Will Artificial Intelligence Help Paramedics Successfully Intubate?

Promising TechnologyCarlson JN, Das S, De la Torre F, et al. A novel artificial intelligence system for endotracheal intubation.Prehosp Emerg Care.Mar 17, 2016. [Epub ahead of print.]In the 1983 science-fiction filmWarGames, Matthew Broderick believed he was going head-to-head with a random simulation program. However, he soon learned he ’ d accidentally hacked into a government artificial intelligence (AI) computer system programmed to repeatedly run thermonuclear simulations until it learned the best strategy for winning a war.Over 30 years later, AI is no longer the stuff of science fiction. In fact, AI algorithms are found in thousands of widely used applications. But is AI technology advanced enough to assist in achieving successful endotracheal intubations (ETI) with100% accuracy?Background:Alternatives to ETI have become popular, as have the development of electronic tools to make ETI attempts more successful.Recognizing that the inability to identify landmarks within the airway has been a fundamental obstacle tosuccessful ETI, video laryngoscopy (VL) has become popular for its ability to more easily visualize the glottic opening.More recently, VL recordings have been used retrospectively for a comparative analysis. Analyzing VL videos frame-by-frame can reveal distinct differences in successful ETI attempts vs. those that aren ’ t. (Think last week ’ s football films used to identify the exact characteristics of all the plays that led to a successful touchdown.)...
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