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A man in Wichita, Kansas died at a HCA Hospital because ‘telemetry’ technicians, unregulated workers who monitor up to 80 patents at a time, failed to realize he was choking. This job is described to that of an air traffic controller, involving high stress and screen and alarm fatigue. Some say it’s hard to take breaks during their shifts because they must hand over their patients to colleagues who are already watching dozens of others.