An integrated and reactive music control system designed for silencing music in an operating room during critical events. The preferred system contains a music input, a hardware interface to integrate real-time patient physiologic data, a software application to process the data, a user interface, and a music output, any portion or all of which may be hardwired or wireless. Through the user interface, medical personnel may adjust pre-set limits on physiologic parameters that indicate abnormality or risk to a particular patient. To reduce ambient noise pollution and permit communication and concentration of the surgical team, volume is reduced as a patients condition deteriorates. Resulting in additional safety to patients in the operating room, the cessation of music may capture the attention of health care professionals who suffer from alarm desensitization. The systems integration includes an anesthesia monitor, but may extend to include a hospital data server and EMR systems.
