881#comment-25400 While I appreciate the work that went into this it seems like it could be an overwhelming amount of information for split second decisions. I’d rather see a set of boxes with boxes with a red, yellow, green system or something like that. If you see red, you would probably do the same thing you’d do with the star: research. All green, and you are good to go.

On a related note: very recently, a friend’s daughter was in the ICU with a serious and urgent condition awaiting a complicated surgery. The morning of the surgery, she was given pain meds in error. Since it could conflict with the anesthesia she had to postpone the surgery another day. I’m not a doctor or a nurse but it seems like some sort of simple visual cue could have reduced the likelihood of this happening.

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