Arthur Hanson
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The smart phone is the ultimate tool and it's way past time that a medical emergency icon be incorporated into the base operating system. It should be set up as a two stage tab (a large red cross at first and then a green secondary one is but one way) so there are no accidental false alarms. Utilizing the phones microphone, camera, speakers and display screen combined with AI this will be an invaluable tool in saving lives and minimizing injuries until medical help is available. As a data base is built over time this tool will become ever more powerful and versatile in a whole range of medical emergencies. A sophisticated chat bot could handle the basics and escalate to a live person, but over time the chat bot could handle more and more of the load. This will be a major step in making the smart phone a very serious medical tool for everyone from a novice to a top medical professional dealing with a condition or injury they haven't seen before. For people with medical conditions that use wearables, these devices could even further extend the uses of these applications. In the near future all medical kits will contain devices that can greatly enhance the smart phone to deal with emergencies and medical conditions. This is a major opportunity for the semi/mems/nanotech industry to not only deal with emergencies, but every day conditions. The use of a smart phone in this manner could not only save lives, but improve them and lower the cost of medical. This is call to action for the industry that is way past due. Schools should even incorporate the use of these technologies into there basic curriculum which should be part of every health class. It is time for a medical revolution and this is but the briefest introduction to where we should be going. In many cases this application might be the only medical help available, especially in mass disasters involving thousands or where no medical help is available.
Comments, thoughts and additions, welcome and solicited
Comments, thoughts and additions, welcome and solicited
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