Word: monitoring
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...more than a little ironic that Mr. Test lost his job after years of following a set exam format when he refused to switch to a new two-person system in Mem Hall. To the end he was a man of principle, refusing to share power with another monitor, but state-of-the-art proctoring at last had passed him by, Exams will be much more calm and controlled in the future without Mr. Test's iron grip on the microphone, but they'll also be a lot less...
Sleep apnea victims are "the most difficult patients to monitor." McMahon says, jotting numbers constantly. She seems unperturbed by the continual struggle going on in the darkened cubicle. The only sounds are the scratching of pens on paper and the occasional bushed voices of the doctor and the technician...
McMahon says her favorite type of patient to monitor is the victim of "sleep terror," the "most interesting and scariest" disorder she's seen since she began to train as a technician at Mass General 13 years ago. Such a patient will awaken from non REM (rapid eye movement) of non dream sleep, in terror for no apparent reason...
Meanwhile, the man is less restless than the average patient But suddenly, at 2.03 a.m. he putts off his chin monitor and tugs on his nasal airflow indicators McMahon swings into action...
...only me and I'm putting these back on." she says quietly slipping into the dimly room and reattaching monitor to chin "And these have to go back into your nose," she murmurs repositioning the apparatus...