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Mark Vernon

Sounds of the Modern Hospital

Death Is Not The End

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Available on black vinyl LP or cassette
All recordings made by Mark Vernon at Forth Valley Royal Hospital, Larbert, Stirling Community Hospital and Falkirk Community Hospital
Recorded between 2011 and 2013

Description

All recordings were made by Mark Vernon at Forth Valley Royal Hospital, Larbert, Stirling Community Hospital and Falkirk Community Hospital between 2011 and 2013.

Whilst every effort has been made to record the subject in as great a degree of isolation as possible, the sound recordings you will hear on this record were made in a real working hospital and not under controlled conditions. Therefore, on occasion, you may hear some unavoidable background noise, conversations and other extraneous sounds.

Preview Tracklist

1 Full Blood Count Analyzer processing samples
2 QuickRinse automated instrument rinse system in operation
3 MRI Scan recorded through operator/patient intercom
4 Anaesthetic machine – valves shutting gas off
5 METI Human Patient Simulator - mannequin breathing (used in exercises by trainee medical staff)
6 SimMan Essential mannequin – pre-recorded coughs played back through in-built speakers
7 Heart rate and blood pressure monitor attached to mannequin
8 Lee Silverman Voice Treatment - speech therapy exercises with female patient
9 Haemoglobin AC Analyzer processing samples
10 Anaesthetic machine - Two one-way valves rattle in tandem as patient inhales and exhales
11 Infusion Pump (Alaris Plus GH Care Fusion) – general alert / drive disengaged alert / empty alert
12 Heater fan (used to keep patients warm during anaesthetic procedures) – air from fan blowing across microphone
13 Phacoemulsifier – suction and ultrasound during cataract surgery – two perspectives
14 Manually restocking supplies in robotic pharmacy – two perspectives
15 CT scan (condensed time-span)
16 Pharmacy label printer
17 Dialysis machine in operation (with alerts)
18 Portable Ventilator (Draeger Oxylog plus) switched on and off
19 METI Human Patient Simulator – powering up of bellows that control mannequin’s artificial lungs
20 Dental X-ray machine rotations (Orthopantomograph OP ) recorded using electromagnetic induction coil microphone
21 Helium Cooler for MRI Scanner recorded through operator/patient intercom
22 Coagulation Analyzer in operation – with phone ringing in background
23 Bilateral Radial Pulse – METI HPS mannequin recorded with contact microphone
24 Ophthalmology – Visual field test
25 Automated slide-maker (Sysmex SPi) - making glass slides from samples
26 AGV (Automatic Guided Vehicle) robots in basement of hospital transporting waste and dirty linen
27 Ultrasound Doppler waves – Carotid artery pulse
28 Operating theatre – instrument check / heart rate and blood pressure monitor with surgical team discussing the next procedure
29 Automated Chemistry Analyzer (Beckman Coulter Access Analyzer) - processing samples
30 Geiger counter (Berthold LB) coming into proximity with source of radiation
31 Automated mailroom (OPEX Mail Matrix) - scanning and reading envelopes / i-BOTS distributing mail to bins
32 Wall mounted suction unit
33 Dialysis machine in operation – close up of pumps

Mark Vernon

Sounds of the Modern Hospital

Preview Tracklist

1 Full Blood Count Analyzer processing samples

2 QuickRinse automated instrument rinse system in operation

3 MRI Scan recorded through operator/patient intercom

4 Anaesthetic machine – valves shutting gas off

5 METI Human Patient Simulator - mannequin breathing (used in exercises by trainee medical staff)

6 SimMan Essential mannequin – pre-recorded coughs played back through in-built speakers

7 Heart rate and blood pressure monitor attached to mannequin

8 Lee Silverman Voice Treatment - speech therapy exercises with female patient

9 Haemoglobin AC Analyzer processing samples

10 Anaesthetic machine - Two one-way valves rattle in tandem as patient inhales and exhales

11 Infusion Pump (Alaris Plus GH Care Fusion) – general alert / drive disengaged alert / empty alert

12 Heater fan (used to keep patients warm during anaesthetic procedures) – air from fan blowing across microphone

13 Phacoemulsifier – suction and ultrasound during cataract surgery – two perspectives

14 Manually restocking supplies in robotic pharmacy – two perspectives

15 CT scan (condensed time-span)

16 Pharmacy label printer

17 Dialysis machine in operation (with alerts)

18 Portable Ventilator (Draeger Oxylog plus) switched on and off

19 METI Human Patient Simulator – powering up of bellows that control mannequin’s artificial lungs

20 Dental X-ray machine rotations (Orthopantomograph OP ) recorded using electromagnetic induction coil microphone

21 Helium Cooler for MRI Scanner recorded through operator/patient intercom

22 Coagulation Analyzer in operation – with phone ringing in background

23 Bilateral Radial Pulse – METI HPS mannequin recorded with contact microphone

24 Ophthalmology – Visual field test

25 Automated slide-maker (Sysmex SPi) - making glass slides from samples

26 AGV (Automatic Guided Vehicle) robots in basement of hospital transporting waste and dirty linen

27 Ultrasound Doppler waves – Carotid artery pulse

28 Operating theatre – instrument check / heart rate and blood pressure monitor with surgical team discussing the next procedure

29 Automated Chemistry Analyzer (Beckman Coulter Access Analyzer) - processing samples

30 Geiger counter (Berthold LB) coming into proximity with source of radiation

31 Automated mailroom (OPEX Mail Matrix) - scanning and reading envelopes / i-BOTS distributing mail to bins

32 Wall mounted suction unit

33 Dialysis machine in operation – close up of pumps